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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

I agree on the Latitude reliability.  My D800 has taken a lot of abuse.  I
recently subjected it to sitting in a puddle of water overnight in a hotel
room while away at a client site.  It was nearly disaster for me as it
wouldn't power up the next morning.  Five minutes under a hand dryer in the
bathroom and she's up and running! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyman Green [mailto:lymang AT gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 1:18 PM
> To: cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com; Internetworkers: 
> http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations
> 
> Colleen,
> I've used Dell Latitude laptops of varying models since 1997 here at
> work, and I don't have a lot bad to say.  I've spoken with many other
> users (both corporate and home) and I've never encountered a user who
> hasn't had SOME kind of issue with the company that makes their laptop
> - Dell, Sony, Gateway, IBM, Toshiba, Fujitsu, etc.  I believe that
> from a corporate standpoint, Dell does a decent job of support and if
> you're looking for long life (in terms of support and purchase of
> peripherals, etc.) then I recommend looking at the slightly less
> flashy corporate line of Dell laptops (the Latitude, as I mentioned
> before).  Reliability has been high for me with these laptops, and
> they take accidental abuse pretty well.
> 
> Lyman
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:47:35 -0500, Colleen McCarthy
> <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> > 
> > Do any of you have any particularly good or bad things to 
> say about your
> > experience with laptops?  I've always had a Dell, and never had any
> > problems.  I would look at other vendors, however, if 
> someone recommended
> > them.  I'm interested in durability, value for the money, 
> and also any
> > features that you have and decided were a waste, or 
> features that you wish
> > you had.  Office Depot has a Compaq Presario R3000Z with an 
> AMD Athlon XP-M
> > Processor 2400+ for sale through 3/8 for $399 after some 
> rebates.  The
> > machine has 256 DDR Memory, a 40 GB hard drive, 8X DVD-ROM 
> drive (not
> > burner-- can get the burner for $55 more), 15"  XGA screen, 
> 32 MB nvidia
> > GeForce 4 420 Go (upgradeable to the 64 MB for $25) 
> graphics card.  The guy
> > at Home Deport recommended that I upgrade to the high 
> definition clear
> > screen for $75. I don't know if this is a good deal or not. 
>  Also, does
> > anyone know if there is a non-biased site that rates PCs (other than
> > Consumer Reports)?
> > 
> > Thanks much!
> > 
> > Colleen McCarthy, BSMT, BSEE, MBA, PMP
> > (h) 460-0641
> > 
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