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~1000$ Laptop, win or fail? (probobly fail)

Name: Anonymouse 2006-11-20 17:44

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250048447640&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D250048447640%26fvi%3D1

This laptop i bought on an impulse buy. :(
longURL is loooong.....auction number is #250048447640.

its got a 8.9" screen, and although a larger screen would be nice, i opted for this one because of its small size. Built-in wireless and a integrated fingerprint reader are a plus. other than that, its not much more than a really, really tiny laptop. (2.2lbs, or about 1.0kg according to laptopmag.com) ...wait...1kg? that cant be right...thats not including the battery, right?

MSRP is 1599, google puts the thing at 1200-1500USD, i paid 1017 after shipping and tax.

and best of all, finger-sensitive touchscreen! no more losing that goddamn expensive tablet pen!!!

http://www.laptopmag.com/Review/Fujitsu-LifeBook-P1510D.htm

i may not be proud of my willpower (or lack of), but my laptop says "yeah, its tiny. so what?!"

im happy either way, so tell me if i failed for buying this lilliputian laptop. i'll post again once i actually have the thing in my hands. will it satisfy my need for portable weeaboo faggotry? will i drop to the ground in a mounrful VERY NO?!?! stay tuned! :)

Name: Anonymous 2006-11-21 6:42

>>5
It should suit you great for taking to school, though the teeny tiny keyboard might be an obstacle after a while. Living without an optical drive is par for the course when it comes to ultraportables, though, I wouldn't be bothered about that - I'm personally thinking of getting an old Thinkpad X series next year for notetaking.

Your list sounds pretty good. If you want to be a real paranoid freak, I'd find some sort of hardware testing suite that lets you thrash the RAM for errors and do stuff like that, but my averison to refurbs above is more based on "eww my thing might not be as shiny" rather than bad experiences with low quality products - I'm sure you'll be fine.

Is there a way for you to get some sort of extended warranty, though? It's my personal opinion that all laptops are made of the shittiest parts available and I would sadly bet money that you'll have hardware issues before the first year of ownership is over. I'd be prepared for that, at least, and most likely I'd be looking for some way to insure it in case the motherboard fizzles out 3 months from now - three out of the three laptops I've ever owned have all failed in various respects and I could not handle the idea of owning a new and expensive laptop out of warranty.

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