Severian Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 I need to get a new laptop, and I was thinking about a Dell Latitude D800. Has anyone tried this machine? Anyone have any advice? I have decided against having a truely dinky laptop since I will be doing the majority of my work on this. It doesn't really need to be terribly fast - I don't do anything graphics intensive. Battery life is important but 2-3hrs is probably enough.
bloodhound Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 go to ebay. get some decent laptop deals there.
pulkit Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 I bought a laptop a week ago. I got a compaq presario 2200 series. 1.5 Ghz centrinho with 512 RAM, more than good enuf for me. gives 3 hr battery backup.cost me 2100 Singapore dollars and 0 duty.
Dave Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 My girlfriend has had 2 pc laptops now, and I can quite conclusively say that they both suck, a lot. Windows just doesn't work on a laptop at all.
swansont Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 My girlfriend has had 2 pc laptops now, and I can quite conclusively say that they both suck, a lot. Windows just doesn't work on a laptop at all. That's a bold statement - it implies Windoze doesn't suck on a desktop machine.
Dave Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 Well, as long as you've got Linux dual-booted, it's bearable I'd kill for a G5.
bloodhound Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 no. u got ur logic all wrong. it doesnt imply anything at all
bloodhound Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 i used to dual boot my laptop with redhat. will try mandrake soon
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 The problem with Powerbooks and such is they don't run any other programs. Stupid compatibilty problems.... I hate Macs anyways. BUT ANYWAYS, I also have an old (10 years old) laptop with Windows and it works great. Windows 98, of course, running on 16 MB of RAM and only a 1 gig hard drive. What's wrong with windows on a laptop?
Dave Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 It's just hard to use. I can't stand it, for some reason. It's just about bearable on a desktop, but if I ever bought a PC Laptop, I'd have no choice but to throw it out of the window.
bloodhound Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 mac has a wide array of professional software suites available. even latest games like halo and ut2004 are available fo mac nowdays
Dave Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 Plus they're a hell of a lot more secure than 'doze, especially since MS stopped developing IE for OS X
pulkit Posted September 15, 2004 Posted September 15, 2004 If i try and install linux on my laptop, making it a dual boot, is thereany potential problem that I will face or is there no difference between installation on laptops and desktops ?
swansont Posted September 15, 2004 Posted September 15, 2004 I'd kill for a G5. I won't be turning my back on you then
5614 Posted September 15, 2004 Posted September 15, 2004 dave... i think that swansont is hinting at something here!
Guest neweinstein Posted September 15, 2004 Posted September 15, 2004 I actually got my laptop from toysrus,it cost £999 and has a very good spec: 3.2ghz p4, 512mb ram, 60gb hd, dvd/cd RW, etc. Ive had no prblems with it whatsoever up to now, if anything the battery life could be better (1 hour 50mins).
Dave Posted September 15, 2004 Posted September 15, 2004 I won't be turning my back on you then I hate you Where did you say you lived again?
Severian Posted September 15, 2004 Author Posted September 15, 2004 I am more interested in comments on the actual machine itself. Does it look OK (spec-wise)? OS wise, in the past I have always gone dual boot windows/linux, but this time I don't think I will bother with linux, and just put cygwin on top of windows. I can't stand Macs... (it is a funny thing about macs - they are like marmite: you either love them or hate them)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now