Topic: Laptop recomendations (Read 5178 times)

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **on:** October 25, 2009, 01:49:04 PM »

Alright, so my dell inspirion 6400 is on its last leg, there are lines in the screen and last night i dropped it off the bed and busted the usb ports, ontop of all that the fuckin touchpad is fucked up

so i need a good reliable laptop and 1k is the max i'll spend. I'd also like something durable, because im not very careful with my laptops and toss them around from time to time.

what say the masses?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2009, 01:53:38 PM »

T400 or T500. Look for ecoupons before you buy, and it doesn't hurt to call and ask about linux equipped ones as they are cheaper - you can throw a copy of XP on one and rock out.

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2009, 01:59:26 PM »

much thanks ye olde grande wizard

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2009, 08:48:01 AM »

Look at the Toshiba Satellite M500 for about $600 and then spend the $100 and buy the system guard warranty from Toshiba. This is their spill guard/ accidental damage warranty it's about $100. It's good for 3 years, 3 months before the warranty is up drive over your computer with your car a few times and they will replace it with a new computer.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2009, 09:18:04 AM »

Quote from: ktown powder coating on October 26, 2009, 08:48:01 AM

Look at the Toshiba Satellite M500 for about $600 and then spend the $100 and buy the system guard warranty from Toshiba. This is their spill guard/ accidental damage warranty it's about $100. It's good for 3 years, 3 months before the warranty is up drive over your computer with your car a few times and they will replace it with a new computer.

Is that the advertisement's claim, or have you actually used it? Because most laptop warranties are snake oil.

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2009, 09:36:49 AM »

I work as a computer repair tech at a Univeristy in Canada. I have had many laptops replaced for users due to mass damage to the computer. Now this is in Canada and I cannot confim how it works in the USA. The warranty is carried by an insurance company not by Toshiba. So they look at the value of the computer when you bought it and the value of the parts to repair it, a lot of the time it is cheaper to replace then to repair. They also look at past repairs on the unit and how much was spent over the life of hte warranty.
unit was bought for $600

year 1 a repair was done of new LCD, $400
So now the unit is only worth $200 to them
year 3 computer is a write off do to damge and needs $800 in parts...

they will give you a new computer.
remeber you ran over it with your car by accident.....

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2009, 12:09:13 PM »

I like how you think, for a Canadian, yer awl ryyte

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:03:20 PM »

well I was given an honorary us citizenship with my noob intro....

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:16:51 PM »

this is the current computer I am fixing under warranty. The owner ran over it with their car with 3 days left on the warranty. Toshiba knew she was trying to scam a new computer so they are repairing the old computer, so far I have order 101 parts for it.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:32:39 PM »

Sounds like a bullshit warranty that takes time to fix. Time is money, meh. Lenovo's basic depot warranty means you pick up a phone and say my shit is broken and your laptop is fixed in under three business days. Also, if you ran over a T-series with a car it still works; no need to make a warranty claim.

I'm only hating because third party warranty is a wierd ass situation, even if the company in question is trying to be legit.

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:35:40 PM »

I agree with you but I am also service authorized for Lenovo and would much rather deal with Toshiba. DELL is the worst to deal with followed by Apple.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:39:48 PM »

Quote from: ktown powder coating on October 26, 2009, 01:35:40 PM

I agree with you but I am also service authorized for Lenovo

What are the complaints on your end? Because I had a really good experience with my one Lenovo warranty claim, but I logically know that's just one interaction and not the big picture.

ktown powder coating · « **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:47:12 PM »

As a dealer we have no one person to talk to at Lenovo if we are having issues, we have to call tech support and you never know who you are getting. The system that they use for ordering parts is just ridiculous, and if the computer happens to be out of warranty their parts are crazy expensive..... I have had quotes of $1500 for a CPU fan for a laptop and keyboards that were like $900.
Toshiba is great for me as a tech because I have direct phone numbers to 4 of their techs and can phone them anytime, even have a few on MSN for really fast help.
They are a company that is willing to work with us on issues.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #13 on:** October 26, 2009, 05:34:22 PM »

Toshiba is shit. My girlfriend bought one and the HD died at the first start of the computer ( same day of purchase). It tooks 3 weeks to get it back (the fucker was brand new) and after a year, the screen died. This time, 2 month to get it back.

I saw 3 other toshiba with big problems. One of them used the warranty 5 times

I had good luck with my IBM T30 and my HP tablet PC.

I droped a coffee on the T30 and was still running fine. You could see the liquid behind the LCD screen lol

snm95ls · « **Reply #14 on:** October 26, 2009, 05:40:04 PM »

Another T series fanboi here.

T20, T41 and T61 all working flawlessly.

;D

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2009, 06:51:14 PM »

T20 (X2)
T61
X60

All awesome.

I warrantied my T61, had it back in 3 business days. A couple month wait warranty would put me out of business.

Minor Threat · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2009, 08:15:34 PM »

I want a T61 but I'm poor

CSaddict · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2009, 08:26:32 PM »

My buddy just got an ASUS gaming laptop. That thing screams. Has tons of video power and was only $1k.

crttaz · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:14:35 AM »

T43 for $370

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T43P-2GHZ-2GB-RAM-15-DVD-RW-FINGERPRINT-WIFI_W0QQitemZ280414640105QQihZ018QQcategoryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ht_4384wt_995

HiProfile · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:59:53 AM »

Quote from: snm95ls on October 26, 2009, 05:40:04 PM

Another T series fanboi here.

T20, T41 and T61 all working flawlessly.

;D

T60 is what I toooon with. Battery last forever, can get OEM batts on ebay cheap, fast, cool shit on it. Very sleek, and has a mouse knob which I REQUIRE. Not much bloatware installed. Just wish it had more than 3 usb's. It was 3yrs old in may, one of the first with a dualcore. Actually does some 3-d games well. I paid a lot for it, but I got what I paid for. As for parts, you can always find a company selling one for parts. Other people I know with old IBM's are smitten.

Only problem is I reinstalled Windows with it's backup thingy and it ruined my Crome reg string, and that bastage never sent me a new string. It seems to use a random serial number or something, so it would do the same to ectune. $:-\$

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2009, 06:10:39 PM »

5 dollars paypal to someone who finds me the best deal on a computer, what is better t400 t500 or t61? it needs to be teh m4j0r qu1x on teh pr0nnnn

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #21 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:22:26 PM »

Quote from: LS1pwNzJ00 on October 27, 2009, 06:10:39 PM

5 dollars paypal to someone who finds me the best deal on a computer, what is better t400 t500 or t61? it needs to be teh m4j0r qu1x on teh pr0nnnn

T400 if you are tuning, T500 otherwise. T61 is used, most are out of warranty. T500 is too big for tuning. Buy new, experience a high quality product that is a joy to use and a no-nonsense warranty if anything goes wrong. If you like the warranty you can extend it at any point prior to it's lapse - I went to with mine, but dropped the ball like a balding failure.

BTW If you are into gaming you'll want to go another direction, my standard vid card T61 is great for WOW and trash like that but the drafting/CAD oriented video card upgrades available for T-series aren't gaming rigs.

Sinister · « **Reply #22 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:32:03 PM »

t_cel_t · « **Reply #23 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:20:29 PM »

im going with the crowd here, the lenovo t series are awesome. i know like 5 guys with T40 and 60 series and they never have any problems except old batteries which are found for pretty cheap.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #24 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:41:06 PM »

Quote from: Sinister on October 27, 2009, 07:32:03 PM

I know shit about anything except mating with reasonably unattractive land whales

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:10:27 PM »

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146540

yay nay?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #26 on:** October 29, 2009, 08:27:58 PM »

Ideapad is not a Thinkpad. While I'm sure the warranty is excellence you're buying a consumer piece of plastic instead of an armor encased business-class machine. Go to lenovo.com, click on laptops --> THINKPAD. There's some good stuff, there's some $$$$ bling stuff, and the T-series are known for being indestructable. Netsearch ecoupons before paying, you can save 10-15% and get free shipping, usually.

HiProfile · « **Reply #27 on:** October 29, 2009, 11:23:33 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on October 27, 2009, 07:22:26 PM

T400 if you are tuning, T500 otherwise. T61 is used, most are out of warranty. T500 is too big for tuning.

Hot chick who did my EKG had a t400. I was almost mroe interested in it than her.

Eggylshatch · « **Reply #28 on:** October 29, 2009, 11:50:02 PM »

I went with some baseline acer shit for $300 on sale, brand new. Have had it about a year and a half with no problems at all, runs everything fine. Could have a little more harddrive space, but any ones now would come stock with more than I bought mine with.

bigwig · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2009, 11:52:53 PM »

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