Personally, I've really enjoyed my System76 Pangolin, and the new ones look even better. I would also venture to say that if you're getting a laptop from anywhere to get the 3 year warranty on it, regardless of where you buy it from.
Jordan >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, William Chambers >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hey Folks, >> >> I'm looking at getting a new laptop within the next month and >> would like >> some thoughts. I don't really keep track of the 'latest and greatest' >> tech when it comes to laptops so it'd be nice to have some help. >> >> I'm looking to use it mostly for Coding and some mid-range gaming >> (Sauerbraten, Half Life 2, Starcraft 2 ETC) and don't really >> require the >> ability to max settings although I wouldn't complain of course. ;) It >> should probably be noted that I'll be compiling on the go so a decent >> CPU is a must. Also it's important that it has a decent battery life >> (somewhere above the range of 2 hours or at the very least a 'power >> save' feature.) as I intend to be traveling and may not always have a >> socket. >> >> My budget is about a thousand dollars although I'm willing to >> stretch to >> about 1.1k. >> >> Currently looking at three options. >> http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Studio-15-6-Inch-Obsidian- >> Laptop/dp/B002PY7OTE >> http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV6-2162NR-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Up- >> Battery/dp/B0031ESWP2 >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00361G0ZO >> >> Thanks for your time looking things over. Hopefully I've found a >> few that >> are at least kinda/sorta close to what I need. >> -- >> William Chambers / Bios Element >> http://bioselement.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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