ECS i-Buddie A928 Reviews

I CAN NOT COMPLAIN. IT LASTED ME ALMOST TEN YEARS W/O PROBLEMS. SO FAR THE FAN WENT OUT WHICH LED TO THE POWER SUPPLY OVER HEATING. IF YOU DIVIDE $1,000
BY 10 YEARS THATS $100 A YEAR AND IT STILL WORKS.
AFTER ANOTHER $60 INVESTMENT FOR REPAIRS IT STILL WORKS.

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Same as webblogger and shadenfroh , but i fix it and it's still running. I use it with usb laptop fa - Advantages: screen - Disadvantages: very hot

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 ...  Read the complete review

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, ...  Read the complete review