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Which laptop do you recommend? |
shithappens
Joined: Sep 17, 2002
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From: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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i'm using a compaq and they work great...i'll recommend the evo series over the presario.....they're much lighter too...
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Dessybaby
Joined: Jan 03, 2002
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How long have you been using your compaq? |
abraham_aiza
Joined: Jan 23, 2003
Posts: 32
From: Mexico City
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hey:
i have just bought a vaio pcg-tr1f, one of the smallest on the market, centrino new tecnology, its 900 mhz but if it was pentium 4 would be 2 ghz cuz the centrinos new speed mesurement is different, that is cus it is smaller so it heats less and requires less battery, haz built in 512 mb ram i gave it another 512 (has 2 dimms) 30 gbyte hd and it removes easyly, cd-rw and dvd 1.4 k heavy and it is the smallest, graphic card with 64 mb of memory, i was gonna buy the z new one but has one main problen, graphic card with sahred 16 mb of memory and ram upgrade to 786 max so t is no use when u need more ram and it is bigger the onyx screen is the best, and the cover is made of magnesium, and has memory stick pro slot the z doesnt, the computer is fast even with 512 mb, its expensive but soo worth it, i bought an evo (compaq) and a pavillion before and they suck, also does toshiba in some models, dell, are big and bulky also heavy, vaio may not rule in desktops (even though my new vaio desktop came with 1024 mb ram and 160 gb hd, dvd rw) but what laptop market is about... VAIO, oh and most vaios dont have dvd rw cuz the drive has to have extra space to cool down, i prefer a dektop with dvd rw than a fat lap top.
my vaios display is small but wide and it rles i mean who wants the power mac 17 inch display, they should call that a desktop, if u need mobility get a small lap top.
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senninha
Joined: Jan 05, 2003
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thought of getting a dell before but when i read a survey by pc magazine on reliability reports, i quickly scrapped the idea and got a toshiba satellite instead. toshiba consistently gets one of the highest reliability ratings so i decided not to take a risk, especially since laptops to get banged around a lot. got a satellite 5105 and definitely have no regrets. a great piece of kit.
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Dessybaby
Joined: Jan 03, 2002
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What about the battery life?
Does it go down after a while? |
ruff rider
Joined: Mar 01, 2002
Posts: 203
From: Manchester, UK
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A P4 laptop will drain the battery in around 2hrs with average use. By far the most efficient are the new Pentium-M's used in Centrinos. These aren't cheap but expect over 3hrs battery life. Some of these have double the L2 cache (1024kb) which perform equivalent to 1.5x a P4. So a 1.7ghz Centrino = 2.6ghz P4.
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abraham_aiza
Joined: Jan 23, 2003
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From: Mexico City
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hey:
finally someone knows about what centrino is all about, my vaio tr lap top with full backlight drains th battery in like 4 hours in half backñight (still looking good enough) 7 hours that is max, what happens is that p4 is too big so ets hot often and the information takes time yo get to the end of the p4, centrino is really small which makes it faster, and doesnt get hot, also it is so small the uses about half of battery than a p4, p4 is 2 times bigger than centrino, but hey my lap tops screen is small so it uses less battery than a bulky toshiba that have big screens, another important issue always is hte backlight, vaio and some toshibas have the onyx screen, which makes the colors brighter and the screen less sensitive to scratches, so it can be viewed with no problem in a dimm backlight condition perfectly, dont be silly get a vaio, not the z though cuz it has more hd but ram only expands to 786 no like mine to 1024, and has a poor videocard,mine has 64 mb and the other one 16 and shared.
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Dessybaby
Joined: Jan 03, 2002
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I know that this is gonna sound like a really stupid question but what does the Cache and Front Side Bus do?
And how significant are they to the performance of a laptop? |
carlidude
Joined: Jan 10, 2004
Posts: 38
From: Ireland
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Dell Inspirons are cheap and cheerful (a decent customised one costs 900 euros,I'm getting one for my birthday, it gets delivered in 6 days  ) |
pawanr
Joined: May 23, 2003
Posts: 146
From: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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If your looking for a light laptop with atleast a 14" display i would recommend the IBM T41. Powerful, Slim, Light, Centrino Technology, and i got a P4-1.6 for approx US$2000.
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stuartdb87
Joined: Nov 18, 2003
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From: Bolton, UK
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Iv got a Medion. Its custom built for your needs. Mind has 120gb, 2.66ghz, cd/dvd/RW, Win XP and Microsoft Office. And a lot more. Prices start at about £400 for a basic config and go to a max of £2000. I got mine with all that for £1400.
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