[plug] Buying a laptop

[Daniel Pearson]

Dell certainly are great value for money, which is why you'll see a huge 
difference in price for the same thing from IBM. Try googling the dell 
model number, to see what kind of support it has.

The CPU you'll go for, depends on what you want to use the machine for. 
If you want great battery life, and nice built in wireless etc - go the 
centrino. If its a desktop replacement, go for the P4 or AMD.

Cheers

Benjamin Woods wrote:

> Sounds like IBM is the way to go if he gets us a good deal?
>
> He doesnt work for IBM.
> He works for Moncreif... which sell IBM.
> He spoke to his manager who said that any good deals they are getting 
> as a company they will sell to us at their cost price (we are GOOD 
> friends!).
>
> It depends though... I really do like the idea of a 17" wide screen!
>
> But it MUST be linux supported! (I am formatting straight after i get 
> it!).
>
> I will smack Slackware 10.1 on it, and upgrade to current! Booyah!
>
> I checked out an IBM T Series with similar specs and it cost $5700!
> How could he possible get us a deal even close to that price for the 
> dell?
> I expect $4000 would be the absolute best!?
> Still waiting to see...
>
> One more question: Intel Centrino M processor 2.0 Ghz or Intel Pentium 
> 4 3.6 GHz? or even AMD?
> What are your opinions?
>
> Cheers
>
> -- 
> From: Benjamin Woods
> woodsb02 at iinet.net.au
> Registered Linux User #372573
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