Which Laptop Should I Buy?

I am seriously thinking of getting a laptop, but am not too convesant with the make, price and durability, am hoping that someone with firsthand knowledge would advise me on what to buy.
Below is a price list a friend sent me. what do you think?

LAPTOP SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

DELL INSPIRON 1300 INTEL CELERON M380

HARDWARE
1.60 GHz/ 1MB Cache/400MHzFSB
14.1 inch WXGA Display, 256 DDR2,533MHz, 40GB Ultra-ATA Hard Drive.
DVD-RW/ CD-RW, Internal 56k Modem, Wireless FireWire1370 Internal, Wireless Network802.11b/g,54mbps.
   
SOFTWARE
                              Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition services Pack 2 English.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Network Associates McAfee 7.0, Media player 10.
Music Match 10.1 Paint shop Album 6.0, Quattro pro and Presentation, Corel WordPerfect 12 plus, Microsoft Office for Windows XP. AOL. 
 
       PRICE:                                   N 150,000.00


(1)         Dell Inspiron 1300 Intel MOBIL CeNTrino Pentium M735

HARDWARE

                        1.70 GHz/ 2MB Cache/400MHzFSB
15.4 inch WXGA Display, 512 DDR2,533MHz, 60GB Ultra-ATA Hard Drive.
DVD-RW/ CD-RW, Internal 56k Modem, Wireless FireWire1370 Internal, Wireless Network802.11b/g,54mbps
 
  SOFTWARE
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition services Pack 2 English.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, Network Associates McAfee 7.0, Media player 10.
Music Match 10.1 Paint shop Album 6.0, Quattro pro and Presentation, Corel               WordPerfect 12 plus, Microsoft Office for Windows XP. AOL.
PRICE:                                   N 170,000.00

{3}.        COMPAQ PRESARIO INTEL CELERON M 420
           
Hard ware:
1.6GHZ/1MB cache 1400mhz fsb
15.4 inch WXGA high- definition bright view widescreen display
512MB DDR2 SDRAM{2DIMM} up to 128mb video memory{shared},
80GB,{5400rpm}hard drive.
DVD/CD-RW combo drive,54g 802.11b/g WLAN.
Soft ware:
                Microsoft windows XP home services pack .English. Copy Adobe acrobat
                Reader 6.0 .MacAfee antivirus media player 10.microsoft office
   
               PRICE:                            N160,000

{4}         TOSHIBA SATELLITE M115 –S3094 INTEL CENTRINO     
              DUO
Hard ware:
                 1.6GHZ X 2     15.4 inch WXGA Display.80gb hard disk.
                DVD Re-writeable multi recorder, fax modem,512mb
                 Memory RAM,2GB expansion memory.802.11b/g
                Wireless network, infra red wireless.
Software:
             Microsoft windows xp professional, Microsoft office 2003
              Edition,  MacAfee anti virus. Etc.

            PRICE:                                    N180,000
 
{5}       DELL DIMENSION FLAT SCREEN DESKTOP

           Pentium 4 system,2.3GHZ, 80GB Hard disk,512MB RAM,  Network             
           and modem. Keyboard and mouse.17 inch flat screen monitor.

              PRICE:                                           N140,000
       
DELL INSPIRON 6400 MOBILE INTEL DUO CORE

Mobile Intel Duo Core 1.73 GHZ
1GB DDR Memory RAM
80 GB Hard Disk Drive
DVD Rewriter / Smart Recordable   
15.4 Inch WXGA Display Screen
Wi – Fi Wireless 802 11 b/g Network
LAN Local Area Network With Mobile
Blue Tooth, Infrared.
                Designed for Microsoft Windows XP & Windows Vista .
               Microsoft Office Word Processing Anti Virus E.T.C   
               Windows Media player 10
             
PRICE -------------------------------------------- N 190,000.00

     
Payment schedule


(1)   First Payment of N 20,000.00 each on delivery.
(2)   Balance to be spread over 11 months.

hey!who's smart here the guy selling d laptop,or the guy buying?huh?this friend needs someone to advice him on a chioce and not if anyone is smart.

Anyway elolove,the laptops seems to be ok,but there prices are quite outrageous,and i want to know if they are new ones,and also if u can bit the prices(or is it a supermarket thing, just kidding)

The last one of dell 6400 with a duo core,is a good spec,but ask the guy to give u for atleast 170k.One more thing don't let them decieve u that it has media player,antivirus and co,u can get them yourself when u purchase it,it shouldnt cause a hike in it.

Just be careful and don't get decieved.its even better if u get to seem them with your eyez,so u know the stuff.

Goodluck.

It is true that the price for that Celeron is extremely too expensive but you shouldn't call him a thief. There is nothing wrong in what he's doing. It is just biz. In a biz like this you don't castigate someone for selling at an exorbitant price. Do you know that in spite of what you said about the price some people would still go ahead and buy it anyway? It is only when we are in a society that the government regulates the prices of goods that you can call anyone a thief for selling at an exorbitant price.

NEVER BUY A DELL

Buy a Dell and u will find out.


Better be warned.

They promote cheap prices but the quality suck and customer service sucks. The higher end Dell systems are freaking expensive.

The cheap ones you can't even buy it for the price they advertise, you will have to reconfigure the system to meet your needs then the price will eventually become similar to othe computers

What of HP.Heard Acer is wack?

Hmm, I can honestly tell you never to buy a dell unless you have a minimum of 4 years warranty on that computer and seeing that you are in nigeria, i don't know how u would send your comp to them 4 repairs and i don't know if they offer that service 4 those outside the states.

I have a dell laptop computer and i treat it with care but i have had to change the motherboard 4 times (thank God i have warranty for 4 years) plus a friend of mine has a dell just sitting in his house now, his 2 yr warranty expired and his mother board just went bad, guess how much he has to pay to fix it, about $450 dollars. so please, i definitely don't think dell is the way to go. There is just something fragile about their mother board not to talk of other problems i have had with that my laptop.

Compaq, is ok i heard. HP also. My sister has a toshiba and she seems to have no major problems with it, but if i were you, i would go with HP or Compaq

just my 2 cents.

Buy this one. It's very affordable

HP laptop, Nx 6325, 512mb, AMD SEMPRON, 60Gb, 1.8 GHZ, DVD/CDRW, WIRELESS

For just 160k.
Hurry while offer lasts.

@freelance

na wa for you o. read the offer just before urs and then read your own and then choose.

256MB in this day and age??

go for 1GB ram at the minimum, 2GB to be safe with vista!

guy HP is the best for u because of its durability and ruggedness.
there's this latest one HP 9000 cuol duo

hard disk=200GB
RAM=2GB
Processorr= i think 3GHZ
inbuilt web cam, fingertouch button controls, DVD writer, remote control and some other cool stuff.
u can even watch T.V stations with it

i heard its between 260k-280k

never buy  a dell. i just bought a dell inspiron 630 pentium M around august 2006 and in november 11 it just packed up .that was to early for any form of repairs whatsoever anyway it has been done but i would advise anyone to go for hp because that is much more durable and rugged

Acer is probably worse, haven't heard that much, but its cheapness makes it suspect in my own view

stick with toshiba, hp, sony or lenovo,

laptops are expensive, so you want to make sure you get it right the first time with no hassles, IMO

what will its name be> the Nigeria book?

I forgot the Macs, if you can fork out the extra cash, or the panasonic toughbooks, extra durable and nice

Option 4, the Toshiba is the best option. I have been using one, the dual core 1.7mhz proc is the bomb