Re: Notebook Choices

Here's my $0.02

Here at work we use Dells.  I've had one for two years and have been happy
with it.  It has a well laid-out keyboard and both a touch pad and pointing
stick as well as mouse buttons in two locations.  We used to use Toshiba's
and they've had their share of problems although some did OK.  Some were
Tectra's but can't say for sure if they all were.  At home I've got a
Fujitsu on loan from a University where I'm working on a MBA.  It does OK
but it's nothing special and occasionally either the keyboard either
hiccups or is small enough that my fat fingers hit something that was
unintended.  Still, it has built-in wired and wireless networking.  The
only thing more that I would want from it is a DVD writeable drive instead
of just a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive.  It's also without a floppy but that hasn't
been an issue.

Having said that I would ask what you want to do with them.  Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, 5250 emulation, or are you after something that needs more
horsepower?  Do they need to be ultra portable and lightweight or is cost
more an issue?  Grab the past six months of Maximum PC magazine and read
the product reviews.  They write reviews that are actually meaningful,
practical, and fun to read.  The reviews were helpful for me when I built a
couple of desktops last year.


Dave Parnin
--
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx





                                                                                
                              
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Hi Folks,



Been a while since we purchased notebooks here. At my previous employer
(MUCH larger company) I purchased a ton of notebooks and we used Toshiba.

That is what we have purchased in the past but I was wondering what others
are buying ?



I was asked to get pricing on a "cheap" notebook so I got quote from our
supplier (CDW) and they included:



Toshiba Tecra A5-S116 Notebook

IBM ThinkPad R50e Notebook

Acer TravelMate 2355 Notebook



Thoughts ?



Thanks !



Chuck

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