ECS i-Buddie A928

Do yourself a favor, and buy from a brand you can trust, which ISN'T this one. I bought this computer because I'm a power user, and the dealer gave me a pitch about how powerful this computer is, with it's fast processor, large hard drive and lots of RAM. It should be noted that some of the shortcomings belong to the dealer, who didn't stress that this is NOT intended for use as a laptop, but rather a "desktop replacement." Since it doesn't take up much less space than a desktop, I'm not sure why a desktop needs replacing, but at least the manufacturer has the good grace not to try to pass this monstrosity off as a laptop. ...  Read the complete review

Elitegroup ESC desknote iBuddie A 929 user review I bought this laptop at the beginning of 2002 (august 2004 now) with an 1800 Atlon XP, 256MB Ram (upgraded afterwards with an 512MB Infineon module) a 30gb Fujitsu Hdd and a DVD CDRW combo for about 900 Euros. It came with windows XP Professional edition but for some good reasons I wanted to have windows 2000 installed. The install went fine until I wanted to install the drivers from the original driver CD. It was a no go situation until I had the idea to make a copy of the supplied CD. Afterwards everything went just fine. The reason why I could only install from a self-made copy and not from the ORIGINAL ...  Read the complete review

I bought the ecs i-buddie a928 a few years back. I at first got it with no hard drive, ram and processor so I could put in what I wanted. So when I went to actually put in a 30 gig drive, 512mb ram and an amd 1800xp, it would not post, just the fan would go and lights on no lcd screen or bios beep. I battled with ecs to fix it they said it was the way I put the processor in, and I know how to put a processor in. I decided to suck it up and pay to fix it, it took over a year for me to get it back, somehow it was lost, and they failed to return my laptop case I sent it in. So it's up in running, after a few months it started to reboot, and shut ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this machine over three years ago, with the full knowledge that it was NOT a laptop. It was a portable desktop replacement. I had been waiting years for just such a beast, and this gave it to me. I run it into a full sized monitor at home, with a desktop keyboard and optical mouse (both USB 2.0) and it works just like a desktop computer in every way that I need. I do a lot of video editing and DVD manufacture and with an external DVD burner (USB 2.0) it runs just fine. When I occasionally need to take it somewhere, I put it in a padded computer backpack with all the accessories I need (it is heavy) and I take it with me. Then I use the integrated ...  Read the complete review