Alright everyone i need some advice and the afterdawn forum team's expertise on laptops. I'm thinking about buying a laptop here are two that i am thinking about buying. Tell me which one is better and why. Tell me if they are good deals and if not where i can get a better one for a better price. Thanks Laptop #1 Compaq AMD athlon 64 Processor 3200+ Laptop Computer with cool'n'quiet tech Operates at 2.0GHz 1024MB DDR Memory 80GB Hard Drive 15.4 Brightview Widescreen Display DVD+/-RW and Cd-RW Combo Drive 128 ATI Radeon Xpress graphics 6-in-1 Digital Media reader Price 1311.99 (Canadian) This is without tax Laptop #2 Toshiba A70-ML1 Mobile Pentium 4HT Processor 3.06Ghz 512MB DDR 60GB Hard Drive DVD Super Multi Drive 15.4" WXGA TFT W/ Trubrite 64Mb ATI Radeon Price 1399.99 (Canadian) This is without tax Someone please lead me into the right direction b/c whenevr i try buying a computer i always get screwed Thanks everyone
Man you guys are lucky that price without tax it around £600 in U.K and thats bloody cheap over here a laptop costs about £1000. In my opinion I think Laptop 1 is better, just depends on what you really need it for.
Alright another question even though Hewitt Packard and Compaq are owned by the same company which product is better? For Example Lets say that both HP and Compaq Laptop had these exact same features which one is better?: AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache) 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800) 128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM) 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB) 100 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive DVD+/-RW/R & CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM) Also What is the difference between these 3 things: 54g(TM) Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM) Integrated 56K Modem + 10/100 Ethernet LAN
and the difference between these 2 54g(TM) Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
I say the Compaq would be better (don't know why), and the difference between the 2 is probably that you can use a Bluetooth dongle to connect to the router (wireless with bluetooth). If you don't know what Bluetooth is then here's a copied meaning
Another Question Ram vs Processor(let's say that it costs the same for both) should i buy a laptop with more ram and a slower processor: AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache)with 2.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x1024MB) or faster processor and less ram: AMD Athlon(TM) 64 4000+ (2.4GHz/1MB l2 Cache)with 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
Hi for what ur talkin bout ?? AMD is better purley for a gamin purpose there is not much diffrence between all sys u listed it just depends on what ur using it for and how much experience u have in maintainin the pc's?? The other this is that AMD is a hotter cpu than intel soo i use an amd and havent had many probs it roughly the same.
hi, this may sound like a silly question but.... prices in america are obviously cheaper than in the u.k. Im goin to New York this friday, do you think its worth buying my new laptop over there, or is there any compatability issues with uk software etc thanks dave P.S Laptop 1 seems better
software issues no but might have a problem with warranty & have to get adapter to convert 230v to 115v for the laptop power adapter
I also forgot to mention as u may quite well know that AMD runs hotter than intel personally i have an intel centrino and find it good AMD needs mantenence.
Just as u do with an intel machine. My comment was in regards to the CPU runs hotter as in heat generated in the machine with a pc u could put anothe fan in but a laptop im not sure i have an athlon pc and have not put an extra fan in yet but i have heat issues soo i limit the hours i use the pc
