buying a lappie

elexes

right im finaly going to buy a laptop . (hehe im going to look so cool on those long train rides to galways bol!x off you yuppies )

where is the best place to buy one in ireland

also how mutch is a new network card for a lappie ?

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Dr_Teeth

First of all, figure out how much you can afford to spend.

Next decide what specs are important to you. (ie: I want a screen no smaller than 12" with 1024x768 res, I want a processor at or faster than P3-700, I want more than 128MB of memory, I want 10gig or greater hard drive, I want built-in network and modem, I want a DVD drive, I want at least 3 hours battery life, I want a good graphics card to play games etc)

Have a look at the big laptop vendors websites (Apple, Dell, Sony, Toshiba etc) and see what models they offer. Most new laptops come with built-in network cards.

You can buy direct from Dell - Apple and Sony have resellers in Ireland, I dunno about Toshiba.

Teeth.

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Zebra

I have a DELL INSPIRON 8000 it is a bit expensive but is it well worth the mony as there is a lot of extras like a second battery while on that long train trip to Galway and DVD, CD/RW, Internal Network card and internal 56k modem etc.
http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/ie/enu/dhs/products/series_inspn_notebooks.htm

elexes

screen size well id like 12+
processor p3 700+
or amd 700+
128 mb ram
in or around 10 gig hd
and all important nic

have £1.5k

also a nice graphics card

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phaxx

Regarding Dell laptops, I've been working with two of them recently, they're REALLY nice. The dual battery thing is nice, and the built in 100mbit ethernet port I found extremely useful. Besides, they just look sweet.

Illkillya

ya i have been working with a lot of laptops lately as well -
the inspirons seem like the way to go.
I got a Dell Inspiron 8000 for myself last week, custom built with 900mhz, 256mb ram with 1 DIMM (on special offer), 20gb hard drive, 15 inch ultra-something screen, internal network card, modem, and a load of ports (it even has two usb ports which is very handy). it has both CD rom and floppy drives internal, so you don't need to swap them about.
I got mine in america, but it worked out to $2200 which is i suppose about 1900pounds, but i cut down in some areas, like i saved $60 or something by getting a normal CD rom drive instead of DVD, and stuff like that.

btw, mine has a 32mb geforce2 in it, so that was kind of expensive, a lot moreso than the 16mb geforce2 option.

don't get a latitude

Doodee

If you ever had to ring Dell bout Cooling probs wiv a latitude and they told u to press and hold down the P button your in for a pleasant surprise, I'll only tell yaz if ye have.. :P