Hi:I just came from the USA where 17" laptops are becoming common. What you find is that the cheapest you can get one for (HP, etc) is about $2400 AUS. (That obviously doesn't include shipping etc.)
The drives are all DVD/CD-RW as DVD-RW comes at a higher price. All have wireless cards in them. None come with software beyond windows. What I found interesting about them is the display settings. Unless you kept the settings on the original configuration, the screen ended up all stretchy and weird. In other words, if you took the 17" screen and tried to make the settings lower to make the objects on the screen seem larger, it didn't have a "letterbox" type setting where the machine would black out parts of the screen which aren't being used. It consistently stretched and distorted the desktop to fit the letterbox size of the screen. It was ugly. Also, the machine themselves (in terms of speed etc) were nothing to write home about. They weighed about twice what my 15" Ti Powerbook does, and they weren't really as fast or anything. Just my opinion here... Nat -- Mrs Nathalie Collins Box A176, Australind WA 6233 AUSTRALIA Tel & Fax: (+61) 8 9796 0509 Mobile: (+61) 43 989 1998 -- ------ Forwarded Message From: Larry Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:23:08 +0800 To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: quick laptop question On 10/2/04 8:58 AM, "Stewart Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey All, > > Just doing a little switch-pitch on a friend here... > > She's considering the 17" powerbook so I'm looking around to find a > comparable Dark Side machine. Dell don't seem to make a 17" (from > their near-impossible-to-navigate website? Is this correct? > Is there anything comparable to the 17" PB, off hand? > > (I expect the alternative to be cheaper and plan to fill in the gap > with evangelical rantings) > > Thanks for any assistance > > Stewart > I believe Toshiba is now making a 17" notebook - Satellite P20. I haven't really compared the specs to the Mac but I know it doesn't ship with a Superdrive, just a combo. I've seen them online for $4400 inc XP Pro vs Apple at $5500 (non educ). That may be a lot of "evangelical rantings" to fill in but I'm more of a desktop person so what do I know ? Larry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro ------ End of Forwarded Message
