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    Wife needs a Laptop, but what to get?!?!

    Wife just told me she needs a laptop for word processing, so I don’t need something with all the stuff on it, just a floppy and cd, doesn’t need to be a speed demon and cheep, under say $500.00

    So what do you all think I should get her?

    Been looking on Ebay, but there is a lot of them, I need to bring down the number of choices.

    Thanks Oboy
    Last edited by Oboy; 19 August 2003, 19:38.
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    IBM if you can get it for the price. They're built quite well, so "used" usually doesn't mean they're as worn as other branks would be. You can probably find refurbed/rebuilt corporate laptops.

    Otherwise, Dell.
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    • #3
      you should be able to find a refurbished dell on their website.
      you'll get a warranty as well!

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      • #4
        Yep. And usually some killer deals on Dell refurbs, especially if you can wait a week or two for a sale to come up.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Wombat
          IBM if you can get it for the price. They're built quite well, so "used" usually doesn't mean they're as worn as other branks would be. You can probably find refurbed/rebuilt corporate laptops.
          I second that - especially because you can get any spare part for a reasonable price if something fails.

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          • #6
            Dell!!!!!
            My Packurd bell 166Megahurtz runnin at 233 on a ABIT ITH5 muther board,
            128MB EDO ECC RAM and a hole bunch of other cool stuff.

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            • #7
              In addition to Dell, Toshiba laptops are quite reliable.

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              • #8
                I have to say IBM as well. I have had several Thinkpads, and you can't kill them.
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                • #9
                  I also say Dell as I did tech support on them for 32 months. Pretty solid machines, unless you abuse them.
                  Titanium is the new bling!
                  (you heard from me first!)

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                  • #10
                    I use a Think Pad T-20 at work but really like my wife's Dell laptop a lot better.
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                    • #11
                      !Compaq.

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                      • #12
                        We have an IBM and a Toshiba at work. I really like the IBM's keyboard and its built quality. That being said, we haven't had issues with our Toshiba yet...


                        Jörg

                        PS: The Acer 1700 series is weird: 7 kg for a laptop ! But you get a 17" TFT at quite a reasonable price...
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                        • #13
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DentyCracker
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                            What, you like compaqs?

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                            • #15
                              This is what I ended up with. Turned out to be the best bang for the buck!

                              Thanks for all your input!

                              Oboy
                              Time to make the wafers!
                              Oboy Inside!

                              intel P4 2.26 @ 2.957Ghz

                              "Life isn't like a box of chocolates...it's more like a jar of
                              jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow."

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