OT: Needle in a haystack.

[Letmegrow]

I am trying to find a laptop with the fallowing:

- 1 gig of RAM.
- All of the windows programs bought and installed.
I don't want to have to pay again for MS Word and all that.
- Wireless card.
- Under $1000.

 

[Chelsey]

Did a search on Newegg and came up with the following results (there should be a search field on the lefthand side of the screen that you can use to specify stuff and further narrow your choices):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...06877&Subcategory=32&description=&srchInDesc=

 

[Letmegrow]

I tried there but did not recognize any of the brands.
What was yours ?

 

[Chelsey]

Toshiba Qosmio...it doesn't meet the last requirement. Give me a few and I'll see what I can round up.

 

[geoxman]

why dont you just use open office instead of "MS word and all that"?

 

[Chelsey]

Why are you set on 1 GB of RAM? My laptop has 512 Mb and is just as fast as my tower, which has 1 GB. It't not so much just the RAM, it also has to do with the other equipment and how the computer is configured. For example, my laptop starts up VERY fast...abnormally fast. This is because the company configured it as such. My tower is faster for gaming and everyday processes, but starts up slow. It's mostly in the programming...I'd look at the processor as well. What exactly are you wanting to do with this thing?

 

[Reggae Fish]

Under $1000!!!
Are you kidding me? Easy...there are numerous laptops that you can find for that...I've had Sonys, HPs, Dells, and I won't go with anything besides what I have now which is a Toshiba Satellite...Why do you need a full gig of RAM???
My only suggestion is something I never buy and that is a warranty...#1 almost no manufacturers cover the screens and number 2, the most common problem with laptops is breaking the eyejack which becomes very expensive to do if you have to do it several times. Just watch for sales. DON't BUY A SONY

Also, I'm sending you a pm

 

[JxMetal]

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=i6400sd308&s=bsd

That includes a duo core


Also, don't forget to upgrade to 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLifeâ"žÂ¢ for free

$828 after you add MS OFfice to it.

Plus I think you get a free bookbag.

I may be wrong, but I THINK you can use one of the dell coupons that you can buy off of eBay to get like %10 off or something like that. You'd have to look into it, cause I'm not your personal servant and I'm lazy.

 

[JxMetal]

Oh just found this.

http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...a=General&cm_ite=generic 120gb&ref=performics

Also, to save you some money. Go with 512MB then when you find a deal on a 512MB stick buy it. I found one for my comp about 6 months ago and got it for $7. Kingston. I Price matched and got 2 rebates.

 

[Reggae Fish]

Also, if you can wait about 50 days, they always have SUPER deals everywhere on "black friday" (day after thanksgiving)

 

[frenchie]

check pm got one for ya

 

[Im Lon 2]

LoL French I just sent you this link.. Couldn't remember what all yours had..

 

[Im Lon 2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8220560#post8220560 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JxMetal

Also, to save you some money. Go with 512MB then when you find a deal on a 512MB stick buy it. I found one for my comp about 6 months ago and got it for $7. Kingston. I Price matched and got 2 rebates.

I would agree with that..

 

[frenchie]

windows xp home
512 ram
60 gig hd
pentium m 1.6
wireless built on board
ati mobile 9000
microsoft wireless mouse
i have a copy of microsoft office 2000 pro i can install on it

dell inspiron 600m 14" screen there light weight model

cd rw/ dvd rom

 

[Letmegrow]

Good replies thanks guys, and gal.

 

[Chelsey]

no problem...you know as well as anyone that I'm the resident nerd :lol:

 

[frenchie]

yeah i like to have atleast 1 gig of ram also my desktop has
2.6 p4 bus speed 800 mh
1 gig kingston
80 gig and 250 gig hard drive
nvidia 256mb 128 bit geforce 6200 graphics card
cd rom
cd rw
cdrw/dvdrw tdk
1 hp printer for digital photos
1 all in one printer hp
100 watt surround sound system
logitech mouse and keyboard
logitech web cam
19" ultra sharp dell lcd

more ram is better, but can upgrade cheap
and my wifes computer is even quicker with good graphics

 

[Chelsey]

What kind of logitech keyboard do you have? Mine's getting way old...I just got a new mouse, but I need a new keyboard as well. Did you build your own computer or did you configure/buy it? Here's my setup...built summer of '05:

Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Retail
Corsair 2x512 MB Value Select PC3200
MSI GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB PCI-E
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Samsung 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA hard drive
Black Lite-On 52x32x52x16x combo drive
Black NEC 3520A 16x DVD+RW/-RW drive
nVidia 10/100/1000 NIC
v.92 56k PCI modem
Enermax 485W PSU
Logitech Elite keyboard
Logitech G5 mouse
Altec Lansing 45.1 sound system
Sennheiser HD-280 Pro headphones
Samsung 710N Black 17" LCD

 

[Dert42]

i just got a 17inch widescreen laptop from circuit city for $950.
1 gig ram, 1.8 processor i think.
80 gig harddrive.
screw paying for office...
just download open office. although if you've payed for office in the past, just install it on the new machine.

 

[frenchie]

bought base model computer from dell real cheap and put everything in it my self, got memory and drive and graphics stuff like that cheap at computer show at gateway center in collinsville when they have big computer sale every three months, so basically bought a cheap computer and beefed it up myself. my computer can be uprgraded to 3.0 processor and 4 gig of ram , I need a better power supply so i can get a high end graphics card, nothing but nvidia here though.