Thanks a lot for the tip, it really helped me a lot. I'm sorry
for putting this on plug,i was just desperate for good advice :)
Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Quoting charkee berekeke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> guys,
>
> I've been on the market scouring for good laptops which can
> fit my tight budget
> but I'm still confounded with the variety of laptops available. I'm
> sorely tempted to just get the cheap VPC-Viper ( villman ) or
> X-mobile ( pc express ) but I'm not quite sure on the durability of
> their laptops as compared to those of the known brands ( Thinkpads,
> Asus,Acer,etc... ).
> Does anybody have actual experience with these bargain
> laptops? Do these laptops match the similar "spec'd" branded laptops
> which cost much, much more?
> I'm always on the move so I need a computer for web research,
> playing mp3s and running engineering applications ( not the graphics
> intensive ones ). 40k is the most
> I can spend for a good laptop.
> Please help.
You can go to HMR - get a cheap Thinkpad there for just above 30T (1GHz
Pentium
III-M, 256MB RAM). I think it comes with Bayanihan Linux 3.1 preloaded.
Definitely Linux-compatible. Upgradable too. You can always get the other
peripherals (such as mini-PCI wifi - you can get Thinkpad-compatible ones from
Ebay, or just buy an MSI wifi card for P1600 at PCCorner) later. And afaik,
Thinkpads from that generation were made with titanium-reinforced composite
(hence the legend of a thinkpad's durability).
Btw, this isn't a laptop mailing list :)
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