Laptop?

[EHaskins]

You'll need to be more specific, since there are several HP Laptops in that flyer.

I didn't have very good luck with my HP laptops. One of them I damaged the PCMCIA slot after about a year(probably my fault), and the other had some type of power supply issue, after 2.5 years, where it drew so much current that is melted the end of the power cord that connected to the computer. I solved the problem on that one by removing the battery(other batteries did the same thing), and soldering the poser wire directly to the motherboard.

I've had very good luck with Gateway PCs. Me and my brother both have Gateway Convertable tablets, and we have a refurbished Gateway desktop. They have all been good.

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Originally Posted by vivek16

I understand you are a CAD guy. I think you would definitely need a video card if you want to CAD on it.

I would definitely recommend a dell vostro, I have one and it has worked beautifully so far. There are some really good deals for them.

just my 2 cents, Vivek

I don't know what you're doing, but I've found that RAM is more of a limitation than the graphics hardware. Don't get me wrong, a good graphics card is important, but even with 2gb I find myself running out of ram long before I stress my middle of the line, for a laptop graphics hardware(ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 w/64mb deticated).

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