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| Message 2008-10-12 14:24:57 |
Laptop PurchaseSlayerza says... I require a laptop for general purposes and the reason it has come about that one could be purchased is a trip I will be undertaking later in the year. (my parents never saw reason to buying a laptop before, so now is seemingly my chance).Now; I am quite good with computers, except I am not versed in the current models cpus/gpus and I don't know what modern software requirements are in windows (I use linux). I don't want something that will be sluggish. I take it today's equivalent of the celery is the core solo, so I will go for a core duo. What is the performance difference between core duo and core 2 duo? Also, I notice the CPU clocks tend to be around the 1.6GHz to 2.2GHz range for laptops. What is bang for buck sort of midrange? As for GPU, I have always hated the intel onboard graphics, but I wonder in a laptop whether I need dedicated graphics. I sure don't need a 7900 or something, but with modern software - perhaps all it will run is vista, office, web applications, dvd movies and perhaps the sims 2, would I be best to get the say 7300 turbocache graphics? Or is the onboard sufficiently good these days to use? Any thoughts? Tom Help says... Core 2 duo is amazing performance over single core and the other dual cores.I think the estimation from benchmarkers was something along the lines of 30-40% at best. Dont need fancy graphics either. Might want a fast HDD though. My laptops cost $1400 before tax and is as follows. Dell inspiron 6400 -Core 2 duo 1.66Ghz -1GB ram (if your going to run vista get 2GB Im stickin with XP so 1GB was fine for me) -120GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive -Sound blaster audigy pro MB HD sound card. -ATI x1400 256MB PCIe graphics -- I would recomend getting a dedicated graphics card over an on board. The just improove alll around system performance taking the load off of the CPU. I think it cost an extra $40 to go from onboard to my x1400. Its not bad, not the best but not the worst. Will run World of Warcraft at full graphics. -9Cell extended battery. gets me 5.5-6 hours of low usage power and about 2.5hours CPU intensive power. -I also got usb floppy drive and carry case. Carry case was included, USB drive cost $30 or something. Just shop around. I found dell to be the best price range. Also look for dell deals and cupons. They frequantly have free upgrade from 1GB to 2GB ram etc offers or $100 off cupons. Some can be stacked some cant. Dont buy the first thing you see. I watched the market for about 2 months before making my selection and belive me I am more than happy with it. any more questions, just ask. jit_singh_tara says... For what your running you really dont need any fancy hardware. My laptop is an IBM T40 that I snagged off ebay for $300 shipped. Its small, light, battery lasts for 3 hours, and is relatively durable. It handles all my programming, internet, office, etc just as well as my desktop does. My T40 has a Pentium M 1.3Ghz while my desktop has a Intel E6600 OCed about 10%. MS office and the internet perform the same on both.If your looking for something new and quik, then I would get an Asus, Sager, Twinhead, Cyberpower, or something similar. Dont buy into all these proprietary brands like Dell and HP that make you think you are getting something good but actually giving you pure crap. And FYI, most single core processors will outperform dual core processors when running programs like games or CAD. Dual core is only useful when running multiple applications, thats it. |
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