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    Help Please....

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by woolie, Aug 10, 2004.

  1. woolie

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    I see walmart has a ECS laptop for $598.99,is it worth it.I know ECS is a fine motherboard maker.I have a MAC laptop for highend stuf.I just need a basic pc laptop for internet,word,works,etc.Will this hold up,and I know I should max the ram out.Thanks
     
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    It is on walmart.com.
     
    woolie, Aug 10, 2004
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    It would help if we knew what the specs of the laptop are.
     
    64bitcrazy, Aug 10, 2004
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by woolie
     
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    ECS, AMD ATHLON XPM-1600,14.1 XGA TFT 1024X768,40GB,128DDR,DVD,3)2.0 USB,S-VIDEO,INTERGRATED 802.11B,10/100LAN,56/V.90,XP HOME 1 YEAR PARTS AND LABOR AND TECH SUPPORT.I know I have to up the ram.I need to know if ECS makes a good laptop if you know.For 598. it seem like a good deal and ECS backs it for 1 year.Thanks
     
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    I see ECS has won a lot of awards.I hope all can help soon.Thanks
     
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    Anyone please....
     
    woolie, Aug 11, 2004
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    I saw it listed on Walmart's online store a few days ago and would also like to know what people think of it. No Walmart store in my area seems to carry it, so I can't go have a look. I haven't been able to find any opinions.
     
    Fingers_99, Sep 23, 2004
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    You get what you paid for. Everyone knows ECS makes budget equipment. I have friends who work in the computer industry who sell ECS but would personally never buy one.
     
    kalekainxx, Sep 23, 2004
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    A friend of mine was also looking at this laptop. For the price, it seemed to offer a pretty good basic functions. I am pretty sure if you just buying it for regular work process, internet, and emailing and all it should be fine. The processor look to be around 1ghz or so. As far as the rest of the specs are concerned, you probably could get the 598 one and buy an extra piece of memory and load it up. There's like one or two review, but it's on a uk site, so I don't know how updated it is. But as always when it come to laptop and price, you pretty get what you pay for. You could go with it and if you thinking long term, you probably could brought a protection plan from walmart so they can cover u if anything happen. Good luck with your choice and tell me how it goes if you do decide to buy it.

    thietlong
     
    thietlong, Sep 26, 2004
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