This article seems to clear up this question I had.
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardw...eviews/5318/1/

Not worth a grand just for 2MB of Level 3 cache

 

I just ordered up an HP zt3000 from a family friend who is also the HP rep. Seems like a nice blend of power to weight. 755 chip, 60Gb HD, 1 Gb RAM (can go to 2 Gb), 64Mb Video, 15.4 widescreen, Integral wireless 802.11 b/g AND bluetooth (I'm hooked on bluetooth ever since I got a Motorola V600 with a wireless ear piece). Also got a 4155 PDA and a portable printer both with integrated Bluetooth.

 

OK I finally ordered the laptop...I got a:

Dell Inspiron 9100
Intel P4 3.0Ghz
512MB DDR 400 RAM
100GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA HD (free upgrade!)
ATI 128MB Mobility Radeon
15.4" WXGA wide screen
8X DVD Burner
Bluetooth wireless
802.11 (B and G) wireless

Win XP Pro 2003
Office Small Business 2003

All for the measily price of $3300 CDN + Tax .......thank god the business is buying it. :pat:

Will let you guys know how it is when I get it.....

 

how much does it weigh? sounds heavy


for anyone that cares i'm throwing in my vote for Thinkpads. Thats all we have here at work and they are solid machines. They cost a bit more but they are workhorses. For the serious business user a T42 is very good machine. I have a year old T40 myself. Especially for those people that want to run Linux, a Thinkpad is the way to go

and the Pentium-M chip is very cool. My older T30 had a P-4 and my 1.5 P-M is SOOOO much faster and manages the battery better

I'll stop talking now, I'm giving myself a hard-on

 

Like others, I've had experience with multiple brands - Dell, Toshiba, Compaq, IBM. All have their good points, but IBM simply makes the best business laptop there is. Just bought a new T42.

 

Sager is a good computer co....check them out

 

I just spent way toomuch on my AlienWare Area 51m.

16.1" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor w/ HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB 2.5MB Cache
2GB DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9700 Module with 128MB DDR
Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
4x2x8x DVD+/-RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo
Internal Wireless 802.11a/b/g miniPCI Card

 

POW!!!! Thats gotta scream!

 

Dude get a Dell.

 

Got one!

 

Model? Specs? Lift? Tires? lets hear what you got! My old Dell latitude is still my favorite that I've used. The IBM's and toshiba's I've tried out just don't feel right for some reason.

 

Dell Inspiron 9100

Intel P4 3.0Ghz
512MB DDR 400 RAM
100GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA HD (free upgrade!)
ATI 128MB Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro
15.4" WXGA wide screen
8X DVD Burner
Bluetooth wireless
802.11 (B and G) wireless

Win XP Pro 2003
Office Small Business 2003

I wasn't sure I would like the widescreen at first but now I love it!
This laptop kicks some serious butt......almost rivals my home desktop.

 

That spanks my home PC like a toyota spanks a jeep

Very nice.

 

Dell and don't get a P4 with the barton chip set ... its a joke. As I was told be my neighbor whom works for Intel.

 

careful with dell's widescreen models... the 8500, 8600, 9100...

i had one 8500 that refused to work with the ati mobility 9000 driver. a week went by before i told dell that i want a new Mb and they shipped a new lcd screen too.

or at least get the nvidia card. i have had too many headaches with them... i'm only gonna be ordering 5100s...

 

For mainstream computers, IBM and Mac at the tops. Period, end of conversation.

For what it's worth... my company has a contract with Dell for all of our desktops and IBM for all of our laptops. Our Dell rep has told me more than once that he would never buy a Dell laptop, even with the deal he can get on them. For me, that speaks volumes.

 

I looked at the IBMs but none have any decent graphics chips in them (they all use "Intel Extreme Graphics").

 

I didn't read down through the whole thread, but how do you plan on using the laptop? What do you want it to be able to do?

 

I need it to be a true desktop replacement since I have no other comp at work. I do all kinds of stuff on it from surfing and email to crunching data in Access to website admin stuff or even some engineering stuff, you name it so the vid card, ram and processor were a big deal for me to have. Main thing is I just wanted to be able to bring home all my work and put in a few extra hours if I need to (or go on a business trip somewhere) without the hassle of moving data or files around from one comp to another.