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[Kaos]

Hey my parents are going to help me get a laptop for my birthday. Ive been doing a little looking around and reading up on some reviews. I was looking into a business/corp laptop which is somewhat light. I noticed compaq had a $300 instant rebate on one of the n610c evoz. It has a mobile p4 2g, dvd/cdrw, 14.1 sxga+ screen, 32mb radeon, 256mb ram, all this for around 1599. Should I get it Im looking to buy really soon as in tonight or tomorrow. Ive also looked at the corp lappyz from dell, toshiba and a few others but none are near that performance for the price. Also whats a super sekzi case to get for it. I was looking into maybe one I could put some school books in and my laptop but still has that sex appeal to it. Thanks in advance for the help.

Kaos

[Kaos]

Oh and what are some good accessories to get with a laptop. Like an external mouse and kb/ speakers? Ill probably use it some at home as well. Probably will be almost my primary pc I use. Also is it hard to install additional memory in laptops. I noticed it came with 256mb, if I bought an additional 512mb or so from say crucial would it be hard to install or would there be any problems doing it. I basically just looked up the make/model and it showed me the type of memory it took. Thanks again!

Kaos

[ua549]

I bought a Compaq Evo N610c a few months ago.
So far it is a great machine.

I got the fastest proc, 1400x1050 LCD, 512MB memory, biggest drive, DVD-CDRW and 802.11b. What didn't I get? The $15 floppy drive. All for ~$1900 with next day air. I'm sure the prices have changed since last October.

If you are going to use it away from home/office make sure to get a spare battery.
If you are going to travel with it make sure to get an airline/auto power adapter.

[Rustbucket202]

Originally posted by ua549
I bought a Compaq Evo N610c a few months ago.
So far it is a great machine.

I got the fastest proc, 1400x1050 LCD, 512MB memory, biggest drive, DVD-CDRW and 802.11b. What didn't I get? The $15 floppy drive. All for ~$1900 with next day air. I'm sure the prices have changed since last October.

If you are going to use it away from home/office make sure to get a spare battery.
If you are going to travel with it make sure to get an airline/auto power adapter.

Agreed some would say go for a Dell. However, you will pay a premium for a Dell and the Compaq Evo's are very reliable systems from my experience. Good luck!

[ua549]

Originally posted by Rustbucket202


Agreed some would say go for a Dell. However, you will pay a premium for a Dell and the Compaq Evo's are very reliable systems from my experience. Good luck!

. . . and less than 5 pounds vs. almost 8 pounds.

[SkyDog]

If you're going to use external mouse/keyboard/monitor/speakers/etc. when you're not on the road, you'll probably want to look into a docking station or port replicator. That way, you just need to slide the notebook into its dock instead of connecting all the various cables and whatnot.

HERE is a link to a port replicator for the Evo N610C on the Compaq/HP online store. You may be able to find it for less elsewhere.

[Kaos]

Ok cool thx for all the help! Looks like im going to look around my area one last time before I make my decision. I hope I can wait that long getting pretty impatient now. Lol!

Kaos