Comments on: the notebook story, part 2

By: kikuyumoja

kikuyumoja — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:36:21 +0000

YEAH! Thx everyone, this HP compaq nx8220 hasn’t dissappointed me yet despite of a missing cover for the docking port that another, older HP compaq has. But I knew that before I bought it so it’s ok.
In fact, you can just cover it with something else, like a black adhesive tape.

@Krusty: Ja, meintest Du genau dieses HP oder ein anderes? Die sehen zwar mittlerweile alle ähnlich aus, sind aber dennoch verschieden. Es gibt da hauptsächlich die 6/7er Reihe, und die 8/9er Reihe.

@Mbuzihardt: it was a long way…

@m: Man, that Toshiba must have hit you hard! I thought you’d also be using Apple MacBooks? Si, you have 2 or 3 book available?
But I feel you on the Toshiba. Isn’t there a way to sell it to someone in NBO? Maybe someone from Shaggz? ;-D

@Irene: Yes, well, an investment of something above 500 EUR/US-$ requires some research, doesn’t it? You made a good choice with your Dell 1505e – after all, the machine is at home most of the time and for that purpose, it’s a brilliant machine with lots of multimedia gimmicks for a relatively low price. And you didn’t go for a 499,- US-$ Celeron machine, remmeber? You wanted to have the best deal…and of course, if money doesn’t matter, I can only agree with Steve and recommend the ThinkPad series as they just rock in terms of build quality

@Steve: thx, the SXGA+ would be cool to have and I initially settled for a Samsung X20 with such a screen resolution, but it doesn’t even have an internal microphone and other small things that made me remove it from my list of cool notebooks. A high resolution is awesome though. I’ll need to check out the WSXGA+ display for the HP one day. For the moment, the WXGA should work.

By: Ntwiga

Ntwiga — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:19:42 +0000

This is a nice machine JKE, I would probably buy something like this if I was buying today. (It would have to be IBM of course, I’m nothing without the black).

I have 1400*1050 screen and I love it. If nothing else, no matter which laptop I buy from this point forward, it will have to be atleast SXGA+ or better.

By: Irena

Irena — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:00:31 +0000

Congratulations , you finally found the notebook you were looking for.However, I would not say people do not use brain per se when purchasing notebooks or other gadgets per the bwana mbuzi comment,not everyone is Tech savvy or it Tech nerd :-). I recall when I was buying my notebook, I had no idea what to look for , for some people like me, we just want a laptop period, HP,Compaq et al, do not matter , just a functioning laptop , perhaps no interest or time to go through the gruelsome process of weighing in pros anc cons.

So thank God for people like you Jke who take time to blog and explain various things to look for while purchasing a laptops!!!

Hope the machine serves you well!

By: m

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:30:27 +0000

I’m ish-ish about HPs … The 3 i’ve used developed issues with the battery/power supply after a while.

But they’re better than bloody Toshibas (still regretting my purchase!) But on the bright side they’re better than exploding Dells

http://consumerist.com/consumer/dell/boring-dell-laptop-story-turns-into-inferno-182225.php

By: BwanaMbuzi

BwanaMbuzi — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:22:39 +0000

Well Done Bro! I specifically like this reason: “I am happy that I resisted from buying too new technology and instead went for this older machine. Buying something for such an amount is a lot of money for someone without a regular income and you never know – it might get stolen or even break”
Sounds like you made a truly wise decision, which you got to through much investigation and usage of brain – something that a lot of people do not do all the time. Bring it on.

By: Krusty

Krusty — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:54:28 +0000

haette ich dir von anfang an empfohlen, den HP Notebook. Ich hab den auch mal ne zeitlang benutzen duerfen, war mir aber in der anschaffung zu teuer. schoen flach, leicht und genuegend features inside.

COOL

By: Burns

Burns — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:31:16 +0000

Very good choice, JKE! In my point of view HP notebooks are suitable for your future plans (e.g. working abroad etc.), because of the robustness.

I also have a HP notebook and I am absoloutly satisfied. But actually have to be envios about your latest notebook. :)