Another Rookie With Questions Before Purchase

My Ipaq is a 3715, and I have never had a problem with it. If I go Toshiba which route should I go considering what I will be using it for and the preferences I have. Including what I already covered in my first messege, I would like to have something with around a 14in. screen (preferably widescreen) but atleast nothing bigger than 15.4in. Mobility is important as I will be taking it to school on a daily basis.

I checked out the M3 that you recommended and also the A5. The only difference I see in the two is that the A5 is smaller and lighter which is a plus for me. For what I'm gonna use it for I don't see the point in a larger screen unless it has a tv tuner built in. After customizing it comes out closer to the price I'm looking for. What do you think about this system?

Also, is there anyhing else out there atleast close to the configuration I'm looking for without customizing. Doesn't have to be toshiba as I'm still not completely sold on that eventhough I am leaning towards it. I would like to get the computer soon after ordering it. I'm still open to other options.

Thanks for all the help you've given so far.

I cutomized it close to your spec and came up with the price of $1571.30
Intel pentium 1.73,2mb
512mb PC2700 DDR 333MHZ SDRAM (512MBX2)
14 Diagonal widescreen with truebrite Technology
NVIDIA GeForce go6200 Graphics with turboCache
60 gb HDD 5400rpm
8X DVD Supermulti drive (Double Layer)
intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG
bluetooth(ver2.0+EDR
looks good.

upgrading the the batt to a 12 cell cost $75.00 more

Thanks for your help. After reading some of the other posts on this forum I'm surprised no one came in bashing toshiba and praising hp's or sony's. Guess toshiba really is the best hunh. I think I will go with the A5. Thanks again.

F25 also.better screen better everthing giveing you media center. I surfed around and found it for as low as $1600.00 see the specs. www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/toshiba_qosmio_f25av205_announced.html A5 is nice but the qosmio f25 has so much more !!!!!!!

offers much more then the A5 for a couple hundered dollors more if that

Most awarded laptop, EVER!
Top rated laptop by PC Mag & PC World Readers last year.
Tons of features (security, connectivity, support, etc.) that make owning an using it better than any other brand.
The Z Series is awesome...especially the Z60m.
Best ergonomics period (keyboard and touchpad/trackpoint).

I've been using them for years and never had one that was problematic.

Here's the obligatory Toshiba and Sony bash and writing we have far too many Dells, HP/Compaqs at the office with not many complaints.

Bob

Man oh man, there are a couple of correspondents here that have drunk the cool-aid of there chosen builders/assemblers. This is a very competitive industry; companies don't rise to the top and stay there without providing a decent product at a fair price... Dell, HP and Acer all have their detractors in these forums but people repeatedly buy the machines because they are satisfied with the product/think they are getting good value. Rule of thumb, when someone is thumping their chest too hard about how good or bad a company is, beware the advice. Read reviews, go to owner forums, check reseller ratings. Free advice (I guess including my own) is worth every cent you pay for it.

the member i was talking to in the fourm was in the cross between HP or toshiba.being ive owned a couple Hp,s Sony,s and a dell. i thought it would be far to him and myself to share my feelings on notebooks.my statement as fare as hp,s low price....I will never back down from .you can look at charts all day with some saying hp sells more notebooks for this is true.the resion why is that there notebooks cost is low and they throw in a couple of bells and whistles to take in the customer. bottom line there customer service ranks the wourst as well as there notebooks lasting.my brother been in the navy for 15 years.he sees these sailors buying hp,s notebooks because of the price.he also see,s 80% of them falling apart as soon as they get them on the boat.not every hp notebook is going to blow up on you in a year or two but hp has a great track record for there product doing just that.this is when the cnet fourm steps in.

In the latest PC Mag user survey of nearly 14,000 people HP ranked slightly lower in most catagories than Toshiba... but not a lot lower. As far as low cost is concerned, yes HP is a value point builder. I just bought a new Dv4000, well equiped, for $1170.That's with an ATI X700 GPU and a 80 Gig 5400 RPM HD. As for HP machines lasting, the employer I used to be with had HPs in front of nearly 200 employees, I had 3 desktops and 2 notebooks during my career. I had one Hard Drive go bad in all that time. I was friends with the IT guy and had a number of conversations over beers regarding the machines. He loved HP, citing the extra beef in the power supplies as an example of why we didn't have problems with them. Oh, and yes I do tend to put credence in data obtained by scientific method and I confess to believing the free market economy rewards the competent.

dont agree with the cool-aid drinker comment hahaahha
I may go apple/mac in a couple years after the chips hit the motherboards.

Sorry if I offended you, but I've been reading your posts and you sometimes do seem to come off as as quite a Toshiba fanboy (-: The point I've been trying to make is to not be so absolute. There are lots of good machines out there, largely developed for specific markets. They are all like boats, every one is a compromise of some sort... power consumption, heat, weight, performance, price, size. There is no Holy Grail.

i do rave on the dells ,thinkpads also .The Qosmio G-25 brain washed me.it makes me type the word Tohiba hahaha
good talking to you Togus.Take care