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NZ Computing - Re: Advise on purchasing a Laptop. |
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I had a toshiba Satellite Pro 420CDT - lots of problems with the pointing
stick causing mouse drift. Had replacement keyboards and eventually had to have a modification fitted to the motherboard socket. Then I had an HP Omnbook 4100 - The LCD hinge area on these seemed to have a design flaw as mine and others broke in this area - the metal flange inside the LCD area seemed to be too short & weak causing the LCD bezel and back cover to break around the screw mounts. HP refused warranty on this. Didn't like the docking stations - they sometimes held onto the laptop and wouldn't release it. Now have a Dell C600 - great so far. Even bought a hard drive modular bay so I can remove the CD drive and pop in a second hard drive - real neat! Can be a bit heavy but I do have 2 batteries as well (for extended running). "Rob King" <> wrote in message news:RUGNa.3061$... > > "PJ Lee" <> wrote in message > news:CNNMa.64223$... > > Hello Group, > > > > I'm looking at buying a laptop for business use (mainly running Borland > > JBuilder and M$ Visual Studio .NET..), since I'm a "laptop virgin", I'm > not > > too sure where to start... > > > > The URL below links to a HP Laptop which also sold by Bond and bond, and > > since they have a 24 months interest free deal going, it's seems like a > > pretty good deal. What are you thoughts, comments on this laptop? and how > > difficult would it be if I want to upgrade it (add more ram for > > instance...)? > > All inputs are welcomed. > > Well, I had a Toshiba Satellite which served me for 2 years without a single > fault. My wife, on the other hand, has a Compaq Presario 711 from Noel > Leeming and it has been repaired 4 times. > > Check out www.portables.co.nz . They have some good stuff. > > Robert |
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