Out of curiosity, I priced a 15" 'L' notebook from that site loaded for
engineering use (with P4 3GHz) at $3600. The engineering wonder at Dell -
the M60 - similarly equipped (highest I could get was P4 2.4GHz CPU) was
$5200. I didn't take pains to split hairs, but this looks like a lot for
the money. I'll be looking into this for a couple of people here.
Gary Polvinale
Denton ATD
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Barry [mailto:mbarry@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:58 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Notebook purchase
Since you emphasized HIGH END...there really is no parallel:
http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm
Regards,
Michael
Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
http://www.aspacia.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: David Gartner [mailto:dgartner@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:43 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Notebook purchase
I just got a few Dell D505. Seem to be ok but no real miles on them yet.
However, I had a MPC (Micron) Rep come to my office. We are not a large
company but he wanted to ensure me of the high level of service I could
expect. A member of his team called the next day to make sure I had
received all the info I had requested. Also, said all tech support 24-7 is
based in Idaho. Also asked if I had a standard image I wanted on my
machines. Dell said I needed a significantly higher number of machines a
month before they had any interest.
Priced competitively. Plus for the execs, an integrated fingerprint reader
for passwords. Locks the laptop down at the BIOS level. Can be tied into
all the passwords.
David
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engineering use (with P4 3GHz) at $3600. The engineering wonder at Dell -
the M60 - similarly equipped (highest I could get was P4 2.4GHz CPU) was
$5200. I didn't take pains to split hairs, but this looks like a lot for
the money. I'll be looking into this for a couple of people here.
Gary Polvinale
Denton ATD
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Barry [mailto:mbarry@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:58 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Notebook purchase
Since you emphasized HIGH END...there really is no parallel:
http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm
Regards,
Michael
Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
http://www.aspacia.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: David Gartner [mailto:dgartner@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:43 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Notebook purchase
I just got a few Dell D505. Seem to be ok but no real miles on them yet.
However, I had a MPC (Micron) Rep come to my office. We are not a large
company but he wanted to ensure me of the high level of service I could
expect. A member of his team called the next day to make sure I had
received all the info I had requested. Also, said all tech support 24-7 is
based in Idaho. Also asked if I had a standard image I wanted on my
machines. Dell said I needed a significantly higher number of machines a
month before they had any interest.
Priced competitively. Plus for the execs, an integrated fingerprint reader
for passwords. Locks the laptop down at the BIOS level. Can be tied into
all the passwords.
David
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> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] OT: Notebook purchase
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> The Vice President of my company has decided he wants a notebook to go
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