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Charles Krug · #1 Post by **Charles Krug** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:45 pm

Owner of my company wants an ultra-portable (<4lbs) with an integrated DVD writer. Have two possibilities so far, a Sony T350 and Fujitsu P7000.
The usual wireless options & a 60GB+ hard drive are needed.
Any other candidates to consider? Thanks,
Jim

mattfromomaha · #2 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:34 am

Dude, get a Dell!

Just kidding!

My company is anally IBM-only, but we do have an occasional Sony laptop when we need a configuration that IBM doesn't have available.

Toe · #3 Post by **Toe** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:39 am

Heard (and seen) good things from sony laptops........

-Toe

pphilipko · #4 Post by **pphilipko** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:58 pm

1. IBM
2. Fujitsu
3. Sony
4. Dell
5. HP

Navck · #5 Post by **Navck** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:15 pm

pphilipko wrote:1. IBM
2. Fujitsu
3. Sony
4. Dell
5. HP

You did it wrong

1. IBM
2. Fujitsu/HP
3. Sony
4. Dell

Sony has been littile bad on their desktop machines on quality, and made a bunch of defective PS2s, and defective camcorders.
HP is a better choice than that, they rank higher than Dell, quality wise.

asiafish · #6 Post by **asiafish** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:10 pm

If he will tollerate an addition .6lbs then get the 12" PowerBook.

pphilipko · #7 Post by **pphilipko** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:53 pm

Navck wrote:
pphilipko wrote:1. IBM
2. Fujitsu
3. Sony
4. Dell
5. HP
You did it wrong

1. IBM
2. Fujitsu/HP
3. Sony
4. Dell

Sony has been littile bad on their desktop machines on quality, and made a bunch of defective PS2s, and defective camcorders.
HP is a better choice than that, they rank higher than Dell, quality wise.

Hmmm, this is based on my personal experience. My friend has gone through 3 HP's in two years; each time, something goes wrong, e.g. motherboard, display hinge, dead cd-rw/dvd drive..

As for Dell, it really depends on which model you buy; I'm comparing their best notebook with the rest of the flock.

I borrowed a Sony V505EX for a while, and despite the slow hard drive, it had amazing build quality. The only reason I returned it because I couldn't stand the touchpad..

bhtooefr · #8 Post by **bhtooefr** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:12 pm

Yeah, I'd put HP at the bottom - below Averatec, even (unless we're talking about an Averatec tablet, in which case HP IS better).

Where do Toshiba and NEC fit in, BTW?

#9 Post by **K. Eng** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:17 pm

The problem with these "rankings" is that the notebooks from companies can vary significantly depending on the model and target market segment.

I agree that consumer grade HP machines are not very well built, but their business class stuff, particularly the nc series, is very solid, on par with ThinkPads. Likewise, Dell has had some good machines and some real duds.

doppelfish · #10 Post by **doppelfish** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:44 am

mattfromomaha wrote:My company is [...] IBM-only

That same company wouldn't be hiring by any chance? Of course, there may be a downside to it ...

cheers,
-- fish

Charles Krug · #11 Post by **Charles Krug** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:19 pm

Thanks for the input & rankings. It's the integrated DVD writer which is limiting the choice (so far) to a Fujitsu or Sony sub-note. If IBM had this config, well, as they use to say "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM". While it sounds refreshing, an Apple would not fit into this organization.
Jim

No TP with required features available -- other suggestions?

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