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Quote: Originally Posted by zerodeth you could have built a nice pc with the cost of the net book still, but hey im not a fan of laptops or netbooks, they seem to get wrong much more quickly, even the expensive ones, i friend of mine had an xps, one month after the warranty done it was dead in the water, nothing at all, and im concerned abt netboosk that dont have an optical drive, how do u format if u need to and reinstall windows? seems...

Quote: Originally Posted by JPKadafi No way can it cost that. Not even a brand new DV6000 cost that much. Even with 4GB ram and 1TB harddrive. You need to check again. Even if I bought a brand new DV6000 out here add markup to it and sold it I would still be selling it cheaper than that and you saying that the board, without wireless lan card or bluetooth is 76Grand? if you want to check ATL call dem cause i will not dem maddd

Quote: Originally Posted by Anubis How is carrying around a netbook and dvd drive any larger than carrying around a laptop or a laptop and external hard drive, personally I don't really know anyone who uses cd/dvds anymore there are usually carrying around some sort of external external hard drive or some large capacity jump drives. Which laptops can you get for USD400 well let me repharse that which decent laptops? Why would she need to...

You can call all off those roughly US500 except for the one from Tigerdirect all those prices don't have tax on them I learn that the hard way from Dell saw some nice prices on the items and when you check it out GCT had not been added as yet and I'm not trying to be difficult the people I know do not use cd/dvd anymore they have lost too many important information that way they now chance their infromation with high capacity jump...

Quote: Originally Posted by duster dont keep it plugged in for too long let it run on battery alone whenever possible From personal experience i would agree with this suggestion. try not to plug in the lappy until it needs charging.

Quote: Originally Posted by BankaiIchigo actually, best practice is NOT to drain the battery completely. when not in use for a long period of time, store with a 60~80 percent charge. Really!!! I thought scientists said the battery charge should be less than half. Most of the batteries in Laptops theses days are Lithium based, so Lithium react with other metals to produce electric charge. What wears down Lithium batteries is constant charging...

My HP laptop is going strong 5 years now. Battery died the other day, I got a new, longer lasting one. Power cord got shorts, got a new one. Otherwise it's running smoothly. My dad's as well - only problem with his are vertical lines showing up on the screen, and a dead DVD drive (replaced by an external drive).

Quote: Originally Posted by Morpheus Well finally we have some data to backup what we knew all along, HP laptops are the least reliable. ... Nice find - always loved Toshiba. Didn't know the smaller manufacturers are so reliable - that's GREAT!!!

And here I was thinking that Lenovo was at least among the top three

A family member purchased a DV6000 when it had just come out and within one 1 month, (I'm not lying) it had to be sent back for repairs as it would not turn on. The return receipt said motherboard had to be changed. Another time a few years back another HP had to be sent back with 6months of use because the screen had green lines going down it. Would I ever purchase another, of course!! They look good, have many features and the price is...