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Any recommendations for a laptop 1-1.5 million?

 
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xCustomx



Joined: 06 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:26 pm    Post subject: Any recommendations for a laptop 1-1.5 million? Reply with quote

The laptop that my school gave me is a POS, but today they agreed to buy me a new one. I don't know much about laptops since I've only owned desktops. Can anyone recommend a decent machine for up to 1.5million, maybe 2.0. Since the school is buying this they obviously want it to last for several years. Thanks
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mrsquirrel



Joined: 13 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IBM (LENOVO) Thinkad T60.

A nice magnesum bodied workhorse.
Cheaper is it's little brother the R60 - a bit bigger still a lovely machine.

OF course you could always buy a Samsung Very Happy
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just don't buy a DELL...Craaappppppy!
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xCustomx



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spliff wrote:
Just don't buy a DELL...Craaappppppy!


Really? I was just looking at the Dell site 20 minutes ago. I owned 2 Dells while I was in university a few years ago and never had a problem with them.

I'm looking at Samsung, LG, HP and maybe IBM. My co-teacher confirmed that I can spend up to 1.5 million
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spliff



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Too bad not enough for an Mac...
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xCustomx



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spliff wrote:
Too bad not enough for an Mac...


Well, I may be able to get them up to 2.0 since my co-teacher said that I could spend up to 2.5 earlier today. She checked the prices of Samsungs at Gmarket and Interpark and then said 1.5.

Even at 1.5 I've seen quite a few Macs on Danawa
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oskinny1



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get a MacBook for 1.2ish if you use the teacher's discount. The only problems may be is that no Korean has a clue how to use it and it doesn't play nice with IE (which is a bonus in my opinion).
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xCustomx



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oskinny1 wrote:
You can get a MacBook for 1.2ish if you use the teacher's discount. The only problems may be is that no Korean has a clue how to use it and it doesn't play nice with IE (which is a bonus in my opinion).


Though I would like to try and get a Mac, I seriously doubt they will allow me to buy it since the school is furnished with PCs. When I decide to leave, would anyone even know how to use it? I already had to reformat my notebook so I could get an English OS, so I can't really imagine the school reformatting the Mac back into Korean, let alone anyone being able to actually use it
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FistFace



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get an HP (or compaq) notebook with an expansion base for that. My coworker just got one in Youngsan:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/ES234AA%2523ABA?
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crsandus



Joined: 05 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mrsquirrel wrote:
IBM (LENOVO) Thinkad T60.

A nice magnesum bodied workhorse.
Cheaper is it's little brother the R60 - a bit bigger still a lovely machine.

OF course you could always buy a Samsung Very Happy


You may want to pass on the T60. It has motherboard problems and is generally less reliable than the older T series. I have a T42 and although I'd like the power/size of the T60, I'd rather have the peace of mind from knowing that the T42 is true IBM and more reliable (in general).
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demaratus



Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Macs can run windows both through emulation and natively through boot camp. I use boot camp and windows runs faster than my previous 64bit pc notebook. The new macbooks were just updated and use the best componentry in the industry. If I didn't have a macbook pro I would buy a macbook myself, great computers!
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