Need Advice on buying a new computer

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Originally Posted by Etienne

Slightly off topic:

I'm looking for a new laptop. Has anybody heard anything bad about Dell recently? They seem to have the best prices / component specs, and they're the only laptops that'll ship out with a physics card.

I put them on instant delete - they try and call me constantly too. I have some Dell laptops out here, and they used a proprietary ATI GPU in it so that you are not able to use the standard ATI drivers, and they have not even bothered to update the drivers once over the course of about 3 years! I've asked them to do it, still no go after 3 tries. I will never buy another laptop or desktop from them again.

By the way, no other driver has been updated by them on these things either (I bought 2 of them - almost $3K systems at the time for almost $6K total).

Have fun, but don't say I didn't warn you.

-S

PS. Found even cheaper mem - ADATA for $22! http://www.clubit.com/product_detail...temno=A4394887

PPS. Samsung Dual Layer 20x DVD writer - $24 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151161