Ok I've been doing a lot of searching around for a notebook, and TPG seems to have the best deal. The only thing I don't like about it is that it's the oldskool screen - not one of the new shiny type "crystalbrite" or whatever screens. But I guess I can deal with that. What do u guys think of this deal? The $1398+postage one. Any other suggestions? I've look on ebay but I can't really afford more than 1500 total.

http://www.tpg.com.au/online/

"crystalbrite" = glare imo, otherwise yea they are very nice
for $1398 delivered awesum deal, get extended warranty if u can ?

edit:Graphic Integrated SIS M760 (Mirage 2 core)
hmm shame

last edited by Fuknukle at 12:41:01 28/Aug/05

Yeah the graphics is the only real let down, and i did notice the shiny screens at harvey norman were very glary.

What are the options for upgrading a video card in notebooks? I guess that notebooks are "come as they are" and u dont/cant really change anything in them...?

tpg used to sell awesome amd lappies with good vid cards

shame they are moving that integrated carp now :(

What are the options for upgrading a video card in notebooks?

zero.


we're all waiting around for some bright spark to build a lappy with an external pci-ex port in it.

On OCAU some guy's TPG laptop Blew up/Melted and totally f***ED his desk and the laptop was destroyed.

Are they still selling the same kind of laptops?

On EARTH some guy's BMW car crashed/Blew up and totally f***ED his face and the car was destroyed.

Are they still selling the same kind of cars?

Actually its not uncommon for cheap-arse s***box notebooks to be hot enough to burn desks. A lot of the cheaper Acers are notorious for this. I've had one melt the anti-static rubber coating on the benches at work. It seems a lot of the cheaper notebooks don't have the best cooling solutions/designs and as a result get really hot.

(fuknukle)
On EARTH some guy's BMW car crashed/Blew up and totally f***ED his face and the car was destroyed.

Are they still selling the same kind of cars?

OK SMARTY PANTS!


-----Original Message-----
From: tpgonline@tpg.com.au [mailto:tpgonline@tpg.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2005 5:41 PM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
Subject: PRODUCT RECALL: TPG Widescreen Notebook (Battery)

Dear xxxxxxxxxx


TPG reference : xxxxxxxx
BATTERY RECALL (TPG Widescreen Notebook)

We regret to advise you that we are making a product recall of the battery included with your recent purchase of a TPG Widescreen Notebook.

This recall is for the battery included with all TPG Widescreen notebooks shipped between 26th July 2004 and 27th August 2004 with serial numbers starting with NB46, and with a battery batch number of AAFT5010000770.

Defect: Manufacturing defect which may cause overheating and/or
combustion in the Lithium Ion Battery cells.

Consumer Action: Customers should cease using any suspect batteries
immediately. Please remove the battery from your
notebook immediately.
Do not use the notebook on battery power and do not
charge the notebook with the battery inserted.
You can continue to use the notebook on AC
Adaptor/Power charger only without the battery inserted.

Rectification: We are expecting replacement batteries within the next
week.
As soon as we receive these, they will be shipped directly
to you together with a return-paid envelope so that you can
return the suspect battery to us.

We apologise for the inconvenience that this action will cause you, but this is a matter of safety and we ask that you adhere to the requested action immediately.

Please visit our website at
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to confirm and/or update your delivery. If you are unable to access this website, please contact us on 1300 654 758 and quote the Customer Recall Number xxxxxxxx.


Yours sincerely


Kelly Zenere
TPG Online

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LOL ON EARTH THE PC BROKEZ LOL CAR LOL

haha holy s*** that is awesum! :)

i take my smartassnessing back :D
obveously they'll be getting their batteries from someone else now days :S

ok. i got a tpg laptop (amd xp2400 in it), and the battery i got with it is from the same batch that guy whos desk was burnt down. they replaced my battery free of charge.

since then the laptop has worked flawlessly, ive had it on for 2 months straight (no s***, wasnt even put into hibernate mode). and mine didnt get too hot, can use it comfortbly on my lap. now those apple powerbooks, they will cook ya gonads

It has pretty nice specs, but I would be wary as to how much Support you will get if things go bad.

ie. Why would TPG charge only $1400 for that when if you bought it in a mainstream brand it would be a lot more

Doesn't say how long you can run it off battery power. Most no brand (not all) laptops don't last that long at all.

These current TPG laptops are new...they updated their range like a week ago.

Got rid of all the Intel chip ones, and upgraded the AMD's to Turions. Apart from that they're pretty much still the same though I think.

I think I'll get one, can't find any other offers that come close at all.

They look fairly decent, havent heard much about those new Turion chips though. Can anyone elaborate on performance / battery life ?

And are those the only two versions available ? I dunno if I would be too keen on a 15" Laptop

Found this place: http://www.digitalstar.com.au/

Seems to have decent deals too.

All 15 inch f***s sake

there was a sweet sweet special on dell inspiron 9300's , $1000 off with teh 6800ultra video card

jmr: click on the business notebooks link. there's some 12" ones etc...

These MSI's are a bit hot I reckon

http://www.msi.com.tw/images/product_img/nb_img/S260_mid.gif

Just buy one with as little as possible and kit it up

http://www.digitalstar.com.au/_PowerNote_258SA_SPEC.aspx

I'm leading towards this puppy. If you don't order Win XP with it it knocks $130 or something off the price straight up.

15 " ARGH

Thats no puppy, its a fkn dog

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haha yeah but it'll just be sitting on my desk most of the time anyway.

Well you gotta question your motives for getting a notebook if its never gonna see the world

Have a 15.4" Widescreen Dell (9100) and the screen while VERY clear and good to look at isn't wonderful, and the unit is admittedly pretty bloody heavy ugly. The built-in subwoofer, 128 meg Radeon 9700, desktop CPU and memory more than make up for it to me. Hell with a DVI out I'm thinking about getting a nice LCD for home to plug it into when I'm not mobile with it.

I would much rather sacrifice some battery life and screen size to get gfx and processing power - but then again this is my development and gaming machine in one so I may have slightly different priorities.

JMR: Well the price of that lappy is pretty much comparable to a desktop with the same specs!

So I'd rather have the option of portability. It's not a 2nd computer, it will be my only computer.