looking for laptop suggestions

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In the next month or two I need to get a PC laptop and after reading reviews
and some feedback, I'm more confused than ever!
I want reliability, speed, bright 15" minimum screen,good sound, good graphic
ability, and good service from the manufacturer.
I want an 80-100 gig hard drive, 1024 ram, modem, ethernet card, fire wire,
blue tooth, full keyboard, floppy drive. I'd also like to be able to play a cd
without booting up the computer.
Since I'll mainly be using it as a substitute for a desktop, I want something
that I can use a cordless keyboard and cordless mouse with.
I would also like a removable bay if possible.
Weight isn't a big factor, since I'm mainly going to use it at home.
The three manufacturers that I considered based on reviews were HP, Qosmio, and
Dell; But I read about problems with HP breaking down because of a cheap part
(one person said the computer died right after the warranty expired and HP
wanted $900 to repair it)!, Qosmio is supposedly over priced, and Dell service,
according to some in lacking and the reviews weren't as good on Dell, except
for the XPS.
My price range is up to $3,000.
Does anyone have any suggestions or have any information about new models which
are due out next month?

Thanks!
June

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I would appreciate you're posting the specs. I went to HP's site and
could not find that model.
We just bought our daughter an HP computer at Best Buy day before
yesterday. It's a nice unit; but I wanted a bit more than that model.
I'm interested to see what the model you mentioned has. Is it a newer
model? I'm wondering why I can't find it on their site.
They do have an 800 series, which got a pretty good review.
Thanks!
June

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Hi June,

Here are the specs on the zd7010us. I believe the zd8000 series
replaces the zd7000 series. I have noticed that a number of stores
here in Boise still have the machine in stock.

Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.66GHz,
533MHz front-side bus

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 333MHz;
maximum memory 2048MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 1024MB)

Hard drive 60GB Enhanced IDE [gigabyte is defined as

1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may
vary]

Multimedia drive DVD/CD-RW combo drive

Display 17" WXGA+ WVA TFT (1440 x 900) display

Ports 4 USB 2, 1 firewire, 1 SD card, 1 PC-Card type
I, II, III, IrDA, Microphone in, Headphone out,
S-Video, VGA, Parallel Printer,

Communications Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g,
Integrated V.90/V.92 56K modem (RJ-11
connector), Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet
LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Video NVIDIA® GeForce4 440 Go (with 64MB discrete
DDR SDRAM)

Sound 16-bit Sound Blaster® Pro-compatible audio;
Internal Harman/Kardon® speakers; volume
control and mute buttons

Weight 9.3 lb.

Dimensions 15.67" (L) x 10.94" (W) x 1.67" (front H) x
1.85" (rear H)

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly

June wrote:
> I would appreciate you're posting the specs. I went to HP's site and
> could not find that model.
> We just bought our daughter an HP computer at Best Buy day before
> yesterday. It's a nice unit; but I wanted a bit more than that model.
> I'm interested to see what the model you mentioned has. Is it a newer
> model? I'm wondering why I can't find it on their site.
> They do have an 800 series, which got a pretty good review.
> Thanks!
> June
>
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