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Gorgeous colors on that brownie!! The rainbow ain't no slouch either.

At my work, we purchase ~350 laptops every summer. There's 600 employees in our office, and everyone gets a new laptop every 2 years. Half the office one year, the other half the next. We give our requirements (performance, size, weight, price) etc. to the main vendors, and then they bring their offerings to the table. The last number of years they've been flipping back and forth between HP and Dell. Every year we push them to buy Lenovo's, and every year they ignore us. They're quite a bit more pricey than the other vendors because of the higher quality of their product. Toshiba never wins, so I think last year they didn't even bother showing up. Whether or not that has anything to do with the quality, I can't say for sure. It could very well be that their warranty (or something else) isn't up to par. Seems like others have lots of good things to say about them, so I'll trust their word. Dell and HP both make good products. Brad's comment above about Dell products being the #1 returned doesn't surprise me much.. they're "economy" laptops do seem to be made with cheaper components (I've heard that too Brad).. hence the low price. I've noticed a huge difference in quality so far with my XPS system, versus the "Latitudes" we get at my work. As others have said, what you're planning on using it for does matter alot. Another big factor is how much you're going to be physically moving it around. If it's just going to be sitting on your desk, you MAY be able to get away with lower quality stuff.. but if you're going to be taking it with you everywhere, you're going to want to look at something a bit more robust. As far as support goes, both HP and Dell customer service are very easy to deal with. Lenovo seems to be good so far too (we did manage to get some Lenovo ultra-lites this year because both Dell and HP's ultra-lites couldn't run Vista). Can't speak for Acer's support, never dealt with them. Hydropsyche - I support servers as well.. comparing them to laptops is apples and oranges. No offense intended. You are correct though.. HP servers are heads and shoulders above Dells.. If you want a "road warror" laptop, get the IBM Lenovo.. built like a tank. They have a cool piece of technology built in that detects movement of the laptop, as soon as you pick up the laptop, or move it in any way, it automatically parks the harddrive heads to avoid damage. Very cool feature. I think in the end, it's the same as most things. All the "mainstream" vendor's products will be pretty comparable. Working out the little details that you're personally looking for will make the difference.

Was going through some old pics today and found this one.. I almost forgot about it!!

Wow! That's hard to believe..

Yeehaw! Crowsnest this weekend anyone?? (please don't call my bluff because there's very little chance I can actually go)

Sorry to hear that Gary. All the best to you and your family.

Ghey!

There was a thread and this a week or so back that was closed by the mods in order to avoid too much speculation. But basically from what some have said, they have some stuff going on in their personal life right now and are closed temporarily. I believe the mods said they will post an update once they know for sure what's going on.

I wanna be the first guy to say this about one of Humble's movies... It sucked. I hated it. .... And when I say "it sucked. I hated it.", I mean, "it was great. I loved it." As usual.

Sweet! Something to do while the wife is throwing a baby shower!

And we can't fire MacT because??? http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=270525&lid...s=topStory_main

Dell has some sweet deals. I'd check out their website. Very easy to do all the customization you want as well. I just got myself a kick ass Dell XPS M1530 a few months back.. very nice system.

LMAO! Okay.. Squatcher's got the "quote of the year" so far..

PRIVATE MESSAGE anybody?? For crying out loud..

I love fishing too.

I was planning on getting new wading boots before new waders.. but this is looking pretty awesome!

I'll take it! Good fight right at the end too!

I can't afford a Mac..

Wholesale Sports is literally the absolute LAST place I'll go to by something. Crappy service (unless you luck out and get someone who knows you from THIS website), and nothing in stock half the time.

Kipper and Brodeur are the only two in the league that play as many games as they do. They're never going to develop their young goalies if they keep that up. They need to play Curtis more.. plain and simple.

People who take the elevator just ONE floor drive me insane.. heaven forbid you burn some calories lard @ss!!!

Any word on buying them online? Is Alberta going to do that?

Crappy game aside.. it was really nice to see Gagner pot a hat trick last night.. And yes, you read that correctly.

It's a sad day when you have to do a search for the shack nasties thread.. I'd just like to say how much I hate pissing contests.. why people will always feel the need to bash other people on the freakin INTERNET in order to make themselves feel better is beyond me! *edit*.. OH.. and Mother Nature needs a good kick on the ovaries right now.