THE Laptop Thread: Configs, deals and questions.

[ScarySkulls]

Originally Posted by somebodystopme

If anybody need HP Laptops at Discounted rates contact me. I know few people who can get me laptops below normal showroom selling price.

Like how much cheap?

Its with all the B&W. Right?

[tsk1979]

Samurai, with the Rupee Kissing 40 to a dollar, and Dell India prices still high side(even after the drop) if you can get from the US nothing like it. 1000$ will get you
1. Dual core
2. 2GB RAM
3. 120GB HDD 7200rpm
3. Higher resolution screen.

Make sure you use the deal codes. Sites like deals2buy help a lot. I shaved off 100$ of my purchase when I used a coupon code from deals2buy.com

[Josh]

I would say if you are buying a laptop for daily use then consider thinkpad. The build quality is the best. Dell is another good option, but then service can be an issue as you have to send the laptop to chennai ( or banglore ?). But Dell gives good value for money, as service network is nonexistant.

Also if battery life is more important than little speed then go for normal 4K HDD and not 7200rpm disks as they are a battery hog. And believe me the performance difference is not much to speak about. You can get the same performance with Xp, 1Gig and Core 2 Duo.

Stay away from Sony as they are flaunt value and nothing else.

Abhi ( car pc wala ) has very good knowledge on laptops. You should pm him.

[laljidaniel]

I'm using a Thinkpad for last 2 years. IBM R52 with Centrino 1.86Ghz, 512MB/ 60GB HDD/ Win XP Proff./ wireless Lan
Bluetooth and i'm very much happy with the quality and performance. i sud admit though many of the IBM notebook are not that good lookin. There are slim and good lookin models in IBM but are expensive.. I love the T series in IBM Thinkpad. but it was way above my budget

[low_bass_makker]

the IBM is not what it is used to be...now it is lenovo and it is not what IBM was.....I would suggest to go for lenovo laptop....

[iraghava]

Originally Posted by Josh

Dell is another good option, but then service can be an issue as you have to send the laptop to chennai ( or banglore ?). But Dell gives good value for money, as service network is nonexistant.

Please get your facts right. Dell has a site service warranty which means that if you have a problem with your laptop and you're located anywhere within the Asia-Pacific region they will come & fix it for you.

I've tried doing this twice, once in Delhi & once in Moradabad. Both times after a tele-diagnosis the service engineer turned up at my place within 24 hrs of the call with the new parts which were suspected to be causing the trouble.

I have been a Dell user for over 4 years now & have nothing but praise for their excellent service.

P.S. Dell has a service contract with Wipro & one other company who send the engineers for doing the repairs at your premises. So actually they do have a service network.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by iraghava

Please get your facts right. Dell has a site service warranty which means that if you have a problem with your laptop and you're located anywhere within the Asia-Pacific region they will come & fix it for you.

I've tried doing this twice, once in Delhi & once in Moradabad. Both times after a tele-diagnosis the service engineer turned up at my place within 24 hrs of the call with the new parts which were suspected to be causing the trouble.

I have been a Dell user for over 4 years now & have nothing but praise for their excellent service.

P.S. Dell has a service contract with Wipro & one other company who send the engineers for doing the repairs at your premises. So actually they do have a service network.

I would agree with Ishan here....the dell people are very good at there service....It happened with my friend and the guy was there with less than 24 hrs....

[Samurai]

I was using IBM Thinkpad for last 4 years, but the current Thinkpad is Lenovo. My vendor says there are too many problems with Lenovo thinkpads. So, that's out.

I have DELL experience in USA since 1999, their service top class there. Since DELL India appears to be providing similar service, that may be the way to go.

Tsk, I can't think about US prices when I am buying for Indian company. I need Indian warranty too, or else I would have purchased in US during the recent visit.

Looks like DELL XPS 1210 is the best choice I have now.

[low_bass_makker]

The plus point of getting a dell is that you can configure it to ones tastes and requirement this is the one thing I like the most..

[TSEA]

Was not knowing that there is a separate Laptop thread (posted my laptop's config. in the computer config. thread).

Any way, I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 running Windows Vista™ Home Basic. Got it for around $864.91. Here goes the general specs.:

1. AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56 {1.8 GHz (L2 Cache:2 x 512 KB) }
2. Memory 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
3. VIDEO CARD ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (Integrated)
4. HARD DRIVES 80GB Hard Drive
5. Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
6. Wireless Networking Cards 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)
7. LCD panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™(glossy)

Yes, I did customized it to my requirments and budget. Dell laptop's in US are considered to be VFM. They are build to last (but are on the heavier side, specially the Inspiron series). The support is decent (Recovery/Re-Installation CDs are shipped along with the laptop without charge).

[Josh]

Originally Posted by iraghava

Please get your facts right. Dell has a site service warranty which means that if you have a problem with your laptop and you're located anywhere within the Asia-Pacific region they will come & fix it for you.

I've tried doing this twice, once in Delhi & once in Moradabad. Both times after a tele-diagnosis the service engineer turned up at my place within 24 hrs of the call with the new parts which were suspected to be causing the trouble.

I have been a Dell user for over 4 years now & have nothing but praise for their excellent service.

P.S. Dell has a service contract with Wipro & one other company who send the engineers for doing the repairs at your premises. So actually they do have a service network.

Oops my bad then. I have had no experience but when i went to buy a Vaio from Laptop House in Pune they were againt my going for dell. Maybe they badmouth other laptop makers.
Dell is the best option left then.

[Technocrat]

Josh I have ben to House of Laptops & found them to be selling what they want to & not what customers want.

Btw I am lookig for desktop replacemnet laptop which wont be running any heavy applications just need one for storing personal files & surfing net.

Btw How are acer laptops? Saw one with 14.1 screen & built in camera for around 35k

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by Technocrat

Btw How are acer laptops? Saw one with 14.1 screen & built in camera for around 35k

they are also good....when compared to HP, compaq and lenovo....

[serious_maniac]

Originally Posted by Samurai

I was using IBM Thinkpad for last 4 years, but the current Thinkpad is Lenovo. My vendor says there are too many problems with Lenovo thinkpads. So, that's out.

I have DELL experience in USA since 1999, their service top class there. Since DELL India appears to be providing similar service, that may be the way to go.

Tsk, I can't think about US prices when I am buying for Indian company. I need Indian warranty too, or else I would have purchased in US during the recent visit.

Looks like DELL XPS 1210 is the best choice I have now.

I recently got a Dell D620... was thinking of XPS 1210 which seems to be a very good buy... but then I wanted XP and XPS comes only with Vista. Dell was not ready to ship XPS 1210 with Win XP, so went in for D620 - ended up paying 10k more than XPS.

Lenovo, Acer, even HP/Compaq are ruled out for heavy duty work (working for 12+ hours daily with good apps). Dell and Sony are surely better.

~maniac

[AshOnTheRocks]

Originally Posted by serious_maniac

I recently got a Dell D620... was thinking of XPS 1210 which seems to be a very good buy... but then I wanted XP and XPS comes only with Vista. Dell was not ready to ship XPS 1210 with Win XP, so went in for D620 - ended up paying 10k more than XPS.

Lenovo, Acer, even HP/Compaq are ruled out for heavy duty work (working for 12+ hours daily with good apps). Dell and Sony are surely better.

~maniac

I used to have Dell Latitude 600 laptop for work & always found that it used to get heated up real fast (I always made sure never to keep my Dell laptop on my lap to avoid serious risk to unmentionables !!). The battery life was also nothing much to write home about..it used to last max 3 hours or so..

Now I have IBM (lenovo) T60 laptop 7 its probably the best laptop I have used so far..runs superfast,super cool & great battery life too..