Laptop newbie questions

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"Jeff Williams" <basscadet75@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I know Roland likes to constantly extoll the virtues of the Pentium M,
> and it is a fine chip, but to find one coupled with a fast enough
> graphics card will be expensive, and to find one also coupled with
> excellent speakers will not only be expensive but will also be really
> difficult (speakers need to be a decent size to sound really good, and
> most Pentium-M laptops are thin-n-lights). I have a P4-M and the
> thing barely ever gets warm; it's all down to case design, and I own a
> 3000T so I know it's got a good case design. And it has JBL Pro
> speakers, which you're probably not going to do better than in a
> laptop. The sound quality from this machine is really very good.
>
Both Compaq Presario X1000 series and HP Pavilion zt3000 series ship with
Pentium M, fast graphic card and JBL Pro speakers. And they're only a little
more expensive than the Compaqs mentioned by you.

Regards
Lucar

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Super Slinky said...

> OK, I'm sure you have all heard these before, but here goes nothing. I
> just got a nice raise and I'm looking at my buying my first laptop. The
> Dell Inspiron 9100 looks nice as does the easy financing terms (I would
> end up paying more interest using a credit card), but the 3 week plus
> lead time doesn't, and I have heard some negative comments about Dell
> build quality. What are some other alternatives for a desktop
> replacement with good sound quality? Is the Pentium M worthwhile for
> gaming?

I decided to order the Dell Inspiron 9100, warts and all. I know Roland
won't be happy, but the promise of blazing performance was too hard to
pass up. The ~2hr battery life isn't great, but with a spare battery it
will last as long as my short little attention span. Approximate
delivery date is 4/27. We'll see how they do on that. If they jerk me
around too much, I'll cancel and go with the Compaq/HP that Jeff
suggested. It does sound like a good compromise between battery life and
performance for less money and similar financing terms.