Recommend Laptop

[_Cathy_]

I am so satisfied with my Toshiba laptop that I won't even consider buying any other brand the next time. My laptop has survived a thorough beating when I used it heavily for my graduate thesis. I've had it for more than 2 years already and not a SINGLE gliche.

[wranglerboy]

my officemate bought a compaq presario notebook core2 duo 1.66ghz with free 1gb apacer flsh drive and 1gb ipod shuffle last april 10 for P44,950 at accent micro sm north. Yung apacer binigay agad pero ung ipod wala pa hanggang ngayon. wala daw stocks.

one problem encounter was we cannot install XP. nakadefault na sa vista ung
drivers,,,bad trip...

[xTrememan]

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Good buy yang compaq presario! Ganyan din yung binili kong laptop a month ago. Good specs for a cheap price! Pero right now im planning to buy a high end laptop for my gaming needs. Gusto ko yung HP Pavillion na nasa 69k yung price... i forgot the model pero ganda specs nya and runs on NVIDIA graphics!

[Jun aka Pekto]

one problem encounter was we cannot install XP. nakadefault na sa vista ung
drivers

If you know the names of each device, you can hunt down XP drivers online. Plus, some Vista drivers work with XP. My Toshiba Satellite came with Vista Home Premium. I decided I wanted to game on it. So, I put XP Home in it. I got some Vista drivers which worked with XP from the restore dvd discs. I then tracked down XP drivers from Toshiba (for those hardware similar to mine) and other sites online.

The biggest potential problem was having a 250gb SATA hard drive and XP not recognizing the full size or the hard drive.

I took a Western Digital hard drive utility cd which saw the hard drive and used that to partition and format the hard drive first. Then, I put in the XP Home cd and proceeded with a normal install but skipped the partition/format phase.

So now, I have a fully functional XP laptop which originally shipped with Vista only. If I had more powerful graphics, I wouldn't bother. But, the ATI X1200 is rather weak and ran games better with XP.

[JJCarEnthusiast]

im also in this situation.. im aiming for HP Pavilion dv6700t or a compaq presario. but i heard some posts here (in tforums) and in gadgets that HP aren't that good daw. of course i was disapointed cause i really like the pavilion. i dont know how true is this. can anybody comfirm? a friend told me to buy a dell instead of HP. :dunno: :confused: and oh, is HP ang copmpaq's quality the same or different? considering they're merged companies?

my choices:
1.file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Jaireh/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/25555.jpg]Dell Inspiron 2.1420
[url=http://static.ubid.com/pimg/Pavilion_dv6500.jpg]HP Pavilion DV6700T
3.Compaq Presario B1200

[JJCarEnthusiast]

:ooops: looks like i messed up with my post above ^

btw this is it:
my choices:
HP Pavilion DV6700T
Dell Inspiron 1420
Compaq Presario B1200

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'd get the Dell followed by the HP. I'd also get either one with the nVidia 8400M GS graphics chip.

[Jun aka Pekto]

My wife want to replace her old Sager 15" P4-1.8ghz/Radeon 7500/1gb ram/ 11(!) lb laptop with another Sager.....

We bought that one for $1800 back in 2002. Now we can get a much better Sager for a lot less......

http://www.sagernotebook.com/product...tion=customize


Sager NP2092
Intel Core2 Duo 2.5ghz T9300
15.4" WXGA (1440 x 900) display
GeForce 8600M GT
3 Gb ram (4Gb if bought with 64-bit Vista)
200gb (7200rpm) SATA-II hard drive
8X DL DVD Burner
2mp webcam
Fingerprint reader
Blue Tooth
WiFi N
9-cell battery
Ports: 4-pin firewire, 4 usb2, 1 modem port, 1 Gigabit LAN port, 1 VGA port, headphone jack, mic jack, 1 Expresscard slot, 4-in-1 card reader

$1299

[JJCarEnthusiast]

looks like i messed up with my post above ^

btw this is it:
my choices:
HP Pavilion DV6700T
Dell Inspiron 1420
Compaq Presario B1200

wait. this is not in order i went to dell's site yesterday, custmozed a 1420 and i came up with this specs, just right for my requirements:

Jet Black
intel core 2 duo (1.8ghz)
geniune windows vista home premium edition SP1
anti-glare, widescreen 14.1inch display (1200x800)
128MB Nvidia GEforce 8400 GS
2GB DDR2
120GB SATA Hard disk drive
2.0 MP Integrated camera
6-cell battery

$874

but,

how about this? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....#productdetail
a sony vaio at $829 :shocked2: :drool:

sana may ma kita si erpats na vaio na ganyan

[Jun aka Pekto]

wait. this is not in order i went to dell's site yesterday, custmozed a 1420 and i came up with this specs, just right for my requirements:

Jet Black
intel core 2 duo (1.8ghz)
geniune windows vista home premium edition SP1
anti-glare, widescreen 14.1inch display (1200x800)
128MB Nvidia GEforce 8400 GS
2GB DDR2
120GB SATA Hard disk drive
2.0 MP Integrated camera
6-cell battery

$874

but,

how about this? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....#productdetail
a sony vaio at $829 :shocked2: :drool:

sana may ma kita si erpats na vaio na ganyan

I still prefer the Dell over the Sony by virtue of its better graphics chip.

It's a crapshoot among the remaining three although the HP has a slight advantage, again because of its 8400M GS.

[vicman]

Ask ko lang po ok po ba mga NEO laptops??

[nycboy]

Go with MacBook Air!

[Jun aka Pekto]

Go with MacBook Air!

Nah. For the price you pay, it's too limited in capability. All it is really is a fashion statement. If it was sub-$900, I may consider it.

Most Pinoys have common sense and go for "bang for the buck". The MacBook Air doesn't have an ounce of bang for the buck.

It's better to go with a MacBook if Macs are an option for the TS.

[nycboy]

Limited in capability?

It's dual boot now so you can either use Windows or MAC operating system on it.

[nycboy]

Limited in capability?

It's dual boot now so you can either use Windows or MAC operating system on it. It'll ask you which system you want to use.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Limited in capability?

It's dual boot now so you can either use Windows or MAC operating system on it.

The OS isn't the issue. If I was buying a Mac, I rather use OSX anyway. But besides the extra 2 lbs, the MacBook is much more well-rounded. Faster cpu, bigger hard drive, more standard ports. The MacBook requires less thought on what I'll use it for and where I'd be using it.

Even Apple says the MacBook Air isn't designed to be a primary laptop.

[nycboy]

The OS isn't the issue. If I was buying a Mac, I rather use OSX anyway. But besides the extra 2 lbs, the MacBook is much more well-rounded. Faster cpu, bigger hard drive, more standard ports. The MacBook requires less thought on what I'll use it for and where I'd be using it.

Even Apple says the MacBook Air isn't designed to be a primary laptop.

I don't know why Apple would say that, but it's working just fine as my primary computer whether at work or at home. It's only 3 lbs and lighter than my powerbook (g4) which I hardly use now. Most important to me though (my IT guy configured this), I can access my work PC desktop (HP) even when I originally boot up on MAC OS.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I don't know why Apple would say that, but it's working just fine as my primary computer whether at work or at home. It's only 3 lbs and lighter than my powerbook (g4) which I hardly use now. Most important to me though (my IT guy configured this), I can access my work PC desktop (HP) even when I originally boot up on MAC OS.

Well, if your uses fall within the capabilities of the MacBook Air, then there's no problem.

For someone like me who vacations a lot abroad, I need a more capable laptop like my Toshiba laptop or my daughter's MacBook. I need firewire for downloading videos from my camcorder. I also take a full-fledged wireless keyboard and mouse with me. So one USB port isn't really going to cut it.

Remote pc access has been around a very long time. At least I can remember it as far back as 2001. It's just dialup didn't make it too practical back then. But, it's been around a while. I don't really see a need for it unless I'm with IT. I used to be a SysAdmin back then. Not anymore, though.

Nowadays, I have webmail access for work and all the files I need at work I have with me on a thumbdrive and portable hard drive.

We've also done collaborative networking like say a group of us remotely working on a Powerpoint presentation using Netmeeting.

Back to the Air, Apple needs to lower the price some more. Then it'll be more attractive. Or, if upper management kindly provides me one free of charge, then I'll gladly take it.

[JJCarEnthusiast]

sir jun agree with you that air has more on fasion than the effectibility of a laptop. cause with that price, you only get less powerful specs compared to other brands like hp dell and tosh with the same price too. and you cant upgrade it cause of the lack of space. imo, macbook air is not bang for the buck. i'd rather buy a dell over macbook air. it doesn't even have dvd drive and it has small hd space!!

(well i know i can plug a portable dvd drive into it but thats not it. i mean it should have one at that price.)

my classmate and i were comparing different laptops. she asked help for what laptop to buy. she likes air but i told her its not worth the money. the specs she tolf me was 1.6ghz c2d proc, 80gb hd 4400rpm and so so.. i told her 'wala palang panama ang air mo sa dell ko' :hysterical: :hihihi: no offense ha. imo lang po

[nycboy]

Well, if your uses fall within the capabilities of the MacBook Air, then there's no problem.

For someone like me who vacations a lot abroad, I need a more capable laptop like my Toshiba laptop or my daughter's MacBook. I need firewire for downloading videos from my camcorder. I also take a full-fledged wireless keyboard and mouse with me. So one USB port isn't really going to cut it.

Remote pc access has been around a very long time. At least I can remember it as far back as 2001. It's just dialup didn't make it too practical back then. But, it's been around a while. I don't really see a need for it unless I'm with IT. I used to be a SysAdmin back then. Not anymore, though.

Nowadays, I have webmail access for work and all the files I need at work I have with me on a thumbdrive and portable hard drive.

We've also done collaborative networking like say a group of us remotely working on a Powerpoint presentation using Netmeeting.

Back to the Air, Apple needs to lower the price some more. Then it'll be more attractive. Or, if upper management kindly provides me one free of charge, then I'll gladly take it.

Hey that's why I'm using one now. I asked my boss that I want a MacBook Air when everyone else at work has a dell or hp. Our IT people said okay as well even though our platform is not on MAC OS. Also helped a bit since I'm the CFO of the company.