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07-30-2007, 09:46 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| Which laptop are you getting?
What kind of laptop do you plan on buying/bringing? | 
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08-01-2007, 06:02 PM
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| i dream of the asus eee cuz it's really small! | |
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08-01-2007, 06:05 PM
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| but otherwise, i dunno. any suggestions? all i need is fast internet, microsoft word, powerpoint, and possibly excel. | |
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08-04-2007, 05:14 AM
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| I'm might buy the HP Pavilion dv6500t. Anyone hear anything good/bad about it? | |
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08-05-2007, 11:50 PM
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| nope, never heard of it cuz i'm not a techie. where r u guys buying your laptops? i think it'll either be frys or UCLA store. | |
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08-06-2007, 01:33 PM
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| HP's Academic Purchase Program has some pretty good deals, I think $75 off of all notebooks. The dv6500t's pretty nice, but it's probably a good idea to upgrade the battery on it. | |
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08-14-2007, 10:01 PM
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| anything with duo processor, 1.8mhz, 2 GB RAM...120+ hardrive
also preferably...dell | |
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08-25-2007, 01:55 AM
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Orange County, California
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| I just got an HP dv6500 series laptop for $1200 at costco with these specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz
2gb ddr667
GeForce 8400 (128mb + shared)
Buncha other features like fingerprint scanner, a big-for-a-laptop (200gb) hd, etc.
EDIT: Stock battery is lasting 2.5 hrs on medium settings (would probably go up to 3 using the super power saving plan). A 12 cell is claimed to last 4 hours. | |
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08-25-2007, 05:51 AM
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| Kolosok, I got a dv6433cl @ costco recently.
Intel C2D 1.73ghz T5300
2gb DDR2 667mhz
160gb HDD 5400rpm
Integrated video
Good laptop, I am getting blue screens of death.. but thats partially my fault cause I messed with too many important things on the comp.
Gotta love costco's return policy though right?? 90 days for laptops. I can use it for almost 3 months and return it if I don't like it. SWEET.
My friend got a dv9500 or 6500 recently too.
I think the majority of laptops @ school are Dells. Macbooks are getting real popular too though, good laptops but over-hyped IMO. Oh yea BTW Vista is wack. Not a bad OS.. but its not a huge improvement. Linux pwns all. I like Ubuntu. | |
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08-27-2007, 09:40 PM
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| http://bensbargains.net/deal/39691/
or http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...l=EN& m_8=80S
here's a deal I thought some of you might like.
Includes 2MP Integrated Webcam.
# Core 2 Duo T5470 1.6GHz CPU, 15.4" WXGA LCD, 1GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, 8x DVD+-RW
# 10/100 + 56k + 802.11g, GeForce 8400M 128MB, 56WHr 6-Cell Battery, 1-Yr Warranty
# Upgrades? TrueLife Screen +$0, 802.11n Card +$49
And the price right now, as of 8-27-07, is $599. I would jump on this but i have a year left until college and the deals will definitely be better next year. But to the college students now I think this is a great deal. | |
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08-28-2007, 01:34 AM
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| the most common laptop i've seen around campus is the Dell Inspiron E1505 [last school year].
i'm one of those people  | |
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08-29-2007, 07:36 PM
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| The desktop quality is much better, as everyone knows. It's very interesting that the standard monitor size will be in the 20" range.
hP was pushing a sexy 24" combo for about $1500, and so was Gateway. | |
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09-03-2007, 11:59 PM
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| whatcha think about laptop hp pavilion dv2000? | |
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09-04-2007, 06:10 PM
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| I looked into the HP pavilion dv2500t for the longest time and was about to get it. Good processor speed+(with upgrade) 2gigs memory and up to 200gigs of hard drive make it out to be a pretty economical choice. I ended up getting a dv6426us for a lot less (and a worse processor), but because of the price, this probably won't be my lap top through all of college. | |
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09-06-2007, 08:08 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
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| MacBook Pro | |
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