Jon Stewart and Cheap Notebooks

by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2005 10:57 AM EST
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  • Zirconium - Wednesday, November 9, 2005 - link

    While most of us would do a clean install to get rid of any junk that Dell/Gateway/Toshiba/HP/Compaq/Other big brand would put on it, many users do not. Will you take a brief look to see how much the preloaded software slows down the computer?
  • Zoomer - Friday, November 4, 2005 - link

    Look forward to this, it's always interesting to see if buying a laptop for real work (read: lousy processor, lousy gfx card :D) is worth it than a so called "work" laptop (with x800 graphics!). ;)
  • tappertrainman - Thursday, November 3, 2005 - link

    If anyone is ever interested in a good stand-up comedian, look up Brian Regan. He is totally clean, yet is still the funniest guy I have ever heard. My face hurt for the next day after seeing his stand-up routine, it was about an hour-and-a-half of non-stop laughing. Take a listen to his CD or DVD if you want before plunking down the cash on a live show. He's also been on Letterman several times and didn't seem as funny, but he's much more animated in person and that's partially what makes him so funny. Hope you enjoy!
  • Live - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - link

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    I'm willing to bet that a lot of you folks recommend hardware to other people. And not everyone out there, yourselves included, are interested in spending $1500+ on a notebook. So I figured I'd start small, and work my way up the price chain.


    That is right on. I almost always know what to buy for myself. I know what I want and I am prepared to pay for it. I find it much harder to know how low I can go in my recomendations for others.
  • Marlin1975 - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - link

    Yep i think most can live with a sub $900 laptop that has a 15.4 inch screen, sempron3000+ (or maybe faster now) etc...
    The only thing I hope you really look at is the video cards. That seems the first place to cut cost. I know the newwer AMD laptops from Compaq don;t have the 128mb of ram anymore (not even a pay option), only shared that and pretty much all Celeron laptops have the pos Intel graphics that are shared mem as well.
  • Delta Rhythms - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - link

    While video cards are important, I doubt anyone would purchase a laptop in this price range for gaming purposes. For $600 I'm interested in mobility: battery life, weight, and ability to get office work done without being cramped.
  • Marlin1975 - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - link

    Video card is not all about gaming. Having its own memory will allow some programs to function much better, like editing, and some video carsd have better video outputs then others. So a good video card is not all about gaming, but it does not hurt if it can run the eye candy at a fast pace either. ;)

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