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Nieninque
09-09-2005, 09:10 AM
Worth getting?

Not that I am getting it from there, but have the chance to get one at around £900. Just want to know from a geek (Anticor?) whether the laptop is up to much

http://www.systemsassurance.co.uk/default.asp?shopID=systemsRelated.asp&pn=LKN%3AGBR-177200-008
Sean of the Thread
09-09-2005, 09:13 AM
What are you going to use it for?
Nieninque
09-09-2005, 09:18 AM
Work, college, games
Sean of the Thread
09-09-2005, 09:20 AM
>>Games<<

That's what I wanted to know... if you were not planning on playing games it would be overkill. That system will PWN games.

^real games.. not MUD's. hehe.

[Edited on 9-9-2005 by Xyelin]
Nieninque
09-09-2005, 09:20 AM
cool thanks
StrayRogue
09-09-2005, 09:22 AM
Laptops suck.
Asha
09-09-2005, 09:22 AM
That will run pretty much any game I've ever wanted for my laptop but wouldn't work.
I'd buy it for 900 if it were offered.

I have my eye on an Area 51 now. Tired or buying middle of the road laptops when if I'd bought a decent one , I'd have saved a packed.
Wezas
09-09-2005, 09:38 AM
Site says 0 in stock.

Never had a fujitsu computer, but you can't go wrong with a Pentium M 2.0ghz (my new dell work laptop has the same processor).

£900 = $1655

17" screen? I hope you're not planning on lugging it around anywhere.
Sean of the Thread
09-09-2005, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by Wezas
Site says 0 in stock.

Never had a fujitsu computer, but you can't go wrong with a Pentium M 2.0ghz (my new dell work laptop has the same processor).

£900 = $1655

17" screen? I hope you're not planning on lugging it around anywhere.

That and two 60 giggers.
AnticorRifling
09-09-2005, 02:40 PM
I've never heard anything bad about fujitsu laptops so that's a good thing. I think for what you want to do that's going to be a good machine but it will be a bitch lugging distance.

Personally I reccommend Sony or Samsung laptops. You can't beat a Sony picture but you pay a premium for it, I think something close to the specs you listed would cost about 2700US.
Showal
09-09-2005, 04:50 PM
If you're using it for college, do what I did with my 17" laptop and get a backpack made to fit a 17" monitor from a computer store. My backpack looks good and you'd never know there's a comp in there. Comfortable too and you barely notice the weight.
Nieninque
10-26-2005, 07:34 PM
Man am I pissed off.

Laptop arrived today and looks pretty swanky.
Loaded some of the stuff onto it and noticed it was a wee bit sluggish so checked the spec and found out that they send me a:

512mb RAM instead of 1gb
1.8 processor instead of a 2.0
60g HD instead of 80g

fuckers
Artha
10-26-2005, 07:38 PM
Isn't that against the law? If not, start burning public buildings until it is.
Nieninque
10-26-2005, 07:40 PM
It is if they dont put it right.

I am so pissed off. And of course I only noticed after it was too late for it to be looked into until tomorrow :(
Soulpieced
10-26-2005, 07:45 PM
Hope you've got a copy of the ordered specs.
Bobmuhthol
10-26-2005, 08:20 PM
Had I read this thread in September, I would have advised you not to buy it.

I was going to post it until I read your bump and realized it was an old thread.
Makkah
10-26-2005, 08:28 PM
Hahahahaha... you got worked like a virgin on prom night.
Nieninque
10-26-2005, 08:42 PM
Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
Had I read this thread in September, I would have advised you not to buy it.

I was going to post it until I read your bump and realized it was an old thread.

Why not buy it?

And yeah, I did keep the original spec, Soupie
Bobmuhthol
10-26-2005, 08:46 PM
It's not cost-efficient, IMHO. I wouldn't pay close to $1,700 for a laptop unless it was absolutely fucking pwnful, which I don't feel that one is.
Drew
10-26-2005, 08:53 PM
Originally posted by Nieninque
Man am I pissed off.

Laptop arrived today and looks pretty swanky.
Loaded some of the stuff onto it and noticed it was a wee bit sluggish so checked the spec and found out that they send me a:

512mb RAM instead of 1gb
1.8 processor instead of a 2.0
60g HD instead of 80g

fuckers

I had the same thing happen a year and half ago with my current Gateway laptop. Advertised with an 80gig, came with a 60gig. Had to take them to small claims court just to get them to give me a new hard drive. I really like the laptop and it's still pretty decent a year and half later (3.2ghz P4, 512mb DDR, 17" screen) but I definately won't be shopping Gateway ever again because of my experience with them.
Bobmuhthol
10-26-2005, 08:58 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115154

ftw.
Drew
10-26-2005, 09:19 PM
Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115154

ftw.


crappy screen, once you go 17" you'll wonder how you did without.
Nieninque
10-26-2005, 09:26 PM
Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
It's not cost-efficient, IMHO. I wouldn't pay close to $1,700 for a laptop unless it was absolutely fucking pwnful, which I don't feel that one is.

We tend to pay far more for things in this country than everyone else in the whole world

:(