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Old 07-18-2008, 10:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Recommend a Retirement Laptop for a VP
I've been asked to find a high-end laptop to be given by my company to a long-term VP that is retiring. I want something with Blu-Ray and lots of long term protential for a retiree to get years of use. Price up to $5k, they thought a iMac and I nearly upchucked. The VP has used different Thinkpads for years. Thinkpads are reliable but not too business-like to be cool.

I've looked at HP and Dell laptops. Some nice ones but nothing that blows my socks off. I looked at alienware and they are pretty much what I want, except the alien theme is not this VP They do put a customized nameplate on the laptop, a cool touch.

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I dont know of any real cool laptops, but I would suggest that maybe you add a docking station and a nice monitor and keyboard for when he is at home. I think a 3K+ notebook, docking station and 22-24 inch monitor would blow me away
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Look at the Sonys, they might have something that fits performance with good looks since you won't look at a mac.
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Here ya go:

Cool Factor Version:
Buy an HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC notebook PC from HP

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HP Compaq 8710w Mobile Workstation (KA454UT) specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products
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Sweet! I missed that one Erad. That looks perfect
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Always glad to help Boss!

Word of Advice, get the Optional 3 Year Accidental Damage CarePaq! That way, if he drops it, drools onto the keyboard, or what ever, HP will fix it at no additional cost!
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If you wanted an alternate, here are a couple of sony's, I am sure Erad's is better even though it is an HP

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...51&la ngId=-1
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Well, depending on the time frame of how soon Centrino 2 laptops start launching it might be worth the wait. At that cost though anything is possible.
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Max out the first one Erad showed and add a few extras Comes to about 4K
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There is also the most beautiful laptop in the market:

Voodoo Envy

Sure you might be paying a bit for the name... but it's one sexy laptop. In fact I don't think any other even comes close but a MacBook Pro.
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