OT But 914 board related..., I need a new laptop Options

[Mrs. K]

Hi Guys and Gals,
So I am in the market for a new laptop....mine currently is a Dell Inspirion with a Celeron processor
( can you spell S L O W )

So I was wondering what recomendations you all might have.

I looked at the new Sony Vaio FE 550 with the built in web cam and mic...and their new "X brite" screen. It's pretty cool. I also want at least 100 G HD.

All suggestions appreciated (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif)

Lisa (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif)

[campbellcj]

QUOTE (dinomium @ Feb 11 2006, 04:14 PM)

We deploy IBMs at my work, too. We are presently shipping R50e but the down side is you have to buck up another 65 dollars for the desktop replicator version. I think the best bang for your buck is the Thinkpad T42! I have also noted that IBM service, while still in Atlanta, has gone DOWNHILL now that they answer to Levono. Soon, all of IBM client PCs will be made, seviced and supported from the parent company out of South Korea. Not nessisarily bad, but you might want to know...

Ditto that! I actually ordered this machine on 12/20! At time of order (of course, just like the p-car world) the system said it was in-stock and shipped in 2 weeks or less. A few days later the est. ship date jumped to 1/31...then 2/24! When 1/31 passed by, I called (Lenovo) the rep said nobody was around and nothing was getting built or shipped to due Chinese New Year. However they did get their butts in gear and get it out the door when I threatened to cancel the order and never buy another thing from them...

Also -- even though IBM is still hosting the Thinkpad web site and e-commerce -- various pages/functions have been crashing. I NEVER recall that happening before the split-up.