Laptop Recommendations
01-18-2006, 08:03 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 1,788
01-19-2006, 03:09 AM
#13
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 29
All pretty much depends on what you are going to do with it.
For displays Sony has a line of notebooks with X-black displays. These are the best displays on the market when it comes to photo-retouching.
For general quality and no worries about virus protection and crashing OS's get an Apple iBook.
Battery life is way beyond good on these as well. The average battery will last for 5-6 hours without recharging.
If you want a value for money notebook go buy yourself a Toshiba sattalite.
For gaming, Alienware
At the moment I have an iBook and a Sony with X black display (older FR415 series)
Both notebooks are running Mac OS X 10.4 at the moment, and Linux as backup. Never had any problems with either one of the notebooks hardware wise. Price for both was around $1400 each
For displays Sony has a line of notebooks with X-black displays. These are the best displays on the market when it comes to photo-retouching.
For general quality and no worries about virus protection and crashing OS's get an Apple iBook.
Battery life is way beyond good on these as well. The average battery will last for 5-6 hours without recharging.
If you want a value for money notebook go buy yourself a Toshiba sattalite.
For gaming, Alienware
At the moment I have an iBook and a Sony with X black display (older FR415 series)
Both notebooks are running Mac OS X 10.4 at the moment, and Linux as backup. Never had any problems with either one of the notebooks hardware wise. Price for both was around $1400 each
01-22-2006, 02:56 PM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 205
Well I know yall have heard my woes with Sony, on my last computer. But since they sent me the top of line model in late 2004 I haven't had a single problem. The model I have is a PCG-Z1RAP. It is WONDERFUL!!!! I haven't had a single problem with it. Battery life is great. I love this computer and will probably stick with Sony. They have completely turned around in my book, after the first laptop. And their customer service has come a long way since then as well. When I had to get things fixed under warranty with the first computer I usually had a very short turn around time. They would overnight a box, and pick it up the next day. Then maybe three four days tops I would have it back.
- Hand
- Hand
01-22-2006, 04:39 PM
#19
Administrator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Stuart, FL
Posts: 24,416
Well I think i've got it narrowed down to two brands, I've decided to go with the 17 inch screen as i really use the laptop for around the house mobility and not travel.
Here are the specs:
Dell Inspiron 9300
17 inch display
1 gig memory
100 gig hard drive
128 dedicated vid card
DVD burner
bluetooth wifi and reg wireless card
upgraded battery
Intel Pentium M Centrino 750 proc
XP Media Center
HP dv8000z
17 inch screen
128 dedicated vid
Athlon 64 2 gig proc 1mb cache
1 gig mem
dvd burner
wireless
To break it down, the only notable difference is the brand and the processor, one is the centrino, the other athlon 64
Here are the specs:
Dell Inspiron 9300
17 inch display
1 gig memory
100 gig hard drive
128 dedicated vid card
DVD burner
bluetooth wifi and reg wireless card
upgraded battery
Intel Pentium M Centrino 750 proc
XP Media Center
HP dv8000z
17 inch screen
128 dedicated vid
Athlon 64 2 gig proc 1mb cache
1 gig mem
dvd burner
wireless
To break it down, the only notable difference is the brand and the processor, one is the centrino, the other athlon 64
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)