need advice on which laptop to buy[views:26234][posts:131]_______________________________ [Nov 22,2006 7:40am - Mess ""] what about buying a used one on ebay? i can just uninstall everything and then re-install everything i need? anything i should know before i do something stupid? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 7:46am - the_reverend ""] I hate ebay. everything there sells for more than it's worth unless you fit a misspelling or a good buy now price. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 7:50am - the_reverend ""] buying from ebay with nothing for a warrenty is stupid. I'm not saying my first lappy had questionalbe origins (or if the words "grabbed through window" came up), but you'd be better off buying you laptop froma dark alley in brockton than ebay. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 22,2006 7:54am - Mess ""] ok gotcha thanks homie |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 8:19am - the_reverend ""] the reverend's guide to laptop brands: macs: amazingly reliable machines built on slightly older hardware than current PCs with an OS that runs faster than windows on the older hardware, but costs 2 to 4x the price. Oh and none of the software you have bought in your life will work on it. Dells: cheap and take a beating. Stay away from PIII and PIV's. those were terrible. Sony: 2x-4x the cost, but all the latest and greatest technology. Packed into a super light laptop. Down side is that they are delicate. IBM (chinese): 2x the cost of dells, but take the most beating besides toughbooks. panasonic: tough books. 2 year old technology, but a cop can spill coffee on the keyboard and they still work. Toshiba: do they still make laptops? They were bulky boxes. Now they are HPs that try to pretend they are sonys. HP/Compaq: bulky crap that breaks easily. But hell, for a $400 laptop meant for college freshmen girls, what do you expect? Alienwares: 4x-6x the price, but you get the latest and greatest aimed at gamers. note: I have owned /still own a toshiba, 2 dells, and an ibm. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 22,2006 8:27am - Mess ""] haha awesome. i think i'm going to wait until nigga friday and see if dell drops prices on their website. shit, didn't want to make this another racist thread. hahaha. i really don't think i have a chance in hell with the best buy sale. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 8:30am - the_reverend ""] got to staples.com and find a staples that is in a plaza with nothing else near ot and go when it opens.. that's what carina and I did fo the past 2 years. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 10:32am - Mess ""] this looks nice? http://www.dell.com/content/products/produ...x/inspn_e1405?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 12:12pm - the_reverend ""] I've been using the 12.1" model like that for 2 years now. carina too.. (she bought them) and we've influenced a bunch of other photo peeps to get them. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 12:26pm - Messerschmitt ""] i'm hoping some asshole from india that doesn't celebrate turkey day and that works at dell is working tomorrow and will push a button to lower the price a little. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 12:32pm - Messerschmitt ""] vouldjew like a slushie my friend? http://www.physorg.com/news10165.html |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 3:07pm - infoterror ""] Lenovo are Avertech are the best, Rev's on drugs, Macs are slow and fail a lot. |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 22,2006 11:12pm - davefromthegrave ""] infoterror said:Lenovo are Avertech are the best, Rev's on drugs, Macs are slow and fail a lot. you're slow, and fail a lot. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 23,2006 12:36am - DeRtOxIa ""] i have an Acer. they're known for making LCD displays, not laptops but it was cheap. I bought it on Newegg.com I saw a video on youtube of a guy on a subway with that 20inch dell "laptop" and the thing is just ridiculous. The guy whips it out and the whole train turns and just looks mystified as how huge it really is. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 23,2006 2:35pm - Mess ""] i'm still fucking waiting... drinking... and waiting... drinking... and waiting |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 23,2006 4:13pm - the_reverend ""] go to compusa @ midnight if there one near you. I need some amphetamine for that. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 8:07am - the_reverend ""] Mess: http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...oreId=10001&ddkey=StaplesZipCodeAdd |
| _______________________________ [Nov 24,2006 9:46am - Mess ""] is that thing any good? i went to best buy at 3:30 this morning and there was a line that looked like the boston welfare line. it was retarded so i just turned around and went home. i got home and puked all over the place and took a nap. i just went out again to best buy, circuit city, staples, and office max. no deals left for what i'm looking for. shit sucks. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 12:46pm - Messerschmitt ""] hmmm... Acer Aspire 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook $449.99 After Rebate Office Depot has this Acer Aspire 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook on sale today for $449.99 after rebate. offer valid while supplies last. Features include: AMD Turion 64 2.0GHz processor 512MB Memory 100GB Hard drive SuperMulti DVD Burner [ Rebate ] Expires: 11/25/2006 |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:15pm - the_reverend ""] that's not bad at all. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:16pm - Messerschmitt ""] what the hell is acer? i never heard of it? the 100gb looks good i guess? i don't know my ass from my hand when it comes to this stuff. i don't even know if it's got wireless... and i NEEEEEEED wireless. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:18pm - the_reverend ""] I don't know either. I sent you and email, reply back to it.. I might have another deal for you |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:25pm - the_reverend ""] way to email me back asshole. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:34pm - Messerschmitt ""] [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 24,2006 2:39pm - the_reverend ""] [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 25,2006 8:49pm - Messerschmitt ""] still looking... still drinking |
| _____________________________________________ [Nov 25,2006 10:04pm - anonymousteinberg ""] SUI: shopping under the influence. You goyim crack me up! |
| _______________________________ [Nov 26,2006 5:11am - Mess ""] that's kkkosher |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 4:06pm - Messerschmitt ""] cybermonday is a crock of shit |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 4:35pm - the_reverend ""] truly. nothing at all. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 27,2006 4:36pm - Mess ""] why can't i find what i'm looking for? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 4:40pm - the_reverend ""] carina turned off her laptop all weekend and now the HD won't work.. damn.. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 4:53pm - the_reverend ""] damn.. I just pulled out carina's harddrive and it seems like it's dead. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 5:31pm - the_reverend ""] it's just making all the clicking noises. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 27,2006 5:58pm - Mess ""] hit it |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 7:04pm - the_reverend ""] yeh, hard drives love it when you do that.++ |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 9:33pm - Messerschmitt ""] dell never pulled through |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 9:34pm - the_reverend ""] screw lenovo... everythine is 20% more expensive and they don't offer SATA drives! screw that. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 27,2006 9:54pm - Mess ""] choo talk'n'bout willis? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 9:57pm - the_reverend ""] all the anti-jew loving jewish lovers keep saying "get a lenovo" aka ibm. I went and added up a lappy on thier site and it's over 20% more for a slower computer. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 10:13pm - DeRtOxIa ""] Acers are actually really good. I love mine. If you get that one then you'll definately want to bump it up to at least 1GB RAM. Oh and rev, did you try sticking the HD in the freezer trick? it seriously works to buy you time to backup some shit. |
| _____________________________________________ [Nov 27,2006 10:23pm - anonymousteinberg ""] It's that expensive? Sucks dude. Too bad, I love the IBMs. They're probably cheaper if you don't get 'em loaded and then add the RAM and shiznit yourself. (Which obviously you can do) Why don't you fix your desktop power supply and throw out the Mac? One of those within fifty feet of your dong will make you crave manlove in the depths of the night... or of the ass, sometimes both. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 28,2006 8:29am - Messerschmitt ""] i want this spunky little bahhhstid http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...px/inspn_640m?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 28,2006 8:49am - the_reverend ""] when I put what I want in it, it's $1304 |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 28,2006 8:54am - Messerschmitt ""] wtf? i don't even know what it needs. i just put the bare essentials in. as long as it's wireless and has an ac adapter, i'm good to go i think? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 29,2006 8:28am - Messerschmitt ""] can you buy shit from the dell small business option list? or do you need a small business account to do so? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 29,2006 9:10am - the_reverend ""] anonymousteinberg said:They're probably cheaper if you don't get 'em loaded and then add the RAM and shiznit yourself. (Which obviously you can do) the only thing you can really do that with is RAM and HD, but since you have to order these with RAM and a HD, if you replace them after the fact, you have the original RAM and Hard drive sitting around doing nothing. I loaded up a toshiba 14.1" WXGA+ tablet PC and then looked for RAM online. $2180 with 2GB RAM $1880 with 512MB RAM and then I found 2x1GB for $195 so I would save a little there... anonymousteinberg said:Why don't you fix your desktop power supply and throw out the Mac? One of those within fifty feet of your dong will make you crave manlove in the depths of the night... or of the ass, sometimes both. because the desktop is downstairs as a file server/media PC and is hooked up to the big TV. Plus, even with a new power supply, it will continue to over heat like it has been for the past year. I had to reboot it all the time cause something wound just go wrong. The MAC upstairs is connected to the TV upstairs and is used as a freeBSD unix box and a DVD player. I guess you are too stupid to have need of a unix box. oh wait, didn't you once say something about the merrits of freeBSD in a thread some where? hm.. what are MAC's OSX written on... hm.. you obviously must crave cock a lot. I would talk to you face to face, but man.. the smell of cock would probably be too much for me to stomach. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 29,2006 9:10am - the_reverend ""] MESS: yes, you can order from small business... I have. I think carina ordered my LCD monitor through DELL SB |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 29,2006 9:17am - Messerschmitt ""] the_reverend said:MESS: yes, you can order from small business... I have. I think carina ordered my LCD monitor through DELL SB that's good to know. you can hook up a pc to your tv? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 29,2006 9:22am - the_reverend ""] yes. |