# Laptops!
**URL:** https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133
**Category:** Tech
**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133 "2005-09-12T18:05:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/1 "2005-09-12T18:05:54Z")
Hey Hey Hey!
Long Time No Post eh!
Ok.
Question.
My mom wants to buy a laptop. Not expensive. But not crap either.
Suggestions? Comments? Celeron? Centrino?
Ta!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/2 "2005-09-12T18:33:55Z")
64 bit technology is now available in an energy efficient processor
AMD Turionâ„¢ 64
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/3 "2005-09-12T21:35:31Z")
Centrino. If you want battery life with power.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/4 "2005-09-12T21:42:44Z")
Pentium M~!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/5 "2005-09-12T22:33:58Z")
A Centrino is a Pentium M paired with an 855 chipset / wifi, or so I understand it to be…
Centrino / Pentium “M” all the way, Lemrac! Hella-long bettery life.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/6 "2005-09-13T00:18:51Z")
What about brand and stuff.
She wants to do school work and stuff on it. Nothing too fancy. Like it doesn’t have to be able to play video games and what not.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/7 "2005-09-13T00:25:42Z")
I know a dude in Dawson Creek who owns a computer shop… No promises here, but I’m pretty sure he could find you the best deal and sans shipping charges. Still in Rupert?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/8 "2005-09-13T00:29:02Z")
[quote=“Lemrac”]What about brand and stuff.
She wants to do school work and stuff on it. Nothing too fancy. Like it doesn’t have to be able to play video games and what not.[/quote]
Seanix laptops are good made here in vancouver. Ibm Laptops are good… Dell are not to bad these day’s. How much s she wanting to spend with taxes…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/9 "2005-09-13T00:29:43Z")
Pm me with your budget and stuff… I just spoke with him and he’s got great stock at the moment. He’ll hook you up.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/10 "2005-09-13T00:39:05Z")
If price is the deciding factor, you’re not going to beat Dell.
Here’s a bunch of notebooks on sale, and you get $150.00 off the listed price. Canadian dollars:
[tinyurl.com/4oygo](http://tinyurl.com/4oygo)
I’m getting the 700m, I think.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/11 "2005-09-13T06:27:42Z")
> [@orangetang](#):
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> Pm me with your budget and stuff… I just spoke with him and he’s got great stock at the moment. He’ll hook you up.
Does he sell parts too or just systems?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/12 "2005-09-13T12:33:19Z")
[quote=“MiG”]If price is the deciding factor, you’re not going to beat Dell.
I’m getting the 700m, I think.[/quote]
What, wait a second! MiG is getting a Dell?!? Dude, are you feeling okay? 😆
Edit: Okay, perhaps this has something to do with running OS X on an intel machine, right?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/13 "2005-09-13T14:47:59Z")
[quote=“Dave”]What, wait a second! MiG is getting a Dell?!? Dude, are you feeling okay? 😆
Edit: Okay, perhaps this has something to do with running OS X on an intel machine, right?[/quote]
If it makes you feel better, I’m also getting another Mac 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/14 "2005-09-13T15:33:13Z")
Good Toshibas are about $1499 at Future Shop. I have some Acers under $1000 but I don’t recommand them unless you know your getting a cheap laptop and really want cheap. I never recommend people to buy systems ‘because they’re the lowest price’. You get what you pay for, and with laptops you’re stuck with what you buy for life and laptop repairs are horribly expensive and slow. Batteries, RAM etc become unavailable way too fast.
I know a dozen or so HP 3.0 Ghz 17" w number pad systems in service here, we had to get the lemon one. It’s been RMA’d for 6 weeks now…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/15 "2005-09-13T16:02:01Z")
[quote=“MiG”]If price is the deciding factor, you’re not going to beat Dell.
Here’s a bunch of notebooks on sale, and you get $150.00 off the listed price. Canadian dollars:
[tinyurl.com/4oygo](http://tinyurl.com/4oygo)
I’m getting the 700m, I think.[/quote]
Dell has wicked prices… provided you don’t change “ANY” of the costomizable options. I was looking in there, and it’s a $200 upgrade from 512mb ram to 1 gig of ram… Even on the desk top computers. As soon as you change anything, you’re getting ripped off.
Oh yeah and dont buy anything with a 100 gig hard drive, because chances are its a seagate… I heard first hand from a guy that works for seagate, that the 100 gig sata, they had nothing but problems with it. Thats why they flogged off all the 100 gigs to dell for real cheap.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/16 "2005-09-13T17:10:00Z")
[quote=“MiG”]
[quote=“Dave”]What, wait a second! MiG is getting a Dell?!? Dude, are you feeling okay? 😆
Edit: Okay, perhaps this has something to do with running OS X on an intel machine, right?[/quote]
If it makes you feel better, I’m also getting another Mac 😉[/quote]
Me 2 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/laptops/2133/17 "2015-11-14T16:51:28Z")