Laptop Questions

[vivek16]

Go for a dell vostro. I spent 800 dollars on mine.

2gb ram, 1.6 ghz processor, Nvidia 5400 GS(I don't remember that well anymore ).

The motherboard fried on my first one but they replaced it for free, no trouble at all.

there are some good deals right now.
-Vivek

[Stephi Rae]

You asked about Costco. My policy with Costco is generally, if they offer what you want at a comparable price, go for it. They will return/exchange anything, and generally it doesn't even matter how it broke, they'll just send you with a new one.

Guess you won't be at WPI next year, then huh Guy.... Good luck in Israel!

[Branden Ghena]

I've been looking at the XPS M1530 too, just remember two things:

1) Always check the productivity software tab to select Microsoft Works. No software is automatically selected, but Microsoft works costs no extra money.

2) Check for coupons. I found http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell/ has good ones. Sometimes they are not applicable (i.e. when they are too old or you are in the student discount section), but generally the coupon is worth more savings than the student discount is anyway.

[kjhobin]

Originally Posted by tawnos23

1) Always check the productivity software tab to select Microsoft Works. No software is automatically selected, but Microsoft works costs no extra money.

I Have to disagree with you on the first point, MS Works is udder crap (like Apple works) and if you are just going to install MS office on the machine (and end up never using works), theres really no point to getting works.

[Branden Ghena]

Originally Posted by kjhobin

I Have to disagree with you on the first point, MS Works is udder crap (like Apple works) and if you are just going to install MS office on the machine (and end up never using works), theres really no point to getting works.

Well... It is free

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by tawnos23

Well... It is free

So is OpenOffice

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by kjhobin

I Have to disagree with you on the first point, MS Works is udder crap (like Apple works) and if you are just going to install MS office on the machine (and end up never using works), theres really no point to getting works.

Agreed muchly. Just download Open Office.

-Vivek

p.s. www.notebookreview.com FTW

[Branden Ghena]

Well... I thought MSWorks was good because I had never heard of OpenOffice.org before. Now that I have, I agree its WAY better.

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by tawnos23

Well... I thought MSWorks was good because I had never heard of OpenOffice.org before. Now that I have, I agree its WAY better.

Haha, you are welcome. (j/k)

One thing that is annoying is that my printer is downstairs and my room is upstairs so when I email myself a file to print or save it to a jump drive I forget to switch the file type to .doc so I end up running back upstairs and getting it again. It gets a little annoying sometimes. My printer computer has the Office suite.

-Vivek