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Admin · 09-22-08, 07:48 AM

I have a Packard bell easy note which I bought back in 2003 and its still working very well after all those years of hard work.. I have even used it to run torrents for about 6 months 24/7 in UK and still no issues..

Its still got the orignal battery and everything and the backup time is still well over two hours after 5 years

The only thing I have ever had to change in this laptop was the hard drive which was a 80 gb one and now I have a 120gb hard drive in it.

The model no is :Easynote M5265

It was pretty costly back then and I got it for 1399 British pounds back then which is about Rs115000 Indian... You can get a laptop with same config now at about Rs30-40k I guess.

It was money well spent and I am not going to dump it for may be another year or so

I would love to hear from you

which laptops do you use and how do you find them..

pothi · 09-22-08, 08:39 AM

Hi,

I have two laptops.

An HP Pavilion ze4100 - Used by many. In the end came to me, because no one can make any use of it. Still I use it when every other PC/laptop fails.
An Esys G320 model - Bought it for 17.5K last November. Upgraded the memory to 1GB from original 256MB for 2.5K. For 20K, it gave great performance until last month. Battery backup went very low. I sent it to esys for a replacement. In the mean time, on a fantastic Friday evening, it went to hell without informing me. It didn't even start. So I sent it to esys. More than 10 days over until now. Yet to get it back. I have to admit, when it was alive, it did a perfect job for me.

Now I'm using a powerful Desktop PC (with Ubuntu) for productivity. (I know it's off-topic).

~~~ Pothi ~~~

just4kix · 09-22-08, 09:21 AM

I don't own a laptop. My office had given my IBM R-40 (or something) 4 years earlier. It had 40GB HDD and 512 MB RAM and Celeron-M as processor. It has been replaced by Lenovo R60 last year. This one is 80GB HDD, 1 GB RAM and powered by Centrino Duo.

Rameshjeee · 09-22-08, 10:38 AM

I don't own a Laptop & even my company is not provided me a laptop...

Iam plannig to buy nxt year......Which 1 to go for: Hp or Dell.

r_moyal · 09-22-08, 11:43 AM

Dont go for Dell. It sucks man.
I dint know about HP. You can try your hands on Lenovo R 61.

just4kix · 09-22-08, 12:17 PM

Lenovo and Dell are good for business needs. Most corporates have only these two brands.

HP/Compaq, Sony, etc. are good for home/multimedia use.

09-22-08, 05:11 PM

Yo,
I have a Dell .. its old ...the same year as Admin and it too is going strong ...though i always prefer my desktop which has very good sys specs ....They have very good customer service that much i can tell u ....

09-22-08, 05:19 PM

I have dell. excellent cust service

r_moyal · 09-22-08, 05:26 PM

I am having Dell XPS M1330.
Got motherboard replaced twice, still problem persist.
You can imagine through what pain I am going.
Thinking of Buying Thinkpad R61. How is it? Plz let me know.

benlalro · 09-22-08, 07:46 PM

As for me, I am using Compaq Presario C700 family. It is quite good for me. The look is nice. However, the problem with having Compaq laptop is that they do not provide motherboard driver. But I still love it.:

ensine · 09-22-08, 10:40 PM

I have Dell Inspiron 1525 with 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD. Till now I am having pleasant experience with Dell. In my office all desktops are from Dell. Don't know why r_moyal is against it.

smoothvibes · 09-23-08, 04:16 AM

I Don't own a laptop but yes got Home Computer with 2 GB RAM and 240GB HDD, at work i got Dell computer not sure about the model number but its a 1GB RAM and 80GB HDD

May be will get a laptop next year but right now my home computer and work computer is enough for me

navgemi · 09-23-08, 10:41 AM

I have got two laptops....

My personal laptop is Acer Aspire 4720Z...purchased in the begining of this year.

Company has provided me Dell for my official work.

I like Acer for obvious reasons....

strider · 09-23-08, 07:46 PM

Overall, I feel Dell is the best, It always shells out the best Laptop in looks anf also performance. I have HP, Its good, but , it sucks in promise.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ensine

I have Dell Inspiron 1525 with 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD. .

4GB Ram for a laptop.

LOL. Enjoy with it mate.

Admin · 09-23-08, 07:49 PM

A lot of my friends have dell laptops and they are all die hard fans of dell... so dell must be doing atleast something right for them to be going ga ga about dell all the time

Quote:

Originally Posted by relton

Overall, I feel Dell is the best, It always shells out the best Laptop in looks anf also performance. I have HP, Its good, but , it sucks in promise.

4GB Ram for a laptop.

LOL. Enjoy with it mate.

LOL In 4-5 years time we would all be telling stories that years ago we had laptops which had only 4gb ram

The hardware scene is changing really fast now isint it... I remember my desktop with a 20gb hard drive and 128mb ram

There was a time when hard drives came in mb's

strider · 09-23-08, 07:51 PM

Time changes my friend, But the Question is, Will you change with time, I do!! HEHE

sfabobby03 · 09-24-08, 12:06 AM

I personally use a Sony Vaio which I have been very happy with. It came with Windows Vista and I wiped it out and put linux on it. Great software.

smoothvibes · 09-24-08, 12:28 AM

I still remember the first time when i saw laptop it was only 128MB RAM and 10GB HDD. The Best Part: it was the most advanced version at that time

maverick83 · 09-24-08, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfabobby03

I personally use a Sony Vaio which I have been very happy with. It came with Windows Vista and I wiped it out and put linux on it. Great software.

hello

i also plan to buy sony vaio cr 343 ,do u no anything about this model ,is it ok to buy

earlier i planned to buy dell but my frnd had a bad exp with delivery so i also cancelled and shifted to sony vaio(my second choice)

it ll be really gr8 if u can guide regarding sony vaio

also it is bit unrelated ,but suppose if a laptop is wifi enabled then what does it mean ,dont we have to do anything ,suppose if i reach a wifi hotspot with my laptop then i jsut need to switch it on and i ll be able to access internet

looking forward for a favorable response from yoru side

regards,
rahul

Mr.Tooth Fairy · 09-24-08, 02:44 AM

I am using acer aspire 4710..1gb ram , 160 gb hdd, core 2 duo and inbuild web cam. .. Wifi.. Bluetooth .. All in one card reader.. Dvd writer.. I think nothing else u need for time pass.. Atleas not to ppl like me who uses computer as a toy for multimedia.. Lol

i am very happy with it.. Got for around 37k.. Rough n tough.. Quiet cheaper i feel..

09-22-08, 07:48 AM	#1
Admin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi Age: 32 Posts: 4,700 Rep Power: 12	Which laptop do you use I have a Packard bell easy note which I bought back in 2003 and its still working very well after all those years of hard work.. I have even used it to run torrents for about 6 months 24/7 in UK and still no issues.. Its still got the orignal battery and everything and the backup time is still well over two hours after 5 years The only thing I have ever had to change in this laptop was the hard drive which was a 80 gb one and now I have a 120gb hard drive in it. The model no is :Easynote M5265 It was pretty costly back then and I got it for 1399 British pounds back then which is about Rs115000 Indian... You can get a laptop with same config now at about Rs30-40k I guess. It was money well spent and I am not going to dump it for may be another year or so I would love to hear from you which laptops do you use and how do you find them..

09-22-08, 08:39 AM	#2
pothi Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Heaven Posts: 246 Rep Power: 2	Hi, I have two laptops. An HP Pavilion ze4100 - Used by many. In the end came to me, because no one can make any use of it. Still I use it when every other PC/laptop fails. An Esys G320 model - Bought it for 17.5K last November. Upgraded the memory to 1GB from original 256MB for 2.5K. For 20K, it gave great performance until last month. Battery backup went very low. I sent it to esys for a replacement. In the mean time, on a fantastic Friday evening, it went to hell without informing me. It didn't even start. So I sent it to esys. More than 10 days over until now. Yet to get it back. I have to admit, when it was alive, it did a perfect job for me. Now I'm using a powerful Desktop PC (with Ubuntu) for productivity. (I know it's off-topic). ~~~ Pothi ~~~

09-22-08, 09:21 AM	#3
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