any thoughts on the toshiba qosmio laptop?
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have money ? buy it... its a good computer with flash rom technology
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Hopefully, mine is waiting for me when I get home, I ordered it last wed. Mine has the 60GB hard drive so i hope it is speedy. We will see after I load it up with software.\n\nUPDATE  I have had this machine for a few days now and so far so good. It is fast, but not as fast as I hoped. I really like the fact that I can play CD's and DVD's with out having to turn it on and load windows and such. I hope you got the media center edition because it rocks. It has the newest version of IE which is a lot like mozilla. For only having two speakers, the sound quality is awesome. \n\nRight now, dell is offering 60 GB for no additional charge and they change this weekly I guess because right after I ordered mine, they were offering 100 GB for free, now its back to 60.\n\nIf you are looking to get the bluetooth, I would wait. \nYou can get the internal OEM card on ebay for $30 including shipping and it is easy peasy to install. Its a lot better than paying dell $50 and possibly delaying your shipping. \n\nThe ebay link is below as well as a link to how to install it.
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From my experience, I feel that Dell laptops are excellent in dependability and style. Toshiba is also close behind, though I really dislike the Thinkpads due to design, lack of service, and the overall layout. Gateway does not offer great laptops as it has combined with eMachines... so yea, its out of the running.\n\nI would suggest avoiding Tablet PCs mainly for the fact that they are just out a little bit ago. Might want to give Microsoft a little time to sort out their bugs. I bought one from Bestbuy two monthes ago and returned it two weeks ago because I felt it was rather useless, there is not much you can do with the tablet that cant be done with a mouse. Plus the idea of touching a screen so many times and having to clean it later on does not appeal to me. If you need to draw notes, I would stay with photoshop or paint, as working with a tablet pc is not as easy as you think, and no, the fold-up processes is not as easy as it looks in those comercials. As well, these tablet pcs usually end up costing a good 500 dollars more than one of the same performance without it. \n\nThe bottom line for your usage in my opinion would be the Dell Inspiron Notebook 9400 (after you customize it, its probably going to end up around $1500-$1600 US). It is not that high tech, though that is not needed unless you intend to really crank up gaming, plus it will save you a couple hundred bucks. As well, it comes with a nice silver design and 17" screen, and everything you basically need for university. You can read more about it at the site I listed below.
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GO FOR COMPAQ PRESARIO V2381.CHAEP AND BEST.......
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i think the Compaq V2385 is the best one. It's available for about Rs 35000 :\nFeatures:\nCeleron M 1.6 Ghz\n256 MB RAM\nWi-Fi\nWXGA 15" LCD\n40 GB HDD\nCD-RW/R DVD-R
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I bought one and the mouse cursor sometimes goes mad, only way to make it stop is to slightly bend the laptop. I only bought it as I repair full size PCs but never touched a laptop so I had to have one to play with. It was fairly cheap for what it is but was advertised as faultless (and with XP but instead it had NT,luckily I hate both and never intended to run either) so I guess someone else might see it as a rip-off, buying S/H is always a gamble but in the end it could have been much worse. Buying from eBay is MOST ALWAYS hit and miss so if you are not into taking things apart the best bet is to pay 3 times the money and buy new from a shop with a guarantee, then you have a place to go back to. \n\n I have found that even when buying new it often works out that the people in shops are mostly incompetent time wasters so is always best to learn a bit of DIY, computers are modular and if you are blessed with a little common sense they are very easy to fix with the individual bits being very cheap to buy.
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I just bought a new HP dv5030us from Circuit City for $999 after a $200 mail in rebate.  It has an AMD Turion64 processor (2GHz), 1 GB of RAM, 100 GB harddrive, DVD Burner with Lightscribe, and Windows XP Media Center.  The 15.4" WXGA widescreen looks really bright and sharp, too (great for movies).\n\nI've been happy with it so far except that its battery life is not as good as a comparable laptop running the Centrino architecture.\n\nIt has plenty of horsepower for running simple business applications (any modern new laptop will).  If you want to play around with photos, movies, music, etc. then you might want to try out this one due to the XP Media Center operating system.
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dells desdktops are sh*t. interestingly their laptops are good. i beleive its the otherway around with compaq.\n\ndell is definitely the way to go.
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Love the Toshiba its been flawless!
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No.  The last Toshiba I had, the damn screws literally fell out of it.  YA the screws in the bottom holding the bottom of it started to come out.  (3 or 4 went missing before I noticed it.)  \n\nI have never had that problem with any other laptop.  Toshiba refused to send out the screws that I needed.  Their excuse was that they didn't "stock screws".  My argument was that I shouldn't have to send a laptop in for service when all I need is a damn screw.\n\nI was really pissed that they couldn't help me.  I went to the hardware store and bought my own damn small screws.\n\nThe moral of this story is:  Screw Toshiba before they screw you!\n\nNo kidding.  Sony's tech support isn't very good in my opinion.  I called them for hardware problems where I knew the laptop had to be sent in to be fixed BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T POWER ON AT ALL, and they made me do all the things I had already told them I'd done before they would move through the process.   The people that actually replaced the hardware were nice and seemed to be knowledgable.  I talked with them because they had a question before finishing the job.\n\nGateway and Dell laptops might be pretty good.  I really like HP laptops though, especially the ones with the AMD processors.  If you get a laptop be sure to go with one that has a powerful video card so that if you do decide to play games on it, you won't be severely limited by the dinky graphics card in most laptops.  ATI 9700, ATI9800 or some of the geforce video cards are really good in these newer laptops.  They cost a little more, but give you a lot more power when it comes to graphics performance.\n\nHP seems to be a good balance between durability, power, cost, and reliability.  My wife's HP laptop has worked like a champ and is a pretty good all around computer for games, office, internet, and other applications.
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PLEASE GO FOR COMPAQ 2317 AS IT IS THE BEST HOTSELLING SELLING LAPTOP.IT HAS WEIGHT OF 2.5 - 3 KGS.VERY GOOD COLOR.GOOD SPEED.ECONOMICAL THAN HP.PROMOTIONAL OFFER ALONG WITH IT.\n\nGO FOR COPAQ PRESARIO V 2317.
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I think it all depends on the specification of the notebooks. If you are going for the game... I suggest Alienware notebook, XPS for Dell, and for me I thought Toshiba was pretty good overall.
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i hav three laptops for work and office use one is a dell one is a toshiba and other is fujistu\ndell was the best price fully loaded for around 800.00 usd from the website and after rebates but the service does stink and if it breaks u do the reapirs ur self and they supply the parts they offer a great warranty but the online help and phone support both need serious help \nthe toshiba works great after i lost the start up disk and contacted the company they help out a lot \ni have the tough book series and it is stronger than most laptops \nbut not so onthe bottom have broken th ebattery cover and now they dont sell it by its self \n\ni love the fujitsu features and there supprot service is great and the price is outrageous but the whole two years i have had it have went thru four screens one fan and several keyboards  so there more like a stationary laptop than a mobile one  but if u need a laptop that does it all and money is not a issue i suggest it with a really long warranty
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I recently purchased an HP a1340n.\n\nSo far so good. I've run Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro 9 on it, separately and at the same time. I've played Guild Wars on it and accessed the online community There. \n\nI usually browse with Opera and have several tabs (about 15) open at one time and have opened Photoshop while doing so as well as running IE and Outlook Express at the same time.\n\nOne thing, I didn't get their monitor as I have an Optiquest already that I really liked and it saved me a bit of $ not to get it. Spent that on a Best Buy Service Warranty instead.\n\nCouldn't access the HP America site tonight  to look at the specs as they have it down for maintenance. \n\nNot sure what else you're looking for, edit your question if there's more and I'll edit my answer accordingly.\n\nOh yes, one last thing, this thing is so quiet I can forget it's running :-)
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I just bought my first notebook, bottom of the line Acer 3003LC (for NZ$890, which equates to US$600) and am delighted with it. :-)\n\nThis model lacks builtin wireless, and only 256MB of RAM, but I'm pleased with its design, features, AND the support I get from Acer here in this part of the world anyway.\n\n(I'd always thought of Acer as "cheap". Well, now I have one, sure it was "low-priced", but it aint "shoddy" ! ;) )\n\nGood luck on your eventual purchase.. of whatever :-)
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Reliability of the machines they have been producing lately, I have been happy with the models I have purchased for home use. 1 HP (zv5240us) and 1 Compaq Presario (v2565us).\n\nService, no comment. \n\nIn General, Service leaves alot to be desired with most manufactures.
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The Toshiba Satellite is a very poor choice when considering the wide spectrum of choices avalible for budget laptops.\n\nThe battery life of the L25 is only 95 minutes, according to Cnet.com, which is a very small number in today's market.  Furthermore, the battery life won't last long enough to watch a dvd movie, which is a major factor to consider if you are going to dish out 700 for a laptop.\n\nIf you are looking for a bare minimum no frill laptop, I recommend Dell, where you can equipt a cheaper laptop which has more features, especially if you wait for a special deal.