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Surely, The best Notebook!!

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/surely-the-best-notebook.14762/

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Phaedrus Original post #1
Aug 30, 2005 at 7:04 PM
Hello, My first post here and im not even sure under which section i shoud post this, anyway, im planning on getting a notebook and after some research i came across i-ball Emperor.As far as the configuration and features goes, its simply the best i've seen.But the problem is that i havent found even one review either in print or google.Has anyone tried/used/read a detailed review of it?
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AGENT_SMITH #2
Aug 31, 2005 at 1:55 PM
dont go for pc from such small companies
u would better go for dell, hp,or toshiba
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Phaedrus #3
Aug 31, 2005 at 3:39 PM
AGENT_SMITH said:
dont go for pc from such small companies
u would better go for dell, hp,or toshiba
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No offence, but i think that is quite a prejudiced outlook.The most noticable difference between small companies and big MNCs i observe are after sales service and support, which by the way, is last in my list of priorities.Furthermore, its not exactly a top-secret/classified information that most of the MNCs share the same ODM along with the 'small companies'.i could give you a list of ODMs if you like.thanks again.
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Sourabh #4
Aug 31, 2005 at 6:44 PM
Can you specify the actual price of this I-ball Emporer? Except for the inbuilt tv-tuner with mpeg2 capture support (hardware?) there isnt much in the laptop as a whole and there are better laptops from mainsteam laptop brands based on the more latest 915GM/915PM chipsets. I dun think this laptop would be anythink below the 80k mark. So that makes, lets say a Acer 4601WLMi with 1.6 Ghz Centrino, 512Mb MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA TFT screen and X700 graphics adapter for a price of around 69k and a more closer Service center and after sales service than I-ball can ever give. If u still wanna go with the I-ball emporer, just make sure about the nearest Service center where you can get ur laptop fixed just in case something goes wrong.
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khandu #5
Aug 31, 2005 at 9:05 PM
iBall Emperor is around Rs. 81,500
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Phaedrus #6
Sep 1, 2005 at 12:16 AM
Sourabh said:
Can you specify the actual price of this I-ball Emporer? Except for the inbuilt tv-tuner with mpeg2 capture support (hardware?) there isnt much in the laptop as a whole and there are better laptops from mainsteam laptop brands based on the more latest 915GM/915PM chipsets. I dun think this laptop would be anythink below the 80k mark. So that makes, lets say a Acer 4601WLMi with 1.6 Ghz Centrino, 512Mb MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA TFT screen and X700 graphics adapter for a price of around 69k and a more closer Service center and after sales service than I-ball can ever give. If u still wanna go with the I-ball emporer, just make sure about the nearest Service center where you can get ur laptop fixed just in case something goes wrong.
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Hmm...lets see..the only area where Acer 4601WLMi beats iball Emperor is the chipset and service ( perhaps), but then again, as i mentioned in the previous post, i really don't care much for service as im going to be in such a remote place that it would take at least a week even to reach the nearest service centre.