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2kmaro
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July 23rd, @10:32PM

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Re: [POLL] Student Laptop Choice

You could cut'n'paste the following as a guide for additional comments:

Make/Model:
Screen Size:
Weight:
CPU:
Essential Extras:
Good Points:
BAD Points:
Why I picked it:
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[Edit]:Please take the time to add a few comments about your machines - model and perhaps WHY at least.


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Make/Model: HP zv5240ca
Screen Size: 15.4"
Weight: 8lbs (with extra battery, case and power adapter)
CPU: P4 3.00 GHz
Essential Extras: Battery (one only lasts 2 hours)
Good Points: Great gaming, nice screen
BAD Points: Battery life sucks, and its a bit on the heavy side
Why I picked it: Price was right ($200 sale), brand I trusted, loved the screen.

It gets pretty hot though... but only when gaming.
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said by johnsea66 See Profile :

Make/Model: HP zv5240ca
Screen Size: 15.4"
Weight: 8lbs (with extra battery, case and power adapter)
CPU: P4 3.00 GHz
Essential Extras: Battery (one only lasts 2 hours)
Good Points: Great gaming, nice screen
BAD Points: Battery life sucks, and its a bit on the heavy side
Why I picked it: Price was right ($200 sale), brand I trusted, loved the screen.

It gets pretty hot though... but only when gaming.
Um, ops, I didn't mean it was $200 I meant when I bought it, it was 200 off,
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September 2nd, @05:57PM

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Make/Model:Compaq V2570

Screen Size: 14" wide-screen high definition (Glossy type)

Weight: ~ 5 pounds with 6 cell battery

CPU: AMD turion 64 1.8GHZ

Essential Extras: 12 cell battery

Good Points: Wireless internet, excellent screen, super easy upgradability (hd, memory, mini pci, optical drive all have their own compartments that can be opened pretty easy.) Button to turn off touch pad, 6in1 media reader. It actually provided the restore media! one dvd had windows the other had the applications, DL dvd burner. Decent 512MB of RAM (128 goes to video). Wireless on and off button.

BAD Points: Touch pad gets hot, battery only lasts 2 hours, speakers are ok, LOTS and LOTS of preloaded crap (slow out of the box) mostly due to some norton security suite crap. Shared video memory. Ink on volume buttons wore off.

Why I picked it: It was cheap (--broke college kid), pretty light, power-full enough for what I use it for, have an 5-6 year old HP desktop thats still running strong.

For more detailed specs click... »h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu···00572251
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