Choice of Notebook

[birddog114]

If only we could salary sacrifice a D2x!

Why not and people did

[phillipb]

3yr 2hr warranty.

Interesting amount of warranty, 3years and 2hours

[Onyx]

 LOL@warranty comment.

Hope you enjoy your new system Andy. It does seem like it's very well specced for the price. Although it falls short of your initial criterion of ultra-portability (at close to 3kg), but 60Gb, 512Mb, R9700 should do you well into the foreseeable future.

[Neeper]

I just got my Toshiba A70 3.33 ghz P4, with 1 gb ram and 80gb hd. Now more lagging photoshop and nikon capture whoo hoo!! Big upgrade from my crappy ass Compaq. Remember to say NO to compaq!

[birddog114]

I just got my Toshiba A70 3.33 ghz P4, with 1 gb ram and 80gb hd. Now more lagging photoshop and nikon capture whoo hoo!! Big upgrade from my crappy ass Compaq. Remember to say NO to compaq!

HP/ Compaq make good stuff for Aussie, perhaps not in Canada!
Toshiba used to be a top seller but not anymore, people go for non brand name as Ausus, Gigabyte other, cheap, heap of extra features and do the job well.

[Nnnnsic]

I don't think HP / Compaq make good computers for any place in the world.

[birddog114]

I don't think HP / Compaq make good computers for any place in the world.

Yes, but Corporate customers overhere want HP/Compaq in their offices.
Can't tell them! otherwise I lost my job!

[Nnnnsic]

I don't think HP / Compaq make good computers for any place in the world.

Yes, but Corporate customers overhere want HP/Compaq in their offices.
Can't tell them! otherwise I lost my job!

Fair enough, just so long as you're aware that most corporate consumers are technological idiots.

[birddog114]

I don't think HP / Compaq make good computers for any place in the world.

Yes, but Corporate customers overhere want HP/Compaq in their offices.
Can't tell them! otherwise I lost my job!

Fair enough, just so long as you're aware that most corporate consumers are technological idiots.

I know but they pay their bills

[Onyx]

Must be time to get rid of the backlot of "Pentium 486" systems.

[jdear]

keep an eye on http://www.graysonline.com.au. often vendors like HP, Dell, Sony and Toshiba auction off laptops... ex demo, ex govt, ex display etc at pretty reasonable prices (depends on who bids) also Harris technology and other distributors...

check out the online auctions side of it. - then click view catalog at the bottom of that particular page...


Ive only ever bought an internal zip drive off them, arrived promptly. My only warning is make sure you add on the buyers premium (percentage of winning bid amount) as well as shipping to your bidding price.

JD

[jdear]

anyone had experience with tablet PC's?

JD

[birddog114]

Never deal with them same as never recommend to anyone!
If you buy a used notebook online, you're taking the risk, not seeing them working or not, that what I do not like. I rather save up and buy new online instead of buy used online.
And normally no warranty comes with the used stuff online.

[Nnnnsic]

I've been wanting to try a tablet PC for ages but my concern is the mouse would be a pain in the arse for gaming.

[Mark T]

Another vote here for an Apple PowerBook.

They are powerful machines, and for someone like me who's not a computer geek, extremely easy to setup and use, virus and spyware free, and command a high resale value.

I'm on my second PowerBook now. After I bought my new Powerbook last year, I sold my three and a half year old Titanium G4 to a friend for $1,200: and it's still going strong today.