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you get the thinkpad discount if you build it, too. Just make sure you enter the site through the links at http://ibuy.osu.edu/search.php?vendor=115

I have a z60m on the way for under $1000 (well, before tax)

One piece of advice: don't get memory upgrades through them. They wanted an additional $300 to up the memory from 256MB to 1GB. I got the upgrade from newegg.com for $70 (pay attention to the specs for the memory)
 
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kenlin said:
you get the thinkpad discount if you build it, too. Just make sure you enter the site through the links at http://ibuy.osu.edu/search.php?vendor=115

I have a z60m on the way for under $1000 (well, before tax)

One piece of advice: don't get memory upgrades through them. They wanted an additional $300 to up the memory from 256MB to 1GB. I got the upgrade from newegg.com for $70 (pay attention to the specs for the memory)
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Hell, Sam's Club has memory for about the same price as New Egg.
 
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I just picked up an HP zv6123 from sams. Happened to just walk in there one day and ran right into a deal. The laptop, wireless mouse, backpack carrying case, and an HP all-in-one printer for $900. It's a kick ass laptop too. Have owned a gayway, Dell, Compaq, Acer, and now an HP............the others were crap compared to this one.
 
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Thump said:
Hell, Sam's Club has memory for about the same price as New Egg.
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I doubt sams club allows you to light it on fire at a campfire and still send it back. i may be slightly exaggerating, but they have an amazing return policy for a year (one time my third party (not what came with the proc) CPU fan failed during a boot, and my CPU just fried, and they replaced it without asking, which si what they do for any returns).

Thanks for the tip. I too am looking at the z60m, as it looks incredible. A 2k laptop for 1.2k is unbelievable.
 
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BrutusMaximus said:
I just picked up an HP zv6123 from sams. Happened to just walk in there one day and ran right into a deal. The laptop, wireless mouse, backpack carrying case, and an HP all-in-one printer for $900. It's a kick ass laptop too. Have owned a gayway, Dell, Compaq, Acer, and now an HP............the others were crap compared to this one.
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Very nice....I have the zv6000....Not to shabby...I am pretty happy with my purchase...Wireless Internet is clutch for when I'm out at school...I don't have to use the shitty lab computers....
 
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I personally have found Dell's to be the biggest piece of shit ever assembled. Always having power issues, hard drive issues, etc. Not just their laptops, but their desktops as well. I do like their monitors, that's about it. Of course those monitors are usually made by sony or samsung, and Dell just slaps their name on em :biggrin:
 
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My HP zv5000, purchased July 2004, has been great... except the power connection went bad twice (which was probably due to the power supply not sending enough current).

I bought it in a rush for a job interview, from Circuit City. Never again... they are heavy into torture there.
 
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