New laptop

[ebpda9]

i jsut got myself a laptop tonight. it's a winbook j4 with a p4 2.0 GHZ processor, 512k of cache and 512 mb of DDR pc2100 ram. also the hdd is a 30 gig one. Also the screen is a 15" ELCD (is not changing colors when you look at a different angle at it. what do u think ? is it worth it for $1500. most of the desktops i've been looking at were 1300 with the same speed and power, so for 200 i leaned towards the laptop.

[Kyle]

i love laptops...the only thing thats weird is typing on them...the keys are all flat...lol

[ohiochica]

hey where did you buy it at? seems to be a good price and quality........let me know how you like it. i am looking to buy one also. thanks

[juvenile]

sounds like a good deal to me! :)

[ebpda9]

i got it from microcenter in mayfield. i like it. the only thing i don't like about it is the OS. i hate winblows XP. i'll install win2k tonight

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Sounds like you got a nice laptop Stefan :cool:

[ebpda9]

i forgot to mention DVD/CDR-RW also. i'm da man ;) :cool:

[XdiscontensionX]

<< jealous. all the laptops i'm looking at are close to or over $2K

[Mushroom]

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i got it from microcenter in mayfield. i like it.

I've heard their machines are reasonable. I just got a laptop, similar config but with 1 Gb ram, 40 gig drive. It's a dell, though, so much more $$$. The dvd/cdrw is sweet.

[Racing Rice]

I dont like Winbooks at all. We've had so many problems with them. Hope you got a good warrenty.:o

[ohiochica]

who makes winbooks? racing rice what kind of problems? and since you hatethem so much, what kind can you recomend? i want it for work so it has to have a decent battery life and ability to connect via modem and network.
thanks

[ebpda9]

i did not hear about problems with them. anyway i got 1 year of warranty with it. maybe i'll get an extended one after the year is up

[XdiscontensionX]

ohiochica, what kind of work do you do, and what platform and price range are you looking at?

[Racing Rice]

Well, Ill admit. I havent really used any of the newer ones. We switched to getting Dells which have work super for us. The Winbooks werent very reliable. We were always having things fail on us and having tried to get things fixed. Maybe the new ones are better. Im not sure.

If I were going to buy one. Id be looking into a Dell.:yes:

Ohiochica.. Winbook makes Winbooks ;)

[XdiscontensionX]

agreed. dell is good stuff for a work environment, and they have long battery life too.