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I am looking for a notebook with many useful features |
pinolo77
Joined: Jan 17, 2002
Posts: 390
From: Lugaggia, Switzerland
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I finally decided to go mobile and buy a notebook. I live in Switzerland and will go for an internship in the US for five months. If I buy a notebook there will it be cheaper? Will I be able to bring it here without problems (such as electric plug etc.)?
I am searching for a very special notebook... Since I will not miss P800 I want it with:
- bluetooth
- memory stick
And at least one fireWire port.
I found the Samsung p-10 online with those features available on request, also a Sony C1something (Sony has a too small screen...).
The problem is that on the site there are no prices and you cannot order it or redirect to an online dealer...
Are you aware of any notebook with those features?
Of course I could buy one and add bluetooth card and memory stick, but I prefer having them built-in.
I also would like it to have a CD-RW (don't care about DVD), and the Samsung has it also.
Well, if you can answer one of my many questions THANK YOU VERY MUCH in advance. If you can't I hope you found this post intersting...
Ciao ciao |
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Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
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From: Los Angeles, California
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Goodness, I'd just buy a POWER Laptop/Notebook with a Geforce card in it  You can always buy those added accessories any time.
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Froddan
Joined: Jan 18, 2002
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Try and check out Toshiba Satellite 5100. It's got "all" features, DVD, CD-RW, bluetooth, memory slot, pentium 4... etc... etc
I'm kind of interested in getting one. |
ewap8
Joined: Nov 30, 2001
Posts: 398
From: Dubai
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Im getting a similar one soon.
U should try the Toshiba's new laptop. Its got all u need and more 
I'm member #100 on this website. I think! |
Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
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From: Los Angeles, California
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Agreed, looks pretty good. |
pinolo77
Joined: Jan 17, 2002
Posts: 390
From: Lugaggia, Switzerland
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Thank you guys...
The toshiba has everything I am searching for. The only problem is it's price (USD 6000).
You might say that if I want performance and features I have to pay them. Well I just yould like to find a little cheaper one... (max USD 3000)
Because otherwise I prefer to buy a "simpler" model and buy those features I am looking for separately.
Nevertheless this Toshiba is really tempting... But I have to buy a P800.
My budget is around CHF 7000 (USD 4700) to make this whole "getting mobile" operation...
Help my finding a solution, since you seem to be the only ones able to |
Froddan
Joined: Jan 18, 2002
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Here in Sweden the Toshiba is about 3800-4000$. But surely there must be an online shop to get it even cheaper.
Have you looked at Toshiba online?
There's also a "light" version of it, the main diff is the harddrive 40GB instead of 60GB. But all the high tech features are the same.
That one goes for about 3200-3400$ here.
Still plenty of $$$ to buy a P800
[ This Message was edited by: Froddan on 2002-07-29 21:45 ] |
Mimzo
Joined: May 24, 2002
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From: Dubai
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Pinolo>
In the past 6 months, I've traveled to Japan, Singapore, USA and Switzerland with buying a good notebook in mind. I ended up buying it from Japan (bought an amazing Fujitsu Lifebook C Series) because the technology and customer service there were like no where else I had ever seen and many of the features weren't out in other notebooks at the time (5 months ago) because that's the way Japan is. I did, however, compare the Far East, with the US with Europe. Singapore and the USA have the cheapest notebook prices. I would not recommend that you buy it from Switzerland - electronics are more expensive in Europe. Wait till you go to the US and buy one from there - you'll find a bigger variety and will most certainly get a better deal on whatever brand you choose to buy.
About the Memory Stick, Sony notebooks are probably your best bet because they have a built in slot that is truly integrated perfectly with the computer and functions as smoothly as any other drive. About Bluetooth, you're probably best off buying a third party Bluetooth  PC card and installing it in your notebook. That way you can choose a good brand and compare features rather than be restricted to the Bluetooth device of your notebook manufacturer which may not be that great. I have a 3Com Bluetooth PC card and it works like a dream. 3Com are masters of communication but notebook manufacturers (like Toshiba, Sony or Compaq) are good at making notebooks and have been doing it forever - Bluetooth is new to them.
Hope this helps.
Mimzo
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pinolo77
Joined: Jan 17, 2002
Posts: 390
From: Lugaggia, Switzerland
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Thanx. In fact I just got to a shop here, and have to agree on prices. The Toshiba satellite 5100 doesn't have bluetooth and also no memory stick. Therefore I will wait until I am in the US to purchase.
What do you think about an assembled one? I could choose what I want and have it done. I heard one manufacturer of motherboards has some models with bluetooth on them, but don't know if they are available for notebooks...
And memory stick is not a real priority since p800 gets connected with USB...
A real mobile hub is what I am looking for. A PC that gets old slowly... And gets connected no matter which standard...
I guess I will have to wait the US for purchase.
Does anyone from L.A. know where to check?
I wanted to thank you all for helping me in spending my money well and in a useful way. i am so grateful I found Esato, even if sometimes I wish I didn't know (t68 and t68i was one of them )
Ciao ciao |
Froddan
Joined: Jan 18, 2002
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But the Toshiba has bluetooth and memoryslot.
Here's a description of the specs. In Swedish I'm afraid, but most of it is understandable "tech-language"
Satellite 5100-503 P4M 1,8 512/40 15Tux DVD-CDRW BT WXPH
Satellite 5100-503 har teknik som du bara kunnat hitta i de mest avancerade stationära datorerna. Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor-M, 15" Super Fine Screen TFT-skärm (1600x1200), NVIDIA GeForce4™ 440 Go grafikkort, kombinerad DVD/CD-brännare och Harman Kardon högtalare med inbyggd subwoofer som ger ett ljud i en klass för sig.
Processor
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor-M 1,8 GHz
400 MHz Front Side Bus
12/8 kB nivå 1 cache
Minne
512 MB DDR RAM (2 x 256 MB)
max utbyggbar till 512 MB;
512 kB nivå 2 cache
Hårddisk
Hårddisk 40 GB
S.M.A.R.T. hårddisk-teknologi
Diskettstation
Extern 3,5" USB diskettstation 1,44 MB
DVD/CD-RW
Kombinerad DVD och CD-RW
DVD:8x
CD: 24x (läs)
CD-R: 16x (skriv)
CD-RW: 10x (skriv)
Trådlös kommunikation
Infraröd port, Fast IR - 4 Mbit/s
Inbyggd Bluetooth™
- ver 1.1
Infraröd fjärrkontroll
- Dator av/på
- DVD, CD och digital ljudkontroll
- Volymkontroll
- Enter, Tab, piltangenter
- Snabbt sekretessläge (Fn+F1)
* Låsa tangentbord
* Tömma skärmbild
- Växla program
Internt modem
Inbyggt V.90 data & fax modem (56 k data, 14,4 k fax)
Nätverk
Inbyggt LAN
Intel® 82562ET
10/100 Base-TX
Wake-On-LAN
Remote Boot
Skärm
15,0" Super Fine Screen TFT-färgskärm
1600 x 1200 med 16,7 milj färger
Grafik
NVIDIA GeForce4™ 440 Go
64 bitars grafikaccelerator
4x AGP-buss
128 bit BiTBlT
3D accelerator
32 MB DDR Video RAM
Extern video
640 x 480 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
800 x 600 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
1024 x 768 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
1280 x 1024 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
1600 x 1200 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
1920 x 1440 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
2048 x 1536 punkter med 16,7 milj färger
Upp till 100 Hz refresh rate
Ljud
Yamaha YMF753
Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System
16 bitars stereo SoundBlaster Pro kompatibel
MIDI och 3D stöd
Interna högtalare
- Harman/Kardon
- Sub-Woofer
Tangentbord
86 tangenter
Överliggande numeriskt tangentbord
8 Hot Keys
Touch Pad
2 Windows tangenter
Euro tangent
Multimedia panel för CD/MP3-spelare:
- 4 "Easy Keys"-knappar (Rewind, Play/Pause, Stop, Forward)
- Subwoofer på/av
- Separat Internet-tangent
Batteri
Litium-jon
Upp till 2 tim driftstid
Nätaggregat
Auto 100-240 volt AC
Ut: 15 V, 5 A
Portar
1 x Extern skärm
3 x USB
1 x Extern mikrofon
1 x Hörlurar
1 x TV ut (RCA)
1 x Fast IR - infraröd port 4 Mbit/s
1 x i.Link (FireWire IEEE 1394)
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x RJ-11 modem
1 x SmartMedia
1 x Linje ut
1 x SD-kortplats
1 x S/P DIF
Expansion
PC Card/32 med CardBus 2 x typ II eller 1 x III kort
Minnesexpansion
Vikt
3,2 kg
Storlek
330 x 296 x 47,6 mm; B/D/H
Inkl. programvara
Windows XP Home Edition eng
Microsoft Works Suite 2002
Drag'n Drop CD
Win DVD
Motion DV Studio
Toshiba Hibernation utility
On-line manual
Garanti
Två års internationell garanti
Pris
27.830
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kevin81
Joined: Mar 12, 2002
Posts: 390
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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I would recommend the DELL INSPIRON-series.
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allanf
Joined: Jul 30, 2002
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The best laptop companion for the T68i and T39 will be the Apple Macintosh Powerbook or iBook running Jaguar OS X 10.2.
Ericsson and Apple have teamed up together to really promote Bluetoogh synchronize capabilities. Jaguar is due out this September.. if you can wait.
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maverickpl
Joined: Jul 18, 2002
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I live in LA and the best places to buy electronics are online. I use buy.com or amazon.com. They might not be the cheapest but they are reputable. You should watchout for the strengthening dollar tho might have pay a couple hundred extra euros (they don't use euros in Switzerland do they? anywho....) As I type this I am off to best buy to buy some electronics with a friend of mine. |
arnoldc
Joined: Dec 14, 2001
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From: Philippines
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we bought all our toshiba notebooks from www.cdw.com service is good. |
kevin81
Joined: Mar 12, 2002
Posts: 390
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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@allanf: Yeah, good point! If you are a Mac user, you should definitely buy a Mac Powerbook with OS X 10.2, also called Jaguar! The sync-capabilities with T68m(i) are built-in in this OS which is very impressive!
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Posted: 2002-07-27 00:10
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