laptops: go cheap or go branded?

**smooth** · February 17th, 2007 03:48 PM

IMO, get generic na lang. sa price ng generic, okay lang kung hindi ito tumagal ng 3 years. bili ka na lang uli ng bago after three years. magkano ba generic laptop? P30-40K? gamitin mo ng 3 years, then benta mo on the third year. tapos bili ka na lang ng bago. sa bilis ng palit ng technology ngayon, it does not make sense to invest in computer hardware that will last you more than 3 years.

paano kung masira before 3 years? ipaayos mo na lang sa mga laptop shops. have you been to technix solutions in st. francis square (near megamall)? halos lahat ng parts ng laptop meron sila. yung battery ng laptop ko sa kanila ko ipinaayos. okay na uli. nakakapag-surf ako ng lagpas 2.5 hours sa starbucks ng hindi naka-plug.

fyi: i'm not in any way connected with technix solutions.

**badkuk** · February 17th, 2007 03:56 PM

sir smooth, un na nga ung problema -- 1 year plus lang ung twinhead unit, tepok na B)

**smooth** · February 17th, 2007 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

sir smooth, un na nga ung problema -- 1 year plus lang ung twinhead unit, tepok na B)

hehehe oo nga

ang labo ko ngayon actually. sorry ha. actually, all our laptops here at home are branded ones (acer, sony vaio and macbook). i guess i was just thinking that if i were to buy one right now, i'd get generic. i guess this reminds me of circa 1983-84 when generic desktops were invading the market and everyone was saying to stick to the 8086/8088 IBM PC's/PC XT's.

question: considered generic ba ang brand na "blue"? okay ba ang blue laptops?

**smooth** · February 17th, 2007 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

sir smooth, un na nga ung problema -- 1 year plus lang ung twinhead unit, tepok na B)

hehehe oo nga

ang labo ko ngayon actually. sorry ha. actually, all our laptops here at home are branded ones (acer, sony vaio and macbook). i guess i was just thinking that if i were to buy one right now, i'd get generic. i guess this reminds me of circa 1983-84 when generic desktops were invading the market and everyone was saying to stick to the 8086/8088 IBM PC's/PC XT's.

question: considered generic ba ang brand na "blue"? okay ba ang blue laptops?

**kingkaboodles** · February 17th, 2007 05:44 PM

depends, although i lean more towards the branded ones. as long as they have a 3 year international warranty (or they offer extended warranty programs.)

**A121** · February 17th, 2007 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

sir smooth, un na nga ung problema -- 1 year plus lang ung twinhead unit, tepok na B)

WARNING: experience po ng mga kaibigan ko

depende rin... yung friend ko na naka-twinhead tumagal ng 3 taon bago nasira (at nagawa ulit at minana naman ng tatay nya.) ngayon, naka acer na sya

yung dell ng kaibigan ko, nalaglag galing sa bag nya. ayun, ndi na narerecognize yung CD drive at mas mabilis pang magboot ang Pentium 3 na 64MB ang RAM...

sa ibm thinkpad naman ng kaibigan ko, after 3 years of use, nasira yung pinagsasaksakan ng RAM. kailangan i-repair mano-mano. naayos naman.

**XUV-AT2002** · March 1st, 2007 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by smooth

ipaayos mo na lang sa mga laptop shops. have you been to technix solutions in st. francis square (near megamall)? halos lahat ng parts ng laptop meron sila. yung battery ng laptop ko sa kanila ko ipinaayos. okay na uli. nakakapag-surf ako ng lagpas 2.5 hours sa starbucks ng hindi naka-plug.

fyi: i'm not in any way connected with technix solutions.

By chance were you able to get the shop tel. no.? Nag hahanap kasi ako ng replacement lcd display for my laptop. Na basag kasi at no longer covered by warranty. the original part cost about $900 US dollar baka ma remedyohan for only P900 petot pwede na. Thanks.

**mhelskie** · March 1st, 2007 04:07 PM

XUV-AT2002, may mga nagbebenta ng laptop LCD screens sa tipidpc.com, you may want to check them out kung meron ng gaya ng sayo.

Ung twinhead namin 3 years na and still working, mejo mapili na lang sa dvd na binabasa, pero CD walang problem.

Wife ko has an IBM laptop na nabili sa Taiwan January of last year, and 4x na pumapasok ng IBM warranty Center, ung una memory problem, 2nd was LCD problem(lumalabo hanggang totally mamuti ung screen), on the 4th try lang nila nagawa, pinalitan LCD. Salamat sa 3 yrs international warranty hehe

**XUV-AT2002** · March 1st, 2007 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by mhelskie

XUV-AT2002, may mga nagbebenta ng laptop LCD screens sa tipidpc.com, you may want to check them out kung meron ng gaya ng sayo.

Salamat for the info. I guess internet shopping ito or meron shop? cge punta muna ako website. God bless.

**technophobic** · March 1st, 2007 11:30 PM

go for the branded ones, I used a vaio and i can say its better talaga kung may makuha kang support. Another brand to consider is Apple, a friend is showing me the features and mukhang ok, its not very expensive naman as the spec/price is comparable to other brand. Feeling ko ngayon eh parang medyo mahal tong vaio ko.

There's an Apple store sa greenbelt i suggest try visiting it to play with the products, may training center pa sila. Those who attend please leave a comment about sa training nila. if ok ba doon.