hytga Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 btw. don't go below 1gb of ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Fadul I was refering to the size of the HD, not the speed, and I disagree regarding the ram same aplyes to the ram, faster it is better it is, 1gb ram with 633mhz is all she needs for what she is going to use it 60gb+7200rpm with 1.66-1.83mhz core duo and 125 nividea vedio card, 1gig ram7200rpm, 1100$ top The frequency of the ram is not all, the latency is just as important. They have considerably increased the latency to boost the frequency, without that much speed gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Currently i own a Thinkpad T60 with 2G Ram(I think 1G is min required nowdays), DVD Burner although I still have not used it, 80G hard drive. I think they are wonderful laptops and am VERY happy with it i run server 2003 on it but know guys in the office that run Vista with no issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Ok, so it's down to two choices. Alienware is a little over my budget, with the specs I want it comes up to $1,169.00, however it's such an amazing machine, I just don't know if it's worth chasing a dream if it's not exactly financially practical for me. I did some research and found out that even though Toshiba's are good they are quite fragile. I am somewhat afraid of Dell, mainly scared of their customer service. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Dell Asus has crappy support that's impossible to get in touch with. Thinkpad is also expensive. I think the best choice is the Acer AS1642ZWLMi NoteBook Intel Pentium M 740(1.73GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 1GB 120GB 4200rpm Dual layer DVD Burner Intel GMA900 for $798.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16834115265 What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Ok, so it's down to two choices. Alienware is a little over my budget, with the specs I want it comes up to $1,169.00, however it's such an amazing machine, I just don't know if it's worth chasing a dream if it's not exactly financially practical for me. I did some research and found out that even though Toshiba's are good they are quite fragile. I am somewhat afraid of Dell, mainly scared of their customer service. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Dell Asus has crappy support that's impossible to get in touch with. Thinkpad is also expensive. I think the best choice is the Acer AS1642ZWLMi NoteBook Intel Pentium M 740(1.73GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 1GB 120GB 4200rpm Dual layer DVD Burner Intel GMA900 for $798.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16834115265 What do you guys think? The price difference is $369. The average life of a laptop is about 5 years. If you divide 369 with 1825 days (5x365) you will get 20 cents/day. If you really like it, you should buy it because you will enjoy using it for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I have never used the same laptop for five years. True, that may be the lifespan. but I think you can count on needing a replacement within three tops. My two cents Ani jan: unless you're really really running critical, processor-heavy applications, the enhanced workflow/capacity of a slightly faster machine isn't worth putting yourself under financial stress. You can always sell it in a couple of years and upgrade if you need to... for now, get something that gets the job done for the price you're willing to pay. Some of the machine's your looking at are pretty hot - I'm sure you can find a solid compromise. On another note, my Toshiba tablet PC has been tossed around to about a half dozen different users and even loaned to clients (it's a test/demo machine). And it's still going strong. My anecdotal evidence suggests that Toshiba's are not so fragile.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 So, any, whatcha get and how is it going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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