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kingofwale on 01 April 2008
starcraft said:
kingofwale said:
I hate Asus, the Eee my friend bought was pure garbage (hardware breaking apart within 2 months-wise)

Stick with Dell, if you can get them cheap, that is.

The main way to get Dell's here in Australia is off their website and it is pretty damn expensive for anything remotely good.


Well, in Canada, we can get Dell laptop pretty cheap. A top of the line XPSM1310 (3GB RAM, 2.4GHZ Duo 2, 320GB, dedicated video card) can be had for 1299 with no shipping fee. That to me is "CHEAP". especially when you factor in the sexiness of XPS with the portability of it.

 

If you can get that for something close to that price, I'd say GET it, I own a XPSM1210, couldn't be more happy.



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Rock_on_2008 on 01 April 2008
NJ5 said:
I'm not Australian, but I suppose the method I use must work equally well there:

1- Go to every online Australian computer seller, and lookup what models they have around with the characteristics/price range you have. That should give you an idea of how the market currently looks like, and it will allow you to recognize good deals later. If you have bad memory, write down some of your favorite findings (main characteristics + price) You should be able to find a list of Australian computer sellers on some web directories like yahoo or similar.

2- If you're not satisfied with what you found in step 1, log off vgchartz and get your ass to some stores, where you can compare their prices with what you found online.

3- Decide what you want to buy from what you saw before.

4- Buy it.

5- Wait for Starcraft 2 to release and play it until your laptop breaks.

6- Go back to step 1.

If you want advice on some particular models that you find, I'm sure many people here will help ;)
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starcraft on 01 April 2008
SlumsofOhio said:
starcraft said:
kingofwale said:
I hate Asus, the Eee my friend bought was pure garbage (hardware breaking apart within 2 months-wise)

Stick with Dell, if you can get them cheap, that is.

The main way to get Dell's here in Australia is off their website and it is pretty damn expensive for anything remotely good.


How expensive?


My Dell with a 22" screen, 4gb RAM, 2.13Ghz Core Duo, 320gb HDD and Vista Home Premium Cost around $AU2000, which is around $US1800.  IT has a 256MB ATI Radeon X1300Pro.



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Rock_on_2008 on 01 April 2008

^ It would be a lot cheaper for that PC in the USA. Australia rip consumers off.