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post #21 of 30
6/29/03 at 9:06pm
I am in the search for a school notebook and even my first "personally purchased" notebook. I have one at work Dell 7500 three years old 500mhz 1/2GB ram. Still works very well, yet it is slow compared to other's new Dell's we have purchased. I am considering the 5670 mainly because of its' ability to be upgraded. DELL's aren't, HP's, aren't, Toshiba's aren't. My suggestion would be to e-mail Adam at PCTorque and ask him what the lowest end ($) Sager model that can be upgraded in a year or two (memory, CPU, video, etc.) and consider that option. Most of the components I believe can be easily replaced in the Sager if damaged or worn out.
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post #22 of 30
6/30/03 at 10:10am
Thread Starter 
sounds like a great idea. i will do that
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post #23 of 30
6/30/03 at 10:14am
... and don't forget ... you will not recieve the high quality "Adam" service with Dell, HP and others!

I have not ever seen such great service!
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post #24 of 30
6/30/03 at 9:47pm
i agree with that, oh but by the way, i mean seriously, if your got a 5680, i would forsee it lasting for 6 years. I still have a n old 350mhz desktop from 97' and it works just dandy. I mean 3.06ghz is fast, its not gonna get any slower in 6 years, sure games will require more, but there are plenty of games (ie starcraft) which hardly require any graphics capabilities at all! Well anyway, i'm starting college this year and i expect my new 5670 to easily last me through these next 4 years!
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post #25 of 30
7/3/03 at 8:52am
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Hey i heard from somewhere that you can upgrade the centrino processor..

is this true?
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post #26 of 30
7/3/03 at 11:23am
you can upgrade the mobile? Or upgrade to the mobile P4? Centrinos are the way for portable gaming..if only they were cheaper.
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post #27 of 30
7/3/03 at 1:49pm
My suggestion - check out shop.yahoo and bizrates etc - put in the specs you want and check the prices - you can often pick up laptops cheaply. I know I will get flamed for this but ...

http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=n&i...mple-cnotebook

That should handle your needs for at least a few years and allow you to play some fps and all rpg.

On the downside its a sony and probably not the most robust machine

On the upside you get a lot of machine for 1500 bucks
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post #28 of 30
7/3/03 at 1:52pm
(Stupid edit button)

PS: 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680 5680
I want my 5680 -

No beer and no 5680 make homer something something...

... Go Crazy? ...

Thanks , don't mind if I do
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post #29 of 30
7/3/03 at 1:54pm

compaq x1000

I think that new presario x1000 is the best bang for buck,I configured this one 1.5 ghz centrino,512 mb ram,40 gb hd,dvd-cdrw radeon 9200 64 mb and it comes like 1750 and plus with 100$ mail in rebate its 1650 it has beutaiful 15.4 sxga+ widescreen altough you can choose uxga but this is just fine for me.For 1650 I think that you cant find a better one and plus the shiping is free!!
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post #30 of 30
7/3/03 at 2:04pm

Re: compaq x1000

Just checked out the x1000 - pretty much maxed out it comes to 2198 - 2k approx after rebate .... thats witht he WUXGA 15.4 inch screen ... and 1.6 centrino - 60gb 5400 - that aint bad folks - if you were willing to sacrifice a few things the price coule go as low as 1500 I would say.

Certainly a good investment until you can buy a sager with confidence it will last you etc etc


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I think that new presario x1000 is the best bang for buck,I configured this one 1.5 ghz centrino,512 mb ram,40 gb hd,dvd-cdrw radeon 9200 64 mb and it comes like 1750 and plus with 100$ mail in rebate its 1650 it has beutaiful 15.4 sxga+ widescreen altough you can choose uxga but this is just fine for me.For 1650 I think that you cant find a better one and plus the shiping is free!!
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