Suggest ... Buying a Laptop ... (Urgent) !!!

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Hi Guys..

This going to be the second laptop for my friend
He already has Sony Viao,

1.7Gz wi-fi, Dvd-writer, has almost everything but its not a widescreen one
So, reply accordingly

Which one

Dell
Compaq
HP
IBM

-->Have to take a cheaper one .. to be used by him and
majorly by others .. who dont use computer at all.

-->I mean ..The requirement is not for gaming and programming
Just a simple Laptop for marketing use & data transfer

Whats your take on those sub 30K lapies

There has been a advertisement from compaq for the same

I have IBM THINKPAD R51 centrino 1.5Gz Laptop
I have the idea about the centrino lapies, but not
of the cheaper Celron or Amd based

I am not following the market currently,
So plz help
budget is minimum since its a second laptop(around 30k)
The point he is mentioning is a cheaper & sturdy laptop

Plz. reply fast
Have to take in few days only!

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[ishaan]

compaq is good i used to have one for similar purposes...though it wasnt good for gaming n all

but one small problem was that it used to heat up too much after sometime and it wz impossible to keep it on ur lap, u had to put a newspaper or something in between

i kno this happens wid all laptops but it wz more than any other laptop ive had even older ones wid win 3.1 din heat up so much heh

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I heard there is one for .. 29,999 from compaq

help .. its urgent .. bcoz he cant give his laptop to those who dont even know how to shut down
or even W of Windows

So, thats why a new cheaper one is required!!

Please guys give me options...