Which laptop you use ?

[bifferos]

I use an Aopen barebook 1551 AG1. It's a slightly different idea: You buy the laptop bare, and then have to fit your own keyboard, CPU, RAM, harddisk, CD-ROM, modem etc.... It'actually works out very cheap because you can buy the important stuff new (like the K/B and shell), and everything else off ebay. It looks like you have a brand new laptop but at a far lower cost (who cares if the ram is 2nd hand...). As a bonus, it seems easier to upgrade stuff because all the parts are standard. I started off with Pentium M 1.4GHz, 0.5 GB ram, now I have Pentium M 1.7GHz w/2MB cache + 0.75GB ram. That upgrade cost me about 30 usd because I waited until recently to do it.

I dunno if they still make these though....

[plotastic]

Dell Inspiron all the way for me.

It glitched every so often but i love it for trips and other around the house things.

14" screen, basic utility options, fully working surround speakers


Pretty basic computer right there.