Re: Confused laptop buyer :(
- From: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:10:16 +0100
dna1977 <no@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been searching for a laptop that could do almost everything i've
> in mind. But Each time i put my finger on a laptop, some new
> technical language pops up and makes me confused.
Well, don't bother your little head with it ... just ask the nearest
barbie doll to make a decision fer ya.
> First of all can anyone tell me which processor should i go for,
No - just the same as nobody can tell you which car engine you prefer.
> AMD,
> Centrino or Pantium 4 for my laptop???
I like P3M or celeron (M) of some kind. Never a P4. It depends on what
yo' want - a maserati or a SUV. Which DO you want?
> As far i've read here, i think
> i should go for AMD.
Why? What are your requirements? You have to state those and then
create a spec that meets those requirements and then look for a model
that meets your spec.
> I've been searching for AMD and i got more
> confused when i came to know the types of AMD.
I like brown ones.
> Some were saying AMD
> Athlon 64-bit is good.
What are their criteria for saying so? Weight? Color? Smell?
Longevity? Resale value? Etherial resonance?
> But when i go to the site of HP for the
> laptop, they are only offering AMD Turion 64 ML-40 (2.2 GHz/1MB L2
Sounds a bit too fast for me - but otherwise OK. I'd get a 64 bit
machine if I had money to burn. But then if I had money to burn I'd
have slaves to do my development work for me, and palaces to live in,
and I wouldn't care what the slaves typed on, or why.
> Cache) (this the best they are offering). so Second question is, can
> anyone tell me the difference b/w the types of AMD and which AMD
> should i go for my laptop???
No. The differences are what they state on the web page - but why do
you care? Until you say what concerns you, how can anyone spec for you
what would suit you? If I were you I would go and read reviews and
figure out from that what might or not be of concern to you.
> The other option given on HP site was graphic card.
HP - bleuugh. Well, I'd say that to anything except an IBM, since me
no careee about looks or features or anything except the presence of a
keyboard and a screen and the absence of weight and the presence of a
long life battery and the knowledge that I can fix it myself if it
breaks.
> Their best offer
> is 128MB ATI Radeon.
Sounds fine to me. What do you need so many MB for? I've never needed more
than about 4 at max to draw a screen on. Are the rest some sort of
"reserve"? I think this is getting like the soundcard races, where
the number of "voices" on a soundcard went up from 16 to 32 to 64 to
128 to 256 to 512 .... and all by magic (there was no change in
hardware - it's all it the firmware downloads), and all without doing
anything for anyone.
> I was looking for something around 256MB ATI
> Radeon graphic card for playing some extreme games
Ahhhhhh - a gamer! Welll, that's diffferent! You need to go read some
gaming magazine laptop reviews. Decide what you want based on those.
Peter
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