Posts by mwillman

You can always upgrade the memory and you dont sound like you need the most powerfull CPU. The one thing the IBM has going for it is they are pretty rugged. I think if you are a person that can take care of electronics then the Acer...

Sounds like Fun to me but then I am a geek. No rush have fun with the new machines, sounds like christmas morning to me.

What kind of work are you going to be doing in school? Well I like the Acer Ferrari, I like the AMD chip the X700 graphics card plus it looks cool. The IBM is sturdy but its boring and middle of the road. If your a business student...

Quote: Originally Posted by mikemex Yikes, that sounds like my thinkpad =) Except that I need AMD not pentium M. Unleaded Im very interested in your opinion on the msi-1029.

Well if gaming is the main prerequisite then I recommend getting the Intel pentium -M solution. For gaming it goes Video Card- Ram - Cpu so it doesnt matter if its the best or fastest cpu it matters that the video card has alot of...

The app program tends to averages about 6% savings which can add up but its not a 40% coupon. They also have specials on many other things like the OS and RAM upgrades but you need to talk to the hp rep to find out about them...

Well if you are a student you can get good deals from there academic purchase program. Also if you call hp shopping they can sometimes get you deals that you might not have known about since HP/Compaq does give out special deals.

I have always been a fan of netgear. their router firewall is better.

Buy what you want and enjoy it costco's return policy isnt setup to be a short term lease program. Buy the acer and dont worry about it.

64 bit apps are not way off for all of us. I plan on upgrading to xp 64 and running 64 bit mathematica as well as a few other 64 bit applications as soon as I get my new system. Pentium Ms dont even come close when it comes to alot...