*drool...*

[alectoperdita]

Meet the hot new Dell Latitude D620.

I want... Dual core tech, sweet!!! *is suddenly torn between working at a paying job toward this or being lab slave toward grad school application*

Thinkpads are my other choice, but they tend to be a bit too expensive for my blood. (Especially since I can't get it discounted/free through some scholarship like certain people...) I need one of those accidental damage coverage plans. My customized hopeful would come in at $1,195 from its current $899 base. Omg, discount right now. >.<

DaPhatWun89: lol im gonna try to customize the most expensive latitude d620 possible
independethought: LOL
DaPhatWun89: woot
DaPhatWun89: $6,617
DaPhatWun89: thats like buying 6 laptops!
independethought: o.O
DaPhatWun89: but youre only buying one!
DaPhatWun89: the ram was a bitch lol
DaPhatWun89: cost an extra like 1000 bucks
independethought: wow...
DaPhatWun89: oh wait more options!
independethought: the software xDDD
independethought: and service plans
DaPhatWun89: wait i think i missed some stuff
DaPhatWun89: broke 10k :P
DaPhatWun89: thats without handhelds, and projectors and stuff
independethought: holy shit...

Comments

[kasumi-blue.livejournal.com]

I don't like Dells... I work with a lot of Dell laptops and harddrive failure is not uncommon amongst them. I mean, it's not like every Dell laptop's harddrive fails, but out of every laptop brand I know, Dell laptop harddrives fail the most.

Thinkpads are the best functionally, and they really aren't that expensive compared to some other brands... but they're fugly. I heard that IBM designed them after some kind of Japanese lunchbox. What kind of model is that for a laptop? x_x

As for me, I like VAIOs >.> Nevermind that they're overpriced, nevermind that Sony has shitty support, they're uh... shiny? ._.

My next laptop'll probably be a Gateway x_x

[alecto-chan.livejournal.com]

Dell Latitudes have relatively the same tech specs as the Thinkpad T series. While the T series functions slightly better, they're more expensive when you calculate the necessary peripheries. They're also being produced by Levano in China now, so...

As for harddrive failures, I have had about one every year for the last four years I've had my current Hewatt Packard laptop. I had to pay a shitload for my insurance plan too, which has now expired. I really can't imagine anything more shitty than the one I currently have (probably a Compaq). I refuse to buy any laptop that doesn't offer accidental damage coverage for a few years.

Btw, what do you currently have?

[kasumi-blue.livejournal.com]

A Sony VAIO, lol. It's a big desktop replacement model (although the smallest of the desktop replacements I've seen, the HP ones are HUGE) with a Pentium 4 and a very shiny X-BRITE screen.

I think next time I'll go less for power and more for portability :p On the bright side, since I hardly even take it out of my room, the chances of me dropping it are very low. So I figure that makes up for the lack of good service on Sony's part :P

But like I said, next time I'll probably have to go with a different brand (and a much lighter model ._.).

Despite all that, though, I still love it to bits. Especially it's DVD + RW drive :D And it's shinyyyyyyy~

[alecto-chan.livejournal.com]

Lol, my current HP one weighs in at about 7 pounds. Chunky brick bastard. VAIOs seem to make great multimedia machines. I'm going for a portable work machine myself, because data entry and statistical analysis is so fun... Oh, and something that doesn't die when running on batteries after about 2.5 hours.