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    More Dell Coupons! up to $200 off

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Andrew Baxter, Jan 16, 2004.

  1. Andrew Baxter

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    Dell Home has $200 off $1499 coupon "FE6130225707" (Expires 1/30/04) on Dimension Desktop or Inspiron Notebook ,
    $25 off $500 coupon "B036FDAB63CA" (Expires 2/29/04) on Desktops or Notebooks,
    $50 off $1499 coupon "A4F890CE31D9" (Expires 1/23/04) on Desktops or Notebooks,
    $100 off $1499 coupon "E7C235DB08A5" (Expires 1/22/04) on system purchase,
    $200 off coupon "B541EC49818D" (Expires 1/22/04) on Dimension XPS Desktop purchase.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Jan 16, 2004
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  2. kosherdill

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    Would you happen to know what would be the best 'take a beating' laptop outthere for $1,500 or less (prefer $1,300 range)? Prefer 14.1 tft minimum, 40gig HD, 32 to 64mg video card, dvd/cdrw, memory stick/sd slot, 256mg minimum (prefer 512mg) long battery life with cheap battery replacement costs, thin and light, optional IR and media slot (that would be the sd slot), solid case, well built, cpu (either intel or amd is fine), but decent/fast speed? Originally was looking at Panasonic Toughbooks, but they are steep! How about ACER?

    Whatever you might be able to pass on would be appreciated.
     
    kosherdill, Jan 17, 2004
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  3. Andrew Baxter

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    I have a ThinkPad, it's one tough cookie. The X30 is the thin and light I'd recommend (12.1" screen) and the T40 offers better performance in a larger more standard package (14.1" screen, XGA or SXGA). A friend of mine dropped his X30 notebook (5 ft. drop he says) from his SUV onto a parking lot and figured something would be broken...but it kept on ticking same as before. With the ThinkPad (I think only with the T41p series) you can also get an option that if the notebook is dropped or jerked suddenly the hard drive shuts down to protect any data loss which is the major concern if you happen to throw your laptop across the airport floor or drop it off the kitchen counter! Any laptop that has a non-plastic case will also be more durable, but that sort of puts you over $1500 right away.

    Acer is good, their 800 series is what I'd recommend but it might be a higher price that you're looing for and I can't comment on durability there.
     
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    it won't work with the 300M...any ideas why?
     
    ipaqchick, Jan 18, 2004
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