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Needed: Laptop; Strong Performer, Reliable

the best bet would be the XPS Gen 2. You could have gotten one for under $2000 shipped back when they had the 40% off coupon, it unfortunately expired on Thursday. I got an XPS Gen 2 that was configured for $2800 for $1700. Not bad at all for a high-end gaming laptop. I would suggest...
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- Post #10
- Aug 6, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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Notebook to use in Iraq

Im in the military we use toughbooks as our work laptops. They are just as their name implies. Tough! They can still break tho... as ours recently took a crap on us. Despite this they are extremely durable. Hell, the LCD had a huge dent in it & it still worked fine, without any real...
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- Post #22
- Jul 26, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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would you buy a laptop from ebay?

thanks for the info guys!
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- Post #9
- Jul 26, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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would you buy a laptop from ebay?

I looked into Dell, & they have decent work laptops for around $1000. But I want a laptop that can I can do a little gaming on as well. I'd say a mobile radeon 9600 or better. I've only seen a couple laptops with 9600 or better for around $1000, except on ebay where I saw as high as geforce...
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- Post #5
- Jul 25, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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would you buy a laptop from ebay?

I see I've never heard of an escrow service... that sounds like an interesting scenario, I'll look into it. & I'm not nervous about buying used or refurbished items. I have a refurbished 57" tv & it works great. I've also bought refurbished computer parts & had mixed results. I'd be willing...
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- Post #4
- Jul 25, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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would you buy a laptop from ebay?

Just curious if it would be foolish to buy a laptop off of ebay. I'm considering buying one in the $1000 range, & I've seen some incredible deals from resellers with very high customer satisfaction (99%+). Still, making a $1000 purchase towards a used laptop with the possibility of having no...
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- Jul 25, 2005
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Laptops
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Why buy refurbish products from newegg?

bought 1 refurb'ed product from newegg. A $30 motherboard. It would crash randomly for no reason. Will never buy another refurb from newegg ever again. I have however bought refurb'ed from dumpinggoods.com. Bought about 3 motherboards, their motherboards are refurbed by the MANUFACTURER...
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- Post #27
- Jun 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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is there no hope for my video card? :(

Is there any 3rd party vendors capable of fixing video cards? I have an evga 6800NU that unfortunately seems to have crapped out on me. It still gives me a picture, but text is extremely garbled & unreadable, and graphics have lines in them. It all started when I moved my system to a new...
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- Thread
- Jun 1, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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So, how good are Raptors

alright coo thx ribbon, I might try out the BR-1s as I love DIY projects
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- Post #15
- Apr 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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So, how good are Raptors

ok I'm experienced in soldering, but is it really worthwhile to build my own speakers, as far as quality? I can live without a sub. I just want clean sound. & what is this integrated amp you speak of? sorry for all the newb questions :P
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- Post #13
- Apr 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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So, how good are Raptors

o, I'm also looking at the Swan M200's. They look really nice, but it doesn't include a sub. However I'm not really into rap anyway so I guess that wouldn't be a big deal. How do Swans 2.1's compare to Klipsh 2.1s?
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- Post #11
- Apr 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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So, how good are Raptors

ahh ok well these answer my question well I guess I will go with the speakers then... I want the best 2.1 speakers there are so I'm assuming those are either the Klipsh or Logitechs. My room just isn't set up where rear speakers would be efficient. I guess I can do a search on the best 2.1...
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- Post #9
- Apr 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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So, how good are Raptors

I'm doing an intermediate upgrade, and I plan to spend about $350. About $150 of that is going on a case... but I can't decide between klipsh speakers or a 74 GB Raptor. I keep hearing about how great Raptors are, how you can install Windows in 10 minutes, start Windows in 5 seconds, load...
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- Apr 4, 2005
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Computer Building
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"Smudge" mark on my lcd monitor :(

does anyone else have any experience with LCDS? Anyone else encountered this?
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- Post #3
- Apr 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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"Smudge" mark on my lcd monitor :(

I have a 17" viewsonic VG710s lcd which I paid $500 for a little over a year ago (painfully). I recently moved, and the monitor must have gotten bumped in the process, because there is a dark "smudge" mark in the middle of my monitor. It's like a slight indentation, but the pixels don't seem...
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- Thread
- Apr 2, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building

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