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[Jordan McCollum <grymtooth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I've really enjoyed my System76 Pangolin, and the new ones
look even better. I would also venture to say that if you're getting a
laptop from anywhere to get the 3 year warranty on it, regardless of
where you buy it from.

Jordan
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, William Chambers
>> <william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hey Folks,
>>
>>     I'm looking at getting a new laptop within the next month and
>>     would like
>>     some thoughts. I don't really keep track of the 'latest and greatest'
>>     tech when it comes to laptops so it'd be nice to have some help.
>>
>>     I'm looking to use it mostly for Coding and some mid-range gaming
>>     (Sauerbraten, Half Life 2, Starcraft 2 ETC) and don't really
>>     require the
>>     ability to max settings although I wouldn't complain of course. ;) It
>>     should probably be noted that I'll be compiling on the go so a decent
>>     CPU is a must. Also it's important that it has a decent battery life
>>     (somewhere above the range of 2 hours or at the very least a 'power
>>     save' feature.) as I intend to be traveling and may not always have a
>>     socket.
>>
>>     My budget is about a thousand dollars although I'm willing to
>>     stretch to
>>     about 1.1k.
>>
>>     Currently looking at three options.
>>     http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Studio-15-6-Inch-Obsidian-
>>     Laptop/dp/B002PY7OTE
>>     http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV6-2162NR-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Up-
>>     Battery/dp/B0031ESWP2
>>     http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00361G0ZO
>>
>>     Thanks for your time looking things over. Hopefully I've found a
>>     few that
>>     are at least kinda/sorta close to what I need.
>>     --
>>     William Chambers / Bios Element
>>     http://bioselement.com/
>>
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