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strredwolfChristmas got me a few work shirts and pants that were nessisary in easing tension in the household... but...
I've caved in.
The cheapest, yet modern NVidia laptop would be $1500. A Whitebook (no-OS, custom) would be $850 if I skimped on the processor and GPU.
Yet an ATI Radeon X1300 sporting Dell Inspiron E1505, with a Core Duo processor, only costs $870. Under $900. For a Core Duo!
So, I caved. The laptop's being built now.
I've caved in.
The cheapest, yet modern NVidia laptop would be $1500. A Whitebook (no-OS, custom) would be $850 if I skimped on the processor and GPU.
Yet an ATI Radeon X1300 sporting Dell Inspiron E1505, with a Core Duo processor, only costs $870. Under $900. For a Core Duo!
So, I caved. The laptop's being built now.
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Date: 2006-12-27 09:55 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, there's little way of telling quality in laptops - IBM was EXTREMELY solid, no matter what, but it had a price to match. Panasonic Toughbooks are next to indestructible - but see above.
My Averatec's been working fine. I had to send it off for a hard drive replacement once, but that's because I paid for the extra warranty in case something nasty happened - the cost of the warranty was less than the replacement drive cost would have been. Paid for itself.