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j8ear · 09-24-2003, 02:04 PM

I think that you should really evaluate your need for a laptop at all.

Every feature you could possibly imagine your ideal laptop having is better and cheaper in a desktop system.

Unless you absolutely NEED a laptop, stay away. Repairs and parts are easily two to three times the price.

That's my first piece of advice.

Second, I have a compaq armada m700 (700mhz p3/128mb/dvd/20gig) given to me by my employer. It is small, light, powerful enough for everything you mentioned and even those you excluded, and EXTREMELY durable...believe me, i treat it worse then a rental car

They're a few years old now and were almost exclusively business class machines. I suspect you could get one for a song through a liquidator or at auction.

-bear

09-24-2003, 02:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	I think that you should really evaluate your need for a laptop at all. Every feature you could possibly imagine your ideal laptop having is better and cheaper in a desktop system. Unless you absolutely NEED a laptop, stay away. Repairs and parts are easily two to three times the price. That's my first piece of advice. Second, I have a compaq armada m700 (700mhz p3/128mb/dvd/20gig) given to me by my employer. It is small, light, powerful enough for everything you mentioned and even those you excluded, and EXTREMELY durable...believe me, i treat it worse then a rental car They're a few years old now and were almost exclusively business class machines. I suspect you could get one for a song through a liquidator or at auction. -bear __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.