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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Lyman Green'" <lymang AT gmail.com>, "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>, <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>
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  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:14:40 -0500

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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