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college student looking for a laptop
hi
i'm having trouble to decide wich laptop to buy, my first choice was the thinkpad t42 for the build quality ofthis unit. But i found out that this unit is off budget (2000 $ can) for the kind of spec i want.
right now i'm considering a z71v but i'd like to have some input about the build quality of this unit, is it solid enough to last long (at least 3 years) under heavy usage?
What kind of price should i expect for a z71v with these specs considering that i might be buying this unit in late december ?
disired spec
pentium M 2 Ghz
HDD 60 Gb 5400 rpm
graphic card with 128 Ram
1GB RAM
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
I think you should be asking yourself when the time comes. The Z71V has been around for quite a while now. It may be "out of style" by late December. No offense, Z71 owners... but my Z70V came out only 6 months ago and it's almost out of style already. I would say try getting the Z70V refresh, hopefully it'll be out by then. :p
Although it's an older body, it's still a hell of a lot better looking than the Z71V in my opinion. There were words (on forums, of course) of a Z71V refresh or replacement, anybody heard of that too?
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
I really doubt there will be one for the z71v. It's pretty much already powerful, you can't really change much, but a 6800 will obviously be pretty sweet. If it comes, there are gonna be alot of happy people :p
As for the laptops, a decently spec's z71v(2.0 + 1gb ram + 7k60) will run a bit under $2k after taxes(here in Ontaroi anyways).
The price drops around $20~30 every few weeks from what I've seen.
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
Currently for this configuration:
System + Carrying Case + AC Adapter (Z71V ) Z71V(M7) PENTIUM M LAPTOP(160Z71V)
Optical Drive (X ) Z71 COMBO OPTICAL DRIVE(165Z71001)
Processor (760 ) INTEL PENTIUM M 2.00 GHz W/ 2MB CACHE/ 533fsb(16162000FJ)
Memory (Slot 1) REQUIRED (D5 ) 1GB DDR2 533MHz SO-DIMM(16231GBD5)
Memory (Slot 2) OPTIONAL None
Hard Drive - Standard (4200 rpm) Fast (5400 rpm) Ultra (7200 rpm) (61 ) MOBILE HARD DRIVE 60G (5400 RPM)(1640061)
Operating System None
INTERNAL CENTRINO WIRELESS (W ) INTEL 2915ABG WIRELESS MINI PCI NIC(168WM32915ABG)
You are looking at $1569.66 and save 3% for Student discount (47.09) so the total is $1522.57.
I can guesstimate that you would see another $100-200 decrease by December due to processor pricing changes.
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
thanks everybody,
startech where can i get it a this price?
and for the upcoming Z70v refresh, is there an official release date and can you guess what kind of price i should expect for the same conviguration
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
startech where can i get it a this price?
At Startech ;)
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
That price is in USD though...
As for the z70va, or whatever it'll be called, it will come when its ready whenever that is.
ASUS has not said a thing and rumours are flying around like flies over a. Until any of the dealer's actually have them in stock, then I'll believe it.
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
Hey..StarTech speaks....
eheh haven't seen their name in awhile.
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
thanks everybody,
startech where can i get it a this price?
Yes, please visit our site www.stipc.com
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Re: college student looking for a laptop
Hey..StarTech speaks....
eheh haven't seen their name in awhile.
Been really busy, lol. :)