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    Battalion SL

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Little_Midget, May 23, 2004.

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    Battalion SL series

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    I've been looking at 2 laptops. One is from ibuypower, the Battalion SL series, and the other is the emachines M6805 for only $1250 at Bestbuy. I configured the Battalion SL for about $1500 like this:

    Case ( Battalion-101 SL-Series 15.0" SXGA+ 1400x1050 LCD TFT Notebook w/Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter, Deluxe Carrying Case Original Metallic Silver/Black 2-Tone Color )
    Processor ( Mobile AMD® Athlon-64 3000+ CPU )
    Memory ( 512MB DDR-333 PC-2700 [Notebook Memory] Major Brand )
    Video Card ( Mobility 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256-bit 3D Video )
    Hard Drive ( 40 GB 5400rpm ATA-100 Super Slim Notebook Hard Drive )
    CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( 8x DVD-ROM & 24X16X24 CD-RW Combo Drive [SL-Series] )
    Sound Card ( 3D Wave Stereo Sound Onboard )
    Fax Modem ( Build-in 56K V.90 Fax Modem [Notebook] )
    Network Card ( Build-in 10/100 Network LAN [Notebook] )
    Mouse ( None )
    Flash Media Reader/Writer ( Build-in 3-in-i Media Card Reader/Writer [Notebook] )
    USB Port ( Build-in 3x USB 2.0 Ports [Notebook] )
    IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( Build-in 1x IEEE-1394 Firewire Port [Notebook] )
    TV Tuner ( None )
    Video Camera ( None )
    Headset ( None )
    Wireless Network Adapter ( [FREE] Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11g 54Mbps Mini-PCI Module )
    Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition )
    Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 1-Year Limited Warranty + 1-Year i-Care Deluxe 24/7 Phone Support )
    Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

    I was wondering what you guys think, the Battalion is an extra $250 but has really nice specs. Whats been making it hard for me to decide is I dont know ibuypower and Battalion notebooks that well, and Emachines is obviously a big, well-known reliable company. Plus I dont know much about Battalions, weight, battery life, reliability, durability, noise, overheating, customer support, etc. Does anyone here have a Battalion SL? Any info would be great, thanks![ :)]

    Good things come in small packages.
     
    Little_Midget, May 23, 2004
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