Laptop for school.. got some questions.

2009-09-18 17:42:34

#1

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6919|BC, Canada

I'm looking to pick-up a laptop for my wife for school. Only need the basics, but would prefer vista home premium. Looking to spend not much at all. I found a couple, wadda ya think of these 2:
HP compaq AMD dual core:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde … amp;catid=

Lenovo Thinkpad G530
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s … ure=LENOVO

would prefer to spend under 600 CAD, but may go as high as 700 CAD.

NOTE: there will be no gaming done on this laptop.
Thx in advance for any pointers.

2009-09-18 17:46:10

#2

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6435|Sydney | ♥

Honestly... you get what you pay for....

Second one> the first one.

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2009-09-18 18:20:53

#3

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6920|The darkside of Denver

second one.

2009-09-19 08:05:04

#4

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6241|Toronto

The lenovo. But make sure you get the W7 upgrade package--not sure that site will cover it.

I like pie.

2009-09-19 09:58:13

#5

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6919|BC, Canada

TSI wrote:
The lenovo. But make sure you get the W7 upgrade package--not sure that site will cover it.

thx, yeah i was gonna ask them about that before purchase.

2009-09-19 10:02:31

#6

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6674|Finland

Definately Lenovo. The build quality of them is second to none.

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2009-09-19 11:30:38

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

I can't stop hating HP for ruining the Compaq brand in such a grotesque way.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-09-19 11:32:02

#8

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6714|The Twilight Zone

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I can't stop hating HP for ruining the Compaq brand in such a grotesque way.

What did they do to it? I still have a Compaq lappy somewhere

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2009-09-19 12:29:08

#9

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6241|Toronto

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I can't stop hating HP for ruining the Compaq brand in such a grotesque way.

Tru dat. Used to love those. They started sucking in 2004. My dad still has an old 12" 512 mb business one from 2002, that thing was so good.

I like pie.

2009-09-19 12:33:13

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Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
I can't stop hating HP for ruining the Compaq brand in such a grotesque way.
What did they do to it? I still have a Compaq lappy somewhere

Old Compaq computers from before HP bought them, and a little bit into the HP era, are among the highest-quality computers I've ever seen. Everything is grotesquely overspecced; the cases are made out of 1.5mm thick steel, they have 80% bigger caps than needed for proper operation, the CD-ROM drives have mechanics made out of steel, the fans were true industrial grade with over 20 years MTBF, and so on. They usually weren't very fast, but they were built like tanks and made to last.

Then HP came, and for a while used it as a high-end division, somewhat keeping the quality, but a couple of years ago, they just brought it down to normal, cheap consumer-level stuff of really bad quality compared to before.

I love my school for letting me take all the old ones they have, about 40 stationary machines. I'm soon gonna port my GAYMEN RIG into one of those cases.

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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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