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| Thread ID: 69451 | 2006-06-02 03:06:00 | Can you help me pick a laptop? | mallowpuff (10486) | Press F1 |
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| 459900 | 2006-06-02 03:06:00 | Advice sought! I would like to purchase a laptop to run MS Office and Dreamweaver software . I would also like to burn CD's and DVD's, use internet, download photos from my camera and all the usual standard functions . I am looking at a Toshiba Satellite M100/F00 Notebook . Can anyone advise if this is about right or way over/under what I should be looking for? Any general advice? I am a bit of a novice and any feedback greatly appreciated!!! Thank you Mallowpuff :thumbs: Specs are below: Intel® Core® Solo Processor T1300 with Enhanced Intel Speedstep® Technology 1 . 66GHz/ . 667MHz Front Side System Bus, Integrated 2MB on-die L2 cache 60GB (5400rpm) capacity Hard Disk Drive SATA 512MB DDR2 (533) expandable to 2GB DVD SuperMulti Double/Dual Layer Drive 14 . 1" Active Matrix TruBrite Widescreen XGA 1280 x 800 resolution Display WinXP Home Intel® High Definition Audio, Premium harman/kardon® speakers One Type II PC Card slot, S-Video, External Microphone port, Integrated Microphone, RGB, 4 x USB 2 . 0, 5-in-1 card reader, IEEE 1394, CIR with Remote, Integrated Biometrics - Fingerprint reader, CD / DVD play & control buttons, Intel® GBit TX Lan, V . 92 data modem + fax, Bluetooth® antenna, Intel® 802 . 11abg . Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 UMA (945GM) with up to 128MB shaed Video memory |
mallowpuff (10486) | ||
| 459901 | 2006-06-02 03:21:00 | Hi Mallowpuff Welcome to the forum ! how much are they asking for that ? Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 459902 | 2006-06-02 03:30:00 | Thanks :) It's at Noel Leemings for $1,799... |
mallowpuff (10486) | ||
| 459903 | 2006-06-02 04:05:00 | I suppose you want to use the laptop as desktop-replacement-machine - since the heavy configuration of the laptop mentioned is more likely to be power-hungry one? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 459904 | 2006-06-02 04:23:00 | I think you could do better than that. Try a specialised dealer - I noticed QMB had some great laptop deals recently, particularly their Asus brands in the same price range. | Greg (193) | ||
| 459905 | 2006-06-02 04:44:00 | Correct. I don't have a desk top machine, I would like the portability of a laptop though. I am wondering if the latop I have given specs for is more powerful than what I really need?? :confused: Thanks for your post |
mallowpuff (10486) | ||
| 459906 | 2006-06-02 06:28:00 | It depends on what you are going to use it for. However, Intel's Core Solo processors are low end so if anything I would suggest considering a system with a Core Duo chip in it, especially if you see yourself doing multimedia related tasks. What is your budget? I'd recommend a MacBook Pro (or at least a MacBook) if you can afford one. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 459907 | 2006-06-02 09:41:00 | ......... - since the heavy configuration of the laptop mentioned is more likely to be power-hungry one? Cheers :) Intel's Core Solo processors are low end Are these two statements contradictory ? Misty :confused: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 459908 | 2006-06-02 10:38:00 | It looks mid-low end to me. I wouln't expect it to be too power hungry. Those specs are probably about right if the most resource hungry program you will be running is dreamweaver - you have a bit of spare power for when dreamweaver becomes even more bloated. You might want to get a bigger screen, and make sure you're not paying extra for the "integrated biometrics" - it's not that great a feature. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 459909 | 2006-06-02 12:14:00 | well first off steer clear of intel, proc. to weak. make sure u get a good enough motherboard that can keep up with the times.. and i recomend getting a toshiba dvd drive at 7200rpm. hmm i can go on and on.. just depends how much money ur willing to spend and what ur wanting inside.. | native (10487) | ||
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