Laptop where?

PowerHouseDan

I know there has been a few threads about this but anyway, I think i need a laptop for college make things alot easyier, I wanna spend about 1k on it,was looking at dell, Elara and jes,jes have some really good ones for around the 1k mark the only think that worrys me is the Keyboard,is it very hard to get around?I would need it for Programming,Webdesign and storage of music and maybe a few games,Jes Windows(german)doesnt bother me can change that, any help would be greatful....

PowerHouseDan

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palance

If I was getting a laptop myself, I'd get a centrino, the prices have come down quite a bit recently as well.

Jes do an asus for €999

Centrino 1.5Ghz
256RAM
40GB
15"
DVD writer
64MB shared graphics
2 year warranty
Link

If you can stretch your budget a bit, I was thinking about one of the dell 8600 series myself. This is €1320

Centrino 1.6Ghz (2MB cache version)
512RAM
60GB
15.4" WXGA
32MB NVidia 5200
1 year warranty
Link

Theres also another thread somewhere about a nice Acer laptop on elara for around the 1200 mark.

savemejebus

if you can hold out for a couple of weeks and up your budget a bit it may be an idea picking up one of lidls laptops. They're due in in a few weeks (were in europe and uk last week). General spec is amd64 3000+, ATI Mobility 9700 with 128mb ram, 512mb Siemens ram, 60gb Toshiba Hdd and Toshiba dvd+/- rewriter drive.

However if you want something light and with great battery life these may not be for you as they are heavy enough and the batterys would only average 2hours at best.

PowerHouseDan

how much will they be about i can get one of those from jes from about 1100?

PowerHouseDan

i was thinking this, http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18095
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18046
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18045
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18035 (i like this one and it has wireless lan)

savemejebus

that last one seems to be pretty good, and for a very good price too. as long as you don't mind the changed keyboard and the (i could be wrong) shabby graphics card it would seem perfect.

I thnk the lidl one may be out of your price range as it will be either 1399 or 1499 (with case, wlan card, usbstick and some other junk)

PowerHouseDan

is the keyboard very different,would it be very hard to get used to?
its between http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18095
and http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18035

savemejebus

I wouldn't touch a celeron unless i really couldn't afford bettter and even at that i'd go and get a toshiba here as they are around the same price.

german keyboard info here: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~tphillip/GermanKeyboardLayout.html

Dummy

I have never bought one but might be worth looking at Dawn Computers in Goatstown. They carry a number of re-furbished Dell laptops for under the 1K mark. If you get a dell Lattitude let me know - I have a docking station for one here that you are welcome to (Dell Lattitude C/Port 11). Try Google for there website address.

Good Luck.

Gav1n

What up Powerhouse!

Personally, I don't really feel that u would be getting good value for money only spending 1k, if u wait a little while and save up a say another 500yoyos u 'd get something that might not be outdated in a number of weeks!

As of now we're slowly seeing the introduction of 64 bit processors, and hence are seeing many manufacturers drop their prices, on the now almost old school pentium 4s!

Anyway, thought u might be interested in this, last week i just bought a kick ass laptop.

Here's the spec:

Centrino 735 @ 1.7ghz,
512 ddr ram @ 333mhz
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128 mb graphics card,
80gb hard drive
and a dvd burner!

This laptop rocks! However it was e1500 from ALDI of all places, if u can still pick one up, u'll nab yourself a bargain! I certainly did!

PowerHouseDan

I dont wanna spend that much cos i have a amd 64 3200 at the mo i dont need anything to special i might go http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=18035 anyone know about this?

CyberGhost

get dell!

from jes- the keyboard will have German letters!

flywheel

Dummy wrote:

Dawn Computers in Goatstown. They carry a number of re-furbished Dell laptops

have been asked about reputable sources for 2nd laptops, anyone had any experience buying a re-furbished laptop from Dawn?

BrianG