Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop recommendations

date posted 3rd August 2004 22:53

Dave, this is very useful. Thanks everyone for their response. I've just
move flat (Forest Hill if anyone cares) and am on dial-up at home for week.
It's taken a life time just to read them...did we really used to put up with
this crap?
Paul


Paul Cooper
Internet Developer
Intex Design
http://www.intexdesign.net





>From: Dave Holloway [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop recommendations
>Date: 3 Aug 2004 18:29:27 -0000
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>
>Based on personal experience (I work in a laptop repair shop).
>
>Go for tier-1 brands: Toshiba, IBM, Compaq.
>
>Dell - is tier1, quite good, but bits fall off them.
>IBM Thinkpads - I think these are great but they're an arse to get working
>if they go wrong.
>Sony - do nice gagety laptops.. they are cool when they work but parts are
>a pain.
>
>Never touch compaq presarios. Compaq Armadas are the best, followed by
>Evos.
>
>If you want a really reliable laptop for corporate use. - Get the best
>Toshiba Tecra model you can afford.
>
>Beware of badged-up tier-2 models... Acer, Advent, Notebook, HP (HP is also
>Compaq but are geared more to home users.), Higrade, Packard-Bell etc..
>
>Regards
>
>Dave
>
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