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| Thread ID: 75072 | 2006-12-15 07:23:00 | Which laptop to go for? | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 506907 | 2007-01-09 22:53:00 | Hi James, Id go for the Core2Duo over the AMD since the Intel chip runs cooler and drains your laptop battery less. It is also good for multitasking. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 506908 | 2007-01-09 23:44:00 | Hi winmacguy. It is not Intel Core 2 Duo, but Intel Core Duo. The latter is 32-bit based, but will that be a pull-down for that laptop? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 506909 | 2007-01-10 00:27:00 | Hi winmacguy. It is not Intel Core 2 Duo, but Intel Core Duo. The latter is 32-bit based, but will that be a pull-down for that laptop? Cheers :) Sorry, my mistake. I am still getting used to the naming. I don't see anything wrong with that chip in the laptop. Intel have moved away from the megahertz myth where by they are no longer trying to get the maximum speed possibly from a single core on silicon as this generates too much heat with the actual reduction of performance as a trade off. They have instead gone for the multi core approach where the individual cores are slightly slower but when combined produce a faster speed with less heat generated so less power required. Bit like the old proverb of "many hands make lite work". It would be an advantage for the laptop, if your just running regular apps like word and email and web during the day you wont exactly be taxing the processor on the laptop. Just remember that in six months from now your machine will have been superceded what the next upgrade. If I was looking for a new computer or lap top I would be more interested in what the OS could do for me and what I would be planning to use the lap top or computer for. But that is just my opinion. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 506910 | 2007-01-10 00:43:00 | That's it. After a few weeks of researching, I've decided to go for this: www.dse.co.nz The HP Pavilion dv6122TX Notebook. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 506911 | 2007-01-10 00:51:00 | That's it. After a few weeks of researching, I've decided to go for this: www.dse.co.nz The HP Pavilion dv6122TX Notebook. Cheers :) cool good luck :) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 506912 | 2007-01-10 00:55:00 | Winmacguy, I really don't see where you're coming from with this talk of antivirus costs and $100 per year maintanance. The only regular maintanance a PC should require is a re-install of Windows every couple of years. It's not difficult to do, and I have no doubts that when that time comes James will be perfectly capable or installing Windows himself. James will also, I'm sure, be well aware of decent free anti-virus programs such as AVG and Avast. There's nothing he should need to pay for apart from the laptop itself. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 506913 | 2007-01-10 01:15:00 | Winmacguy, I really don't see where you're coming from with this talk of antivirus costs and $100 per year maintanance. The only regular maintanance a PC should require is a re-install of Windows every couple of years. It's not difficult to do, and I have no doubts that when that time comes James will be perfectly capable or installing Windows himself. James will also, I'm sure, be well aware of decent free anti-virus programs such as AVG and Avast. There's nothing he should need to pay for apart from the laptop itself. Fair comment, I was just talking worst case senario. I do use AVG free, Ad Aware and Kerio FREE firewall myself at home on WinXP. At work on the Mac re-installs are not required and like Linux we are not susecptable to PC viruses. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 506914 | 2007-01-10 01:37:00 | Fair comment, I was just talking worst case senario. I do use AVG free, Ad Aware and Kerio FREE firewall myself at home on WinXP. At work on the Mac re-installs are not required and like Linux we are not susecptable to PC viruses. Yeah, I certainly know what you mean though. I always just have to think, when someone brings up this point, that I only have to reinstall every two years, taking about 2 hrs, and have never had a virus (Avast). Macs are definitely more stable etc, but with a PC it just takes a bit of sense to keep it going just as nicely. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 506915 | 2007-01-10 01:42:00 | Y Macs are definitely more stable etc, but with a PC it just takes a bit of sense to keep it going just as nicely. Yes, horse for courses I guess you could say. Mac users tend to deal more with file and font compatibility issues during the day obviously due to the line of work. You can cause them to crash but that takes quite a bit of effort. As for a Mac around the house they pretty much just keep on keeping on with no fuss, it is the pluging devices in and networking between machines that is much easier but each to their own. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 506916 | 2007-01-25 23:21:00 | That's it. After a few weeks of researching, I've decided to go for this: www.dse.co.nz The HP Pavilion dv6122TX Notebook. Cheers :) Hi. Would like to know what your friend thinks of this laptop? I am considering leasing/purchasing the same model. I would like to know her impressions? :rolleyes: Thanks H |
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