Laptop buying advice : Sorry, new-comer
Sorry, new-comer
by Borokini - 11/2/09 12:43 AMIn the market for a laptop; help me out.
Is DELL better than Toshiba [actually love Toshiba, but hear DELL is better]
Already made up my mind to get a 2.5 GHz to 2.8 GHz processor Core 2 Duo processor; now royally confused by the i7. Is a 1.6GHz i7 equal to a 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo?
Hope this is not too juvenile.
Head to the reviews.
by R. Proffitt
- 11/2/09 4:43 AM
In reply to: Sorry, new-comer by Borokini
Look for benchmarks and read about what dual and quad cores are good for. Quad cores are new to the laptop market and are fine for most video editing and gamers. Most of us will be fine with dual core models.
Your post doesn't tell much about use, budget and what you use today.
Bob
More details; thanks for your reply
by Borokini - 11/3/09 3:25 AM In reply to: Head to the reviews. by R. Proffitt
Sorry for the terse post; I was trying to narrow it down to 2 questions:
Is a DELL better than a Toshiba?
Is a 1.6 GHz i7 equal to a 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo [or a 1.6GHz is a 1.6GHz, is a 1.6 GHz; whether or not it is an i7]
Currently deal with a lot of graphics, Oracle stuff,
GIS applications at work [Geographic Information Systems, maps and tracking]; I am just trying to replace my home laptop [don't laugh!] a 2002 model DELL Inspiron windowsXP with 500MB RAM.
Initial budget was $500, but browsing now on the DELL site it seems I may have to spend $1.8K-2.1K.
[Costs $500 extra because I am including a Blue-ray burner and going from a 4GB DDR3 RAM to a 6GB]
That has been asked before.
by R. Proffitt - 11/3/09 4:04 AM
In reply to: More details; thanks for your reply by Borokini
1. Is a DELL better than a Toshiba?
This is the Ford or Chevy question. If only the answer was possible. I'd get back to what it costs, what it is and what your needs and goals are. BOTH makes have good machines and terrible software support.
2 Is a 1.6 GHz i7 equal to a 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo [or a 1.6GHz is a 1.6GHz, is a 1.6 GHz; whether or not it is an i7]
No. Get to reviews and see the benchmarks. And NO! You can't use one benchmark. A high games frame per second does not mean it will win at some video editing task.
3. Currently deal with a lot of graphics, Oracle stuff,
All this does is dismiss any value machine. That is, 1GB RAM, single core. It does not dismiss the Intel 4500MHD or such solutions.
4. GIS applications at work [Geographic Information Systems, maps and tracking]; I am just trying to replace my home laptop [don't laugh!] a 2002 model DELL Inspiron windowsXP with 500MB RAM.
Initial budget was $500, but browsing now on the DELL site it seems I may have to spend $1.8K-2.1K.
[Costs $500 extra because I am including a Blue-ray burner and going from a 4GB DDR3 RAM to a 6GB]
I too was waiting for the Windows 7 roll out and was eyeing i7 machines but didn't find one I would pull the trigger on. I ended up with the hp dv6-1361sb. It's fast but as suspected is not silent and is not for those that demand cold surfaces on the laptop. I have only one quibble that is something I'm adjusting to and that's the keyboard. My bet is the keyboard could be something I have to learn with any new machine. But say with some, the home and end keys vanished which for me is not acceptable.
-> I'd look at simpler Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz machines with the usual 4GB RAM, Windows 7 64 bit and the Intel 4500MHD or better solutions.
Bob
Thanks
by Borokini - 11/3/09 4:31 AM In reply to: That has been asked before. by R. Proffitt
Thanks for a great post. You probably guessed I am home-skooled with computers; what is an "Intel 4500MHD solution"
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