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Which notebook?
Am looking to buy a good, reliable notebook and at a very reasonable price.
Preferably with a 15" screen and DVD and CD-RW not to mention everything else. Any suggestions appreciated Thanks aa |
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The hottest Notebook I know of is the eMachines: eMachines M6809 Display: 15.4" Widescreen TFT LCD WXGA (1280 x 800 max. resolution) Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition CPU: Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ Processor 64-bit Architecture operates at 2.00 GHz System Bus uses HyperTransport™ Technology operating at 1600 MHz 1 MB L2 Cache Memory: 512 MB DDR SODIMM (PC 2700) Hard Drive: 80 GB HDD Optical Drives: DVD +/- RW Drive (Write Max: 2.4x DVD+R/RW, 2x DVD-R/RW, 6x CD-R, 10x CD-RW; Reads 24x CD, 8x DVD) Media Reader: 6-in-1 Digital Media Manger (Compact Flash, Micro Drive, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro) Video: ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9600 with 64 MB Video RAM Sound: PC2001 Compliant AC '97 Audio Built-in Stereo Speakers Modem: 56K* ITU V.92 Fax/Modem Network: 802.11g Built-in Wireless (up to 54Mbps) 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet Pointing Device: Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Zone Battery: 8-cell Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Dimensions: 1.6"h x 14.0"w x 10.4"d Weight: 7.5 lbs. (8.65 total travel weight) Internet: AOL 3 month membership included, click here for details Ports/Other: 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA External Connector, 1 S-Video Out, Microphone In, Headphone/Audio Out, 1 PCMCIA Slot (Card Bus type I or type II) Pre-Installed Software: Microsoft Works 7.0, Microsoft Money 2004, Encarta Online, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™, Microsoft Media Player, Real Player, PowerDVD, Internet Explorer, Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator (DVD Edition), BigFix®, MSN®, CompuServe®, AOL (with 3 months membership included**), Norton AntiVirus 2004 Take Care, Richard |
you could also give Alienware a look, but get rid of any notions of "reasonable price" should you decide to buy from them :P
http://www.alienware.com http://www.alienware.co.uk: |
Thanks both for your information. I have to admit Richard the eMachines M6809 looks a pretty good package, having said that Area 51-Mtm also looks good but is possibly a bit too pricey for me.
Just out of interest Richard, will the modem be ok in the UK as you have a different system in the US if I remember rightly. I am the novice at this game and you are always answering my very novice questions!! Thanks aa :ok: |
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All you need to get a U.S. to U.K. Phone Jack Adapter. I last picked one up at Harrods for around £5 in the late 90's. Take Care, Richard |
If you don't want to pay as much as the e-Machine, I bought a lesser machine for $850 after rebates some months ago, the HP ze4630us. HP models generally have an exact duplicate sold as a Compaq machine. The equivalent model seems to be discounted at around $899 right now. The list price is around $1200, but rebates seem to be nearly constant.
I'm not a DVD movie fan, so I felt the extra size from a wide screen to be a drawback - this machine is already large and heavy enough. It came w/ Athlon mobile 2500+ processor, 512 Mby RAM, 40 Gby disk, Parallel, Serial, Firewire, WiFi b/g, 10/100 Mb/s ethernet, phone modem, 2xUSB (1.1 unfortuneately), DVD-ROM/CD-RW, sound, etc,etc,etc. No internal floppy disk. After I had paid $30 for an external USB floppy, I discovered a rebate slip in the sheaf of HP papers which would have got me one free from HP. I thought it was an excellent buy, but you may demand more performance than I do. I imagine today's $899 equivalent has a faster processor. Good luck in finding something that satisfies you. SC |
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