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Bought a new laptop today

Today i bought a new HP zd8000 laptop. It was, by far, the cheapest option of all the manufacturers that I looked at. My process was this: write down a 'wanted' configuration, plug it in on all the websites that allow customization of the machine, then compare prices. The configuration was:

• 3.0 - 3.4Ghz Pentium IV
• 60+ Gb HD (Hopefully 7,200rpm, but I wasn't going to cry if I got a 5,400 one)
• 128+ mb video card
• 1 Gb RAM
• 17" screen
• integrated wireless card

I was content with getting whatever the manufacturer gave me for the rest. In Dell, this configuration cost around 2,500$. Alienware, Gateway, Acer, Sony and Toshiba pretty much around the same or 300-500$ more. In HP, this configuration (with an 80Gb HD and 256mb ATI Radeon) cost me 1,650$. The choice was obvious. Plus, the machine is gorgeous (compared to my old Alienware...) All I'm saying is that, if you're looking for a powerful desktop-replacement machine, this HP zd8000 is a really interesting buy.

posted by daniel @ 7:14 AM