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Help me choose 1 of these 3 laptops
by brian.hanna - 5/8/07 7:34 PMLaptop Computer; with Windows Vista Home Premium
Hard Drive Interface: Serial ATA; 160GB Capacity
2048.0MB ; DDR2 Memory
V.92 Modem; 2.0Ghz Speed; Intel Core 2 Duo Processor; 667Mhz System Bus
15.4" Screen; 1680x1050 Resolution; WSXGA+, TFT LCD Display
802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a Wireless Capabilities
24x; 24x; Intel 945GM Chipset
Additional Drives: Super-Multi Dual-Layer DVD Burner
4.0 USB Ports; S-Video Out, Type II PCMCIA, DVI-D, VGA, RJ-11, Headphone, Microphone, RJ-45, Bluetooth, Line-In, 1394 Ports
Also Features: Gaming Keyboard
10/100BaseT Network Card; Nvidia Geforce Go 7700 with 512MB VRAM Graphics
Also Includes: Gaming Mouse, Power Adapter, Backpack
6.83Lb. ; 13.9x11.2x1.5"
ASUS G1 from amazon.com for 1888
or
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display with TrueLife
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz OR
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz ( you tell me which, theres no price difference)
160GB Hard Drive
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Inspiron 9400 for around 1800 fromm Dell.com (thats with special offers, i dont know if ill get such a good deal when i order)
or
Processor Brand Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo Mobile
Processor Speed 2.0GHz
Display Type WXGA widescreen TFT-LCD with TruBrite technology (1440 x 900)
Screen Size 17"
System Bus 667MHz
Cache Memory 4MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM) 2GB
Type of Memory (RAM) PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Type Serial ATA (4200 rpm)
Hard Drive Size 200GB
Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
Optical Drive Speeds 2.4x DVD+R DL; 2x DVD-R DL; 8x4x8 DVD+RW; 8x4x8 DVD-RW; 5x DVD-RAM; 24x10x24 CD-RW
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Video Memory 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM
Toshiba Satellite Notebook with Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology - Onyx Blue Metallic from best buy for 1899
Personally i would be happy with the inspiron, but i would love to hear your opinions.
Asus if in EU
by R. Proffitt
- 5/9/07 4:19 AM
In reply to: Help me choose 1 of these 3 laptops by brian.hanna
The second if in the US states. My dad has a prior model similar to the one you presented.
All great choices and should play games well but suffer by not hitting over 2 hours of battery time due to the game and display sizes.
Bob
If it were me I would
by orlbuckeye - 5/9/07 5:18 AM In reply to: Asus if in EU by R. Proffitt
select the Asus but I love the higher resolution screens.
well...
by brian.hanna - 5/9/07 8:32 AM In reply to: Asus if in EU by R. Proffitt
ill be going to canada, so ill probably be getting the asus, it's light, will play the games i want to play at max settings, and has best battery life.
A repeating problem is when you move from
by R. Proffitt - 5/9/07 8:37 AM
In reply to: well... by brian.hanna
Country to country. You find that all but a few makers promptly won't talk to you unless you are in the country that you bought the machine. So be very careful that your warranty expectations are met.
Bob
ASUS G1
by brian.hanna - 5/9/07 8:43 AM In reply to: A repeating problem is when you move from by R. Proffitt
There warranty is a 2-year global warranty, no matter who you buy it from. So i dont think it matters with ASUS
ASUS
by jmhal - 5/9/07 11:34 AM In reply to: Help me choose 1 of these 3 laptops by brian.hannaFirst off I would not recommend the dell, as I have mentioned several time here that I am not impressed with the build quality of the dells compared to their competition. That said however, it would probably be the best for games: geforce 7900 with what I'm guessing is a 5400rpm HDD
The Toshiba has the 7900 but the 4200rpm HDD might slow some of the more intense games down a bit, and its worth noting that it also has the most HDD capacity
The ASUS on the other hand seems to be good all around. Its going to more portable(15 inch screen), 5400rpm HDD(assuming), high resolution screen and what is still a good graphics card. It also comes with a mouse and backpack which are two things you would have to buy with the other two.
So if all you care about is gaming than I would suggest the dell or toshiba and you just have to decide between HDD capacity and (In my opinion) better quality with toshiba or performance with dell.
But if you want an all around good laptop that you can still travel with, go with the ASUS
ive decided on the ASUS G1
by brian.hanna - 5/9/07 1:30 PM In reply to: ASUS by jmhalgood reviews, good portablity, good battery, good screen, free mouse and backpack... yea i wont have a Go 7900 GS, but now thinking about it, i am going to need a laptop i can take around with me because i'm a student first and a gamer second.
Plus the ASUS has a free 2 year global warranty, which would cost roughly $200 extra with a dell or toshiba from best buy.
P.S. and to think i stumbled upon the G1 yesterday, it stole my heart.
before you buy...
by JackTheCrow - 5/9/07 5:03 PM In reply to: ive decided on the ASUS G1 by brian.hannahave you checked out the Asus A8Js? It has the same video card as the g1, except that it's smaller (14.1 inch screen) and cheaper: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3313&review=Asus+A8Js
Also, if you can wait a few weeks, you might want to check out the new g1 refresh, rumored to have the new 8600m gt video card.
hmm
by brian.hanna - 5/9/07 5:27 PM In reply to: before you buy... by JackTheCrownot interested in a smaller laptop, i at first wanted a 17", it was hard enough moving to a 15", plus i like the 2g of ram in the G1, but i am intereseted in this new G1, where can i get infor about it?
im guessing it will be better for the same price?
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