notebook???

[AC]

helo po... ask ko lang... what laptop sulit for the buck pag bibilin?

ndi po ako mahusay sa computers but.. asked around sa shops...
sabi... i should get centrino? tama ba suggestion nila?

budget ko po is only for non popular brand pcs... madali ba sila masira? around 60t lang kasi budget ko..

256 or 512 mb ddr?

magagamit ko ba wireless internet? ndi ko kasi alam how its works eh.. meron ba mga places here sa pinas? meron spots pwede magamit yyun?

now medyo leaning on ECS eh.. cheapest kasi.. hehe

ok din ba amd athlon xp? P4? nalilito ako.. dami choices..
but definitely i want dvd cdr combo and at least 40gb storage.. 60 would be better... bitin sakin sobra yung desktop na 40gig gamit ko now eh.. help naman po.. tnx

[ECG]

my officemate just bought a ECS
so far ok naman.

meron na daw wireless access sa Starbucks
dunno which branch
i also heard meron narin sa holiday inn Clark
it means you can surf the net wireless
free i suppose..

[Altis6453]

I've got an ECS G550 which I acquired last Feb. during the BPI Credit Card Madness. It sold for P55K at O% interest for 12 mos.

So far, so good. I've been using it for my office work and for presenting our business plan. Works great and is pretty robust. Yun lang, it's a mobile Pentium 4 and not a Centrino model so you'll have to buy a WiFi PCMCIA card if you want to have wireless access to the internet.

Other specs are 24x CDROM Drive, 256MB RAM, 16MB Video Memory and a 15" TFT screen.

Ako kasi kahit wala nang Wi Fi ok lang dahil meron kaming broadband LAN access sa office and PLDT MyDSL at home.

You might want to check out the new Twinhead laptops which sell for just a little more (around P62K-P66K). But, it features a combo drive and centrino processor. The screen is smaller though at 12" only.

Goodluck with your intended purchase!

HTH!

[hagiber]

You can buy a brand new Toshiba (low end) with your budget... Sa memory, the more the merrier siyempre pero you get diminsihing returns past 256MB... so unless you are playing Doom3, okay na ang 256MB. Sa processor, look for a Pentium M based model para tipid ka sa battery life. Yung centrino is basically a Pentium M plus a Cisco Wifi chip. Ingat din sa wifi, ubos agad battery mo dyan :-)

[Ungas]

Napapalitan ba harddrives ng notebooks? Tumitignin din sana ako, para baka sakaling pwede upgrade for more stoarge space.

[Altis6453]

Ungas,

The ECS' line of laptops as well as the ASUS brand are both upgradeable for the following components:

1. Hard Disk - to higher capacity (20-40 Gb)
2. RAM - to higher capacity (256-512 Mb)
3. CD ROM Drive - to CDRW or CDR/DVD ROM Drive

From what I know, the notebooks of name brands like Toshiba, Compaq-HP, IBM, Fujistsu, etc. are upgradeable only insofar as the RAM is concerned. But, then again, with competition from the ECS and ASUS brands, they might have changed their notebook's upgradeability.

There's an easier way to increase your notebook's storage capacity. You can:

1. Get an external HDD which can be unwieldy
2. Get a PCMCIA card reader and your choice of media (i.e. MMC, SD, CF) or
3. Get an external CDRW

I've tried the second option and it's really better than having to get a new HDD, unless you'll be storing videos or games.

[revoGSX]

i'm also looking around for a notebook pc... hirap mahanap na magandang specs na mura hehe..

eto mga research ko..

- if you want to play DOOM3, mas okay kung at least ATI Radeon 9000 or Nvidia GeForce Go 5200... kung hindi gamer, any video chip will do fine

- ASUS carries a 2 year international warranty
- Toshiba carries a 3 year labor only on some models.

- yung mga generic brands like ECS, twinhead, NEO, etc eh mura dahil wala silang windows XP home and walang floppy disk.. yung mga branded like asus, dell,ibm,hp,compaq, acer,toshiba eh laging meron windows software... mga 5200php din WinXP Home and 1700php ang external USB floppy disk..

if you add the missing OS and Floppy, minsan eh close na sya sa branded notebooks..so better check the specs

- Memory, 256MB is standard.. but shared ito sa video chip kaya mabagal na PC lalo na sa windows XP, a good start is 512MB... mas okay kung 1x512MB memory ilagay para meron pang available memory slot, usually kasi eh 2x256MB ilalagay para mas mura..

- COMBO drive is a must (DVD-ROM/CD-R/RW) pag walang floppy disk

- no need to get the floppy disk, dagdag lang ito sa cost.. a USB flash drive is more economical.. kung maraming floppy disk, transfer them to CD..

- Harddisk, upgradable naman ito

- built-in infrared port (IR/FIR) can be used on some cellphones

- a built-in firewire can be used for video-editing, this is for video camera with DV-IN/DV-OUT

- a built-in WIFI is standard sa centrino, better get the 'G' standard para up to 54Mbps... kung wala pa ito sa specs, a add-on PC CARD(sa pcmcia) will cost around 2500php.

- CENTRINO, this is just a marketing name of Intel, it consist of Pentium M, wireless LAN(b/g), lightweight and longer battery life

- dalawang klase ang Pentium M
1) DOTHAN - 2MB cache(2nd level),
2) BANIAS - 1MB cache(2nd level

mas okay kung yung DOTHAN na kung kaya pa ng budget..

- on my case, I'm planning to buy a notebook with Pentium 4 2.8Ghz or 3.0Ghz with at least ati radeon 9000 or nvidia geforce go5200. .. mas habol ko kasi cpu speed..

[NightRock]

AKo din nakaka lito last month almost na ikot ko na buong manila gusto ko rin bumili ng LapTop.. dyan kakainis lang pag may nakita na isang OK may specs ka naman na hahanapin na kulang...

Basic lang hanap ko
Centrino (pare tipid sa bat)
40 GB (mas marami much better)
512MB (ok na siguro to
WiFi and Firewire
DVD with Combo (hindi combo meal ha)



Mga magkano kaya presyo ganyang specs.. Madali nalang mag upgrade ng mga sounds dami naman latest gadget ngayon na pang external soround din.. Then bili nalang ako ng projector or sikwatin ko yung isa dito sa office hehehehe

[bender]

Hard disks are easy to upgrade. All notebooks use a 2 inch hard disk which is available at shops in Gilmore.

[revoGSX]

eto price ng toshiba laptops

http://www.tricom.com.ph/tdi

[OTEP]

I use an Averatec unit. Kaso wala akong kaalam alam sa notebook na ito.

Pang-surf ko lang ng Tsikot at pang gawa ng report sa ospital.

[dieselNUBI]

if you have friends over the States, you could ask them to buy you one.
pansin ko lang parang mura lang don ang notebooks pero mahal ang desktops.

[NightRock]

Originally posted by dieselNUBI
if you have friends over the States, you could ask them to buy you one.
pansin ko lang parang mura lang don ang notebooks pero mahal ang desktops.

is that true??? mas mura pa kaya don kesa sa mga computer store sa may gilmore area..

[nmtin]

check tipidpc.com there's this guy who sells laptops fr a cheaper price comapred to the srp. He has a store in front of xavier school. COOLTOYZ. If I were you stick with the known brands and brands with service centers here. So sony is out of the question. ASUS and ECS ain't that great IMO

[OTEP]

Averatec 3200 pala yung sakin.

See it at: http://www.averatec.com/

Around Php50K sa US.

[wulf]

ei,guys.if you dont really mind getting a 2nd hand 1,try bidshot (oks din tipidpc).i've gotten great deals from that site on laptops.my wife & i upgrade yearly kc,necessary for our business.one important tip is to always HAGGLE :D

now as to what to get,it really depends on your purpose.im a designer & i use my laptop for presentation so i lug around a 17" (desktop replacement).on the other hand ,my wife is a writer so she has a fujitsu lifebook (8" lang yata to).funny nga kami pag nasa cafe,ung laptop nya 1/3 lang of mine.anyway,depende talaga sa usage.if your always on the road & would like mobile internet access,+ batt life & small size/light weight are a priority,centrino it is for you.if you'll use it for presentations/graphics & you're always plugged in,then get a desktop replacement.it would be nice to get one w/ a wifi.you may not need it now but once you've sampled it..... if you want something really "hi-tech" & would be an attention-getter,get a tablet pc (i've gotten so many double takes when i used to have one)....all seattle's best (airborne access) in the metro have wifi access.most cono malls have it,too (Globe,netgear in ayala malls,podium,gh) as for brands,i've tried toshiba,compaq,dell,ibm & sony...NEVER get a sony!their the best looking of the bunch but there simply is no service center around here & parts are really hard to come by!i've one that's been in the shop for 4months!ibm's are stable but boring (not for gaming).compaq & dell are ok but my toshiba is a keeper :D if u want bnew for 40-60k,u have no choice but to get ecs/twinhead,asus.they'll serve their purpose but the build & feel is not quite the same as their branded counterparts...low resale value also

sir ungas,
yup,u can upgrade your hard disk even if its a branded laptop (so long as its a branded hd,generic hds & rams have compatibility issues w/ name brands).just make sure its a competent tech doing the replacing...if you were to ask me tho wag na lang coz its a real hassle coz you'll need to transfer your files & re-install everything...some one told me tho that u can just create a ghost image,but im not really sure how to do that....an internal/external cdrw or a portable hd would be better....but a SUPER drive is the best option!imagine 7gig per dvd!this is what im saving for :D

[empy]

re: wireless access, IMO it is the most important invention for computers since the laptop itself.

for a relatively low price you can hook up a wireless router to your broadband and get high-speed access and you can use your laptop to surf the web anywhere around your home.

i guess this doesn't apply if you're on dial-up but if you're on broadband it's a must-have.

[dieselNUBI]

Originally posted by NightRock
is that true??? mas mura pa kaya don kesa sa mga computer store sa may gilmore area..

www.emachines.com

try to visit. not so sure about quality.