Laptop - need your opinion
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-03 19:18:19
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Hi guys!
I want to purchase a laptop and i was thinking of Lenovo.
I will be glad if anyone who owned or still owns a laptop by Lenovo will share his experience with me.
And if anyone has other great brands he thinks are good - please recommend me.(but explain why..)
I need it mainly for studying and "home-usage" as well (movies,songs,average games..etc.)
I do need strong computer because i will be using it for the next hmm 3-4 years or so. Also Mac is not an option for me so don't recommend it :)
Thanks in advance :-)
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how about DELL?
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-10 12:02:44
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Inspiron 1520
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1520?c=il&l=en&s=dhs
anyone had bad experience with it?
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Posted by Gamma Tr nikkitracks
On 2007-12-03 19:33:11
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Yeah, I've got a Lenovo 3000 N100 - the one with the 1680x1050 screen. I can honestly say it's the best laptop I've ever had (although I believe that the newer one is nicer - 3000 N200). Screen's ultra-sharp, the hardware in it is 100% Linux-compatible (everything except the webcam works out of the box with Ubuntu 7.04 upwards) and it's fast. I always look at the quality of the screen first, and this one is stunning. The resolution's top-notch, and you won't find many laptops of this build quality cheaper with a screen like that.
I actually had a problem 3 days before my warranty ran out, where the battery refused to charge - even though Lenovo's records stated that it was a day out of warranty, they shipped me a new battery the next day anyway (a Saturday) and took the old one away. The only other problem I've had is a hard drive failure due to droppage; once I replaced the drive with a 7200rpm 16MB cache model, the laptop is absolutely screaming fast.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one of Lenovo's own-brand laptops, particularly the 3000 series. I can't really comment on the Thinkpad range, other than to say that I know a few of my friends have had hardware compatibility issues with theirs. I've always been a HP or Fujitsu Siemens kinda guy, but this Lenovo has completely changed my mind. I suppose the only slight downside is the weight - it won't break your arm, but it's not the lightest machine ever. Get yourself a Targus rucksack to go with it - you'll be glad you did.
Other than that, all I can tell you is that you should stay away from Acer (rotten build quality, in my experience) and Packard Bell ('nuff said).
On 2007-12-03 19:18:19, Chudik wrote
>Hi guys!
>I want to purchase a laptop and i was thinking of Lenovo.
>I will be glad if anyone who owned or still owns a laptop by Lenovo will share his experience with me.
>And if anyone has other great brands he thinks are good - please recommend me.(but explain why..)
>I need it mainly for studying and "home-usage" as well (movies,songs,average games..etc.)
>I do need strong computer because i will be using it for the next hmm 3-4 years or so. Also Mac is not an option for me so don't recommend it :)
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>Thanks in advance :-)
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-03 21:05:15
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They are pretty expensive aren't they?
Can you elaborate on the battery-life? it is very important..
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Posted by Gamma Tr nikkitracks
On 2007-12-03 21:12:07
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Freak problem that just happened - I don't know if you've been following the tech news lately, but recently quality control seems to have been an issue for lithium ion batteries. The battery itself just stopped charging - it reported itself as 80% full all the time, and held no charge at all. I was lucky in that one of the guys in the office had the same model as me, so I just tried his battery to eliminate system board problems.
It's just one of those things - the fact that they replaced it without question even though they thought it was slightly out of warranty is more important for me. Good support trumps most hardware faults in my view (especially for laptops, where most of the parts which go wrong aren't really user-replaceable).
On 2007-12-03 21:05:15, Chudik wrote
>They are pretty expensive aren't they?
>Can you elaborate on the battery-life? it is very important..
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-03 21:42:07
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I hope that that support is worldwide as i am not from the states or UK.
btw-
I've looked on the 3000 series on the N model - seems good enough, just wanted to ask if i can replace the intel cpu with amd?
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Posted by Gamma Tr nikkitracks
On 2007-12-03 21:45:35
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No - since CPU support is designed into the motherboard on a physical level, you can't do that with any laptop.
I'm curious as to why you'd want to replace Intel with AMD, though - in the current generation of processors, Intel are slapping AMD silly in every area: performance, performance per clock, power efficiency, price...don't get me wrong; I'm an AMD guy through and through, but there comes a point when you have to say "enough is enough". Intel laptops work 100% out of the box with Linux, whereas AMD laptops are full of strange wireless cards, dodgy one-off impossible-to-find-drivers-for chips here and there...and when you do, the ATi/AMD graphics drivers are a pile of crap.
On 2007-12-03 21:42:07, Chudik wrote
>I hope that that support is worldwide as i am not from the states or UK.
>btw-
>I've looked on the 3000 series on the N model - seems good enough, just wanted to ask if i can replace the intel cpu with amd?
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-03 21:49:49
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I meant when your order the laptop - to customize it with amd.
but thanks for the info..
Although i'm missing the red-navigation button at the middle of the 3000 series keyboard.
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You want a nipple????
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Posted by Gamma Tr nikkitracks
On 2007-12-03 21:52:58
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OK, you're seriously the only person I've ever met who says they prefer the stinkpad-nipple to a decent trackpad... ;)
These days, laptop models are architecture-specific. Actually, I don't believe that Lenovo actually do laptops with AMD architectures. I'd advise that you stick with Intel if you're going to be buying a laptop in the next year or so; I've tried both sides, and the AMD machines just can't compete on performance, let alone anything else.
On 2007-12-03 21:49:49, Chudik wrote
>I meant when your order the laptop - to customize it with amd.
>but thanks for the info..
>Although i'm missing the red-navigation button at the middle of the 3000 series keyboard.
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That doesnt sound too good lol :-)
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Posted by Gamma Tr Chudik
On 2007-12-03 21:57:36
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Yes i've worked with ThinkPad series quite a lot and those little red buttons saved the day for me - i just find it *SO* annoying to try to scroll to a spot with this trackpad!
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