notebook

[Andy]

arghhhhh.. the company that i wanted to buy my laptop now came out wit a new one.. and now i have to pick.. the first one is:

PROCESSOR Intel Pentium Centrino (Dothan) Mobile Processor at 2.00 GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2M Cache
EXTERIOR COLOR Titanium Silver
SCREEN SIZE 15.4 WSXGA 1680x1050 Wide Screen TFT LCD Display w/Ambient light Sensor
MEMORY Kingston 2048MB (2GB) SODIM PC-4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory (2 X 1024MB)
HARD DRIVE 60GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive 8MB Cache
VIDEO nVidia GeForce Go 6600 128MB 16X PCI Express Video Modual w/S-Video TV out
CD/DVD/RW Internal 8X Dual DVD+/- RW + 24X CDRW Rewritable Drive
RECORDING SOFTWARE None or Bundled CDRW Software w/CDRW Purchase Only
SOUND 3D effect & Full duplex Audio w/1 Mic-In and 1 Audio-Out/SPDIF out
NETWORK PORT Built-in 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet Network Port
WIRELESS NETWORK Built-in WiFi Wireless 802.11b/g Lan
I/O PORTS 1 Modem, 1 IEEE 1394B Firewire, 1 S-VGA Out, and 5 USB ports
I/O PORTS [CONT.] 1 Type II Card Bus PCMCIA and 4-in-1 Memory Card reader for MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro
OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
DIMENSIONS 14" Width X 10.8" Depth X 1.5" Height. 6.6lbs.
CARRYING BAG All Purpose Carrying Bag (MSRP $49.99, special promotion Yours for Free)
SERVICE Standard 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
EXTRA BATTERY 8-Cells Li-Ion Battery

the second is

PROCESSOR Intel Pentium Centrino Mobile Processor at 2.0 GHz, 400MHz FSB, 2M Cache
SCREEN SIZE 15.4 WSXGA 1680x1050 Wide Screen TFT LCD Display
MEMORY Kingston 1024MB (1GB) SODIM PC-2700 DDR 333MHz Memory (2 X 512 MB)
HARD DRIVE 60GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive 8MB Cache
VIDEO ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB 8X AGP Video Modual w/S-Video TV out
CD/DVD/RW Internal 8X Dual DVD+/- RW + 24X CDRW Rewritable Drive
RECORDING SOFTWARE None or Bundled CDRW Software w/CDRW Purchase Only
SOUND Integrated AC97 Audio w/1 Mic-In, 1 Audio-Out/SPDIF out and 1 Line-In Jack
NETWORK PORT Built-in 10/100 Fast Ethernet Network Port
WIRELESS NETWORK Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless Module
I/O PORTS 1 Game/Midi, 1 Modem, 1 1394 Firewire, 1 S-VGA, 1 Bluetooth port (optional) and 3 USB ports
I/O PORTS [CONT.] 1 Type II Card Bus PCMCIA and 4-in-1 Memory Card reader for MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro
OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
DIMENSIONS 12.1" Width X 10.2" Depth X 0.9"~1.4" Height. 6.6lbs.
CARRYING BAG All Purpose Carrying Bag (MSRP $49.99, special promotion Yours for Free)
SERVICE Standard 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty
EXTRA BATTERY 8-Cells Li-Ion Battery

the only main difference is that the first one is alviso, and has 2 gigs of ram but 128 mb geforce 6600 go gpu while the second is the classic pentium M wit 1 gig of ram and 256 mb radeon 9700 pro.. hard decision. thx for all input

o and i think the second one can have two batteries simultaneously.. lasting up to 10 hrs

[lain]

If you look the 2gb also has a faster FSB for the cpu. So persoanly i whould go with that one but if u are going to be using it for gaming mostly i whould consider the other one as well.

[Andy]

i heard they clocked the gpu down in the second one... idk, is the geforce 6600 go any good?

[Martin]

You're going to hate the screen on those. That resolution is rediculous.

[wtd]

The only three companies to buy laptops from are Apple, IBM, and Toshiba, in that order. Everything else is notably worse in terms of build quality, reliability and customer service.

For the cost-conscious, Toshiba is probably the best bet of the three, but Apple and IBM have better (though not by too much) quality.

[Andy]

why is the resolution ridiculous

[lain]

Also the 2gb one has a better network card and sound card......

[wtd]

Andy wrote:

why is the resolution ridiculous

Everything is going to be tiny, and scaling to different resolutions on an LCD is not terribly reliable. Your eyes are valuable, young programmer. Cherish them.

[Andy]

apparently, the first one is an asus one.. rnt they supposedly pretty good?

[Notoroge]

I'd go for the first option. There's no real performance difference between 128 and 256 video cards, and 2GBs of RAM doesn't hurt.
Update: Might I add that nVidia cards have better support accross a wider range of Operating Systems aswell.

[Andy]

juss cuz it has a high natural resolution doesnt mean i cant tune it down...

[[Gandalf]]

Andy wrote:

is the geforce 6600 go any good?

I have the 6600GT, and it's really good performance wise. Not much too say, look at the benchmarks - its quite up there, especially compared to the ATI cards. It's also good for overclocking if you're into that...

I chose the first since the difference between 128 and 256mb on video cards isn't that much, and it doesn't come into play that often. It's easily worth the trade for a better 6600, as opposed to the 9700 pro. That, added on to the 2gb RAM, made my decision.

[wtd]

Andy wrote:

apparently, the first one is an asus one.. rnt they supposedly pretty good?

Asus makes decent laptops. They're one of the companies that produces laptops for Apple, for instance, and Apple has the highest rankings for laptops. However, that doesn't mean they can't make bad laptops. Quality control time is really important, and cheap generic branded laptops aren't going to be screened as thoroughly.

That and generic brands won't provide the same level of customer service.

[Andy]

how much difference is there between the 6600 go and the gt?

[Andy]

well im not too worried about customer service... but it seems that majority of the ppl favor towards the first one