Laptop help

thedamage · Post by **thedamage** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:27 pm

Is this too cheap to be true?

http://www.gigantti.fi/is-bin/INTERSHOP ... ET9YpPDGMF

I thought that small computers were MORE expensive than the regular 15 inch ones.

Does anyone have any advice on buying packard bell?

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superiorinferior · Post by **superiorinferior** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:24 pm

I have heard rumors that Packard Bells are not among the greatest, but a friend just bought one and it seemed to work okay once I helped her take a few "start up" programs from starting up automatically (they hog precious RAM).

One drawback to the computer you are considering would be the fact that it has an integrated video processor, which means that more precious RAM will be lost due to the hoggishness of the Vista architecture.

If this computer had a separate video card it would be more able to run the demanding graphics-heavy features of Vista, and if it did have one it would cost about 200€ more than the listed price.

So, you could buy this one and then strip down the startup programs, don't use the fancy graphics settings (one of the main selling points of Vista)... or even just load a version of XP on there and then it would work great (provided you got all the drivers etc. working with XP and your laptop). However, if you did load up XP and something mechanical went wrong with the computer, you would have to reinstall Vista in order for the warranty to be valid.

In other words, this computer would work much better under XP.

thedamage · Post by **thedamage** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:39 pm

Hi and thanks.

Thanks for all your help. I've asked and asked all the store people, but they all think that it should be ok and I've having some doubts.

About the computer, what if I just added some further ram later?

Cheers for all your help.

mdn · Post by **mdn** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:49 am

thedamage wrote:About the computer, what if I just added some further ram later?

It depends - it is possible that there is 2x512mb, so you will need to sell them (or lost money for them)

Gigantti usually has very high prices for laptops/pc etc.

For example,
http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/prodinfo.php?id=5254 - 770 euro and 2GB memory.

Also, you can buy new laptop just for 400-500 euro now.

superiorinferior · Post by **superiorinferior** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:37 pm

Also, verkkokauppa has very good warranty policies. I have brought back a lot of stuff and just said "it don't work" and they just go in the back room get a new one. None of this "sending it to be serviced" malarkey.

Gigantti, I have heard, is not as customer friendly.

stevoe · Post by **stevoe** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:48 pm

Hey

Im also looking for a laptop.....check out Anttila

http://www.netanttila.com/webapp/wcs/st ... ryId=20152

http://www.digimania.fi/tuoteryhma.php?tuoteryhma=TIKB

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ ... l=fi&s=pad

some links for ya

steve

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