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IBM? USA?
IBM sold their PC line to Lenovo, the Chinese outfit which had already been manufacturing them. A large fraction of laptops are made in China so this sale doesn't change things much.
IBM sold their PC line to Lenovo, the Chinese outfit which had already been manufacturing them. A large fraction of laptops are made in China so this sale doesn't change things much.
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Have a look at Acer. I had a play with one recently and was highly impressed. Simply put, you get much more bang for your buck than with the big name brands, with little or no compromise in terms of quality.
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So as you can see Evil, your argument has a bit of a chink in the armour... 
Conan
PS Saw further evidence of your deep love for Dell on another thread. Dell make quite good machines across a range from beginners to experts and the customer service, on the whole, isn't that bad either. There are a LOT worse. (Have you by any chance, had a bad time with Dell?)
Conan
PS Saw further evidence of your deep love for Dell on another thread. Dell make quite good machines across a range from beginners to experts and the customer service, on the whole, isn't that bad either. There are a LOT worse. (Have you by any chance, had a bad time with Dell?)
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Thanks for the replies. Have been away for a few days but in that time have made the purchase.
I have gone for an ACER Aspire 3023WLMI and upgraded the memory. Seems to do every thing I want of it and all in budget to. I was Surprised to see it had ATII graphics instead of the shared MB ram.
Now if only I could gt my WiFi connection sorted out. Its no joke, I can get everything ok in unsecured mode but the moment I put it into WPA I cant seem to get the laptop and router to agree on security settings.
Will give it a couple of days, be prepared for a Help I cant get my laptop connected to my WLan thread
Cheers
FTF
I have gone for an ACER Aspire 3023WLMI and upgraded the memory. Seems to do every thing I want of it and all in budget to. I was Surprised to see it had ATII graphics instead of the shared MB ram.
Now if only I could gt my WiFi connection sorted out. Its no joke, I can get everything ok in unsecured mode but the moment I put it into WPA I cant seem to get the laptop and router to agree on security settings.
Will give it a couple of days, be prepared for a Help I cant get my laptop connected to my WLan thread
Cheers
FTF
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Fimbar I had exactly the same problem, with my Acer and a netgear wireless router.
The best way I found in the end was to physically connect the laptop to the router with a cat5 cable. Put the security keys in, configure the adapter, then shutdown disconnect and then start up in wireless mode.
The best way I found in the end was to physically connect the laptop to the router with a cat5 cable. Put the security keys in, configure the adapter, then shutdown disconnect and then start up in wireless mode.
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Originally Posted by Conan the Librarian
So as you can see Evil, your argument has a bit of a chink in the armour...
Conan
PS Saw further evidence of your deep love for Dell on another thread. Dell make quite good machines across a range from beginners to experts and the customer service, on the whole, isn't that bad either. There are a LOT worse. (Have you by any chance, had a bad time with Dell?)
Conan
PS Saw further evidence of your deep love for Dell on another thread. Dell make quite good machines across a range from beginners to experts and the customer service, on the whole, isn't that bad either. There are a LOT worse. (Have you by any chance, had a bad time with Dell?)
Ibm hasn't sold all of it's product lines to lenovo, they're still making servers. If they had sold the whole company to lenovo, i think the rulers there would be burned to death by IBM lovers.
A slightly update:
DELL
AND
NEW LENOVO LAPTOPS:
*****
IBM SERVERS AND OLD LAPTOPS:
Satisfied?
For futher info, see the forums at http://www.ihatedell.net/
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I went through this problem a few weeks back.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=214362
I am now waiting for the delivery of my new Dell, it had better be good!!
YYZ
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=214362
I am now waiting for the delivery of my new Dell, it had better be good!!
YYZ
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I went for it and bought a Dell XPS last year -- very very happy with it, had Sony and Toshiba in the past and by far this laptop is the best.
Not cheap -- but future-proof to a point and a top top spec.....
Not cheap -- but future-proof to a point and a top top spec.....
Seriously, get a macpro. Best part is the Apple store. No more calls to Bangalore and you can go there and they can't fob you off by blaming someone else. Given you can run XP on it best of both worlds. Just looking for an excuse to upgrade my powerbook.
I've done Toshiba (2x), Dell and IBM. This is the best of the lot.
I've done Toshiba (2x), Dell and IBM. This is the best of the lot.
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These arguments are a bit like should I buy the Honda Euro (which I did), the Mazda 6 or th BMW 325. When I was really young - is the Mini better than the VW bug. Who cares. They all have their good points and there deficiencies.
I have had HP laptops; Dell and many non-descript products. In this house we run a 3 computer network through a wireless LAN with quality parts but all home built. They all work incredibly well.
They are just computers - and laptops will last about 2 years before the keyboard collapses; the hard drive fails.
Expect to be in constant turmiol.
I have had HP laptops; Dell and many non-descript products. In this house we run a 3 computer network through a wireless LAN with quality parts but all home built. They all work incredibly well.
They are just computers - and laptops will last about 2 years before the keyboard collapses; the hard drive fails.
Expect to be in constant turmiol.
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I have a Toshiba L20 laptop , build quality and operation excellent , if you only want to operate off the battery supplied ...forget it, you'll be lucky to get 60 mins tops ....... the only gripe I have with it. Excellent onboard memory and graphics though !!!
the only gripe I have with it. Excellent onboard memory and graphics though !!!
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I've just bought a Toshiba L20 too, very happy with it. It came with 256mb ram which made it a bit steady. Within 24 hours I'd upgraded to 512mb and it now runs like a dream, (£23 for ram recorded delivery).