Title: Custom Notebooks - Online shopping in Canada Post by: bitlane on March 03, 2012, 03:30:34 AM My asshole is still sore after the order I was just forced to place for a client and the ONLY place I knew to use off the top of my head (and in a hurry) was Dell.ca unfortunately.
You would think that living in a city of well over 1 million people (and growing every day) that I would be able to find something locally, but alas, you simply can not. The purchase of the day was to be a 'Drafting Workstation/Desktop Replacement'. Granted, it was a pretty specific order, so armed with my credit card and a list of requirements from the client, I went shopping and no matter where I looked, there seemed to be only a single choice available.......a severely upgraded $2500+ Dell Precision M6600 Laptop. My question is: Can anyone point me in the direction of an online Supplier/Manufacturer that has the ease of use found on Dell's website along with the obvious choices for hardware etc ? Can anyone comment on Lenovo, HP or any other Tier 1-ish establishment that COULD have worked for me and would work for future purchases of similar equipment ? Title: Re: Custom Notebooks - Online shopping in Canada Post by: rjk on March 03, 2012, 03:34:06 AM Eurocom (http://www.eurocom.com/) is in Canada, and they make some of the most outrageously powerful laptops ever. I have one that weighs 12 lbs, has 12 GB of RAM, 1 SSD, 2 HDDs in RAID 0, and an i7-980X desktop processor.
Note, they will screw you on price unless you call them up and jew them down. Good hardware, several choices. Title: Re: Custom Notebooks - Online shopping in Canada Post by: bitlane on March 03, 2012, 03:38:36 AM Eurocom (http://www.eurocom.com/) is in Canada, and they make some of the most outrageously powerful laptops ever. I have one that weighs 12 lbs, has 12 GB of RAM, 1 SSD, 2 HDDs in RAID 0, and an i7-980X desktop processor. Note, they will screw you on price unless you call them up and jew them down. Good hardware, several choices. For myself, I wouldn't hesitate....but I simply can not bring myself to ordering an off-brand for a client. Title: Re: Custom Notebooks - Online shopping in Canada Post by: rjk on March 03, 2012, 03:41:07 AM Eurocom (http://www.eurocom.com/) is in Canada, and they make some of the most outrageously powerful laptops ever. I have one that weighs 12 lbs, has 12 GB of RAM, 1 SSD, 2 HDDs in RAID 0, and an i7-980X desktop processor. Note, they will screw you on price unless you call them up and jew them down. Good hardware, several choices. For myself, I wouldn't hesitate....but I simply can not bring myself to ordering an off-brand for a client. If you want something mainstream, Dell's Alienware lineup is pretty awesome too. |