New Notebook Recommendations...

[kilobits]

Hi All...

Having just had 1 notebook die and another killed by lightning... I am looking for any recommendations for around the R8500 mark.

I am thinking of this for around R8200

http://www.comx.co.za/Buy-Notebooks...MZA-V-Gigabyte-934MZA-V-Notebook-lp-28009.php

GIGABYTE InNote 9W1580V-934MZA Notebook Q1580V Series, Intel® Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz 3MB Cache 1066Mhz FSB, 4096MB DDR2-800 SO-Dimm Memory (2x2048), 500GB SATA 5400rpm Hard Drive, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN, 8x DVD Multi Writer optical drive, 15.4" WXGA Glare Type (1280x800 resolution) TFT LCD display, 2.0MP Webcam, Modem, Bluetooth, Nvidia GeforceGo 9600M GS with 512MB dedicated graphics, 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN, HDMI, eSATA, Media Card Reader, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 2 Year Carry in Warranty

Anyone trade with ComX before?

Any thoughts... all input welcomed.

 

[Me.]

hmmm...see if you can get that with a 64bit Os, pref windows 7 up or downgrade. Looks like a decent spec , only thing is with Vista Home ( 32 bit ) you will only use 3 of the 4 GB ram..and Vista sucks a$$....

 

[Conradl]

Hi All...

Having just had 1 notebook die and another killed by lightning... I am looking for any recommendations for around the R8500 mark.

I am thinking of this for around R8200

http://www.comx.co.za/Buy-Notebooks...MZA-V-Gigabyte-934MZA-V-Notebook-lp-28009.php



Anyone trade with ComX before?

Any thoughts... all input welcomed.

Been selling a ton of demos/opened/old stock laptops lately, there are some really good bargains to be had depending on the reason for selling. PM me if you want a list....

 

[kilobits]

hmmm...see if you can get that with a 64bit Os, pref windows 7 up or downgrade. Looks like a decent spec , only thing is with Vista Home ( 32 bit ) you will only use 3 of the 4 GB ram..and Vista sucks a$$....

Hi Me

(Talkin' to myself... yeeeek!)

Definately non Vista... Yes to 64bit Win 7! I like the 500GB HDD as standard!

Edit... Saaaay, if I order after the 22nd it should come with Windows 7... hmmmm....

 

[kilobits]

Been selling a ton of demos/opened/old stock laptops lately, there are some really good bargains to be had depending on the reason for selling. PM me if you want a list....

YGPM

 

[cyberarmy]

This is the notebook I will get if I need one now. Good choice.

 

[SanchoP]

I found a review of it on some Polish (I think) website. I'll post the link if I find it. Two problems they highlighted were poor battery life (1.5 hours), which might be fine, depending on how you use your laptop. The other thing is the 1280x800 resolution, which is a bit outdated but maybe not the end of the world. I'm going to wait until December and hope they bring out an updated version with higher resolution and obviously Windows 7. Speaking of which, I'm quite sure that this laptop comes with a Windows 7 coupon so you can get Windows 7 Professional for 'free' and I think you might be able to specify 64-bit when you order it. But let me know if you're going to buy this because I'm keen to know what it's like.

 

[kilobits]

I found a review of it on some Polish (I think) website. I'll post the link if I find it. Two problems they highlighted were poor battery life (1.5 hours), which might be fine, depending on how you use your laptop. The other thing is the 1280x800 resolution, which is a bit outdated but maybe not the end of the world. I'm going to wait until December and hope they bring out an updated version with higher resolution and obviously Windows 7. Speaking of which, I'm quite sure that this laptop comes with a Windows 7 coupon so you can get Windows 7 Professional for 'free' and I think you might be able to specify 64-bit when you order it. But let me know if you're going to buy this because I'm keen to jon what it's like.

Hmmm... 1.5 hours not too great... 1280x800 is fine for me, my other two were the same plus I have multimonitor setup... so not a real problem...

Battery life not a deal-breaker... I like the 512MB dedicated Nvidia, I like the 500GB hDD, actually, the specs are top-notch! So, 1.5 hour battery I think I can live with...

On the other end of the scale... Makro have a Fujitsu on promotion at the moment for R4999.... not in the same league, but still a very good deal...

For the same price as the Gigabyte... I could get the Makro lappie with 2 TB external drives 3 year warranry AAAANNND a 20" LCD...

http://www.makro.co.za/live/content...t=1201&ProdId=23491&Sku=000000000000169208|EA

Tempting!

 

[SanchoP]

Well I'm selling my desktop computer to get a laptop, so I'm definitely not looking to still be using a monitor. And an internal 500GB is much better than an external... Speaking of which, the Gigabyte laptop also has eSata which will be very nice if you do get an external.

Go have a look at some HP (and other brands) laptops at amazon.com. They DO ship to SA and they are far cheaper in most instances. One was about half the price - R8000ish vs about R13000.

 

[SanchoP]

And the Gigabyte has a two year warranty, which is pretty decent.