is this a good price for a thinkpad?

Thunder22 · #1 10-25-2006, 01:46 PM

Dell laptops are manufactured by Acer.

Stick with a thinkpad.

That being said, I would recommend that you look at a comparable R series machine. Also, bump the RAM to 1GB, or leave it at 512 and add 1GB once you get it.

E61Silver · #2 10-25-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gresch

Dell laptops are manufactured by Acer.

Stick with a thinkpad.

That being said, I would recommend that you look at a comparable R series machine. Also, bump the RAM to 1GB, or leave it at 512 and add 1GB once you get it.

Why look at the R series? pls explain, for home use maybe?

SuaveX5 · #3 10-25-2006, 07:43 PM

thanks all for the reply, i too like the Thinkpad better but it is for a friend and i think she is going to get the dell deal.

Thunder22 · #4 10-25-2006, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SuaveX5

thanks all for the reply, i too like the Thinkpad better but it is for a friend and i think she is going to get the dell deal.

tell her to get the extended warranty.

SuaveX5 · #5 10-25-2006, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gresch

tell her to get the extended warranty.

I did !

Acer =

Thunder22 · #6 10-26-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SuaveX5

I did !

Acer =

It's all about expectations. My financially challenged Aunt, needed a machine just for surfing the internet, nothing else. So an Acer was ok. She also knew that it would probably break in a couple of years, and she would have to get a new one. She has 7 grand-children who would be banging away on it when they visit so why waste the $$$. I surely wouldn't have recommended that she get a thinkpad for this situation/use.

E61Silver · #7 10-26-2006, 09:46 AM

Please tell us the source for the discounted Thinkpad?