Laptop recommendation.. anyone?

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<pekingduck@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm actually looking forward to purchase a laptop for me to carry
> around doing the following either during meetings in public, in office
> or at clients premises :-
>
> 1) Business presentations - Powerpoint, Excel
> 2) Prototype presentations - ColdFusion, VB, SQL 2000, Flash, Director
> 3) Graphics, video / audio editing - Vegas, Premiere,
> Illustrator, Photoshop
> 4) Uploading / Downloading to ftp / web servers (so i'd definitely need
> built in WLAN)
>
> My question is simply
>
> A) Intel Pentium 4 or Pentium Centrino?
> B) Which laptop brand should i go for in terms of reliability,
> durability, support and the ability to run Red Hat Linux or dual boot
> to Windows as well. I do need it to be 17" widescreen too with at least
> a DVD Rom / CDR and to be able to perform the above 1) to 4).
>
> Built in Bluetooth, SVideo Out, SPDIF and memory card readers are
> SECONDARY for me. Shape, outlook and weight is also SECONDARY.
>
> Thank you. Your generous and valuable feedback is much appreciated.
> Best Regards,
> Mark

For video/audio editing, you'll want a P4, but P4s are meant to be desktop
replacement processors. If you're always near a socket when portable, then
P4 is fine (just don't put it on your lap...bad, bad idea)

I can't really recommend a brand to you, because I tend to not go with brand
names. My computer is self-assembled and my laptop is resold from an ODM.
http://notebookforums.com has some good information for you if you want to
look at that.

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Get a Pentium M. Don't believe that P4's are really much faster
because they aren't. I do 3D modeling and rendering in Lightwave 8
along with other web design/photoshop stuff and my Pentium M 1.6 ghz is
more than adequate. The $5000 Dell M60 workstation is a pentium M 2
ghz so that should say something (plus a Quadro 3d card and lots of
other goodies). If you really want your laptop to be portable and have
decent battery life (double the P4's) then go w/ the centrino. I have
a dell 8600 (15.4" widescreen) @ 1680x1050 but if you want 17" its not
an option obviously.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

I read your requests. You left of budget, and that's more important than
the individual details. Look at a fujitsu N5010, IBM T42p, and IBM x40.
Each will work, each different in their own way.

I like 60 gig 7200 rpm HD. Unless you get a deal on ram, buy 2 1 gig chips
separately and dump the smaller memory on eBay. the p in T42p is going to
cost you dearly. The N5010 may do just fine at half the price. Bluetooth,
wifi, spare battery, docking station. I have a r40 docked. Speakers,
external monitor, and Ethernet DSL all into the dock. One button, into the
case and I'm off. I buy 3 year manufacturer warranties extended to onsite
next day. I leave breakage, theft and loss to a separate policy. The cost
of one screen replacement will be nearly the cost of a new machine.

Look at the three, tell the group which you like and your budget.


<pekingduck@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1103168143.637618.227280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm actually looking forward to purchase a laptop for me to carry
> around doing the following either during meetings in public, in office

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

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Hi Mark,

I have been using a HP Pavilion zd7010us for a little more than a
year, and it is a great machine. It is so good, that I haven't even
seriously considered buying a new laptop.

Remember, that mine is last year's model, the specs are;

Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.66GHz, 533MHz

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 333MHz;
maximum memory 2048MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 1024MB)

Hard drive 60GB Enhanced IDE [gigabyte is defined as
1,000,000,000 bytes,
accessible capacity may vary]

Multimedia drive DVD/CD-RW combo drive

Display 17" WXGA+ WVA TFT (1440 x 900) display

Ports 4 USB 2, 1 firewire, 1 SD card,
1 PC-Card type I, II, III,
IrDA, Microphone in, Headphone out, S-Video,

VGA, Parallel Printer,

Communications Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g,
Integrated V.90/V.92 56K modem
(RJ-11 connector),
Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45
connector)

Video NVIDIA® GeForce4 440 Go (with 64MB discrete
DDR SDRAM)

Sound 16-bit Sound Blaster® Pro-compatible audio;
Internal Harman/Kardon® speakers;
volume control and mute buttons

Weight 9.3 lb.

Dimensions 15.67" (L) x 10.94" (W) x 1.67"
(front H) x 1.85" (rear H)

I was in CompUSA the other day, and they have new models of the
zd7000 series computer.

It is well designed and sturdy. I have traveled all over the country
with it. It is heavy though. When I go through some of the larger
Airports, I am glad my bag has wheels <vbg>.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly


pekingduck@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm actually looking forward to purchase a laptop for me to carry
> around doing the following either during meetings in public, in office
> or at clients premises :-
>
> 1) Business presentations - Powerpoint, Excel
> 2) Prototype presentations - ColdFusion, VB, SQL 2000, Flash, Director
> 3) Graphics, video / audio editing - Vegas, Premiere,
> Illustrator, Photoshop
> 4) Uploading / Downloading to ftp / web servers (so i'd definitely need
> built in WLAN)
>
> My question is simply
>
> A) Intel Pentium 4 or Pentium Centrino?
> B) Which laptop brand should i go for in terms of reliability,
> durability, support and the ability to run Red Hat Linux or dual boot
> to Windows as well. I do need it to be 17" widescreen too with at least
> a DVD Rom / CDR and to be able to perform the above 1) to 4).
>
> Built in Bluetooth, SVideo Out, SPDIF and memory card readers are
> SECONDARY for me. Shape, outlook and weight is also SECONDARY.
>
> Thank you. Your generous and valuable feedback is much appreciated.
> Best Regards,
> Mark
>
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

It's odd, I cannot find my reply...
Well, I'll post again.

You'll need a Pentium M for better battery life for Pentium 4 or P4M
hausts power much.
I suggest Samsung P30, that may fit you well.

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interested in linkage that shows P4s "aren't much faster" in video/audio
processing.

"sleezy beetch" <will@biosafeone.com> wrote in message
news:1103246287.561113.165080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Get a Pentium M. Don't believe that P4's are really much faster
> because they aren't. I do 3D modeling and rendering in Lightwave 8
> along with other web design/photoshop stuff and my Pentium M 1.6 ghz is
> more than adequate. The $5000 Dell M60 workstation is a pentium M 2
> ghz so that should say something (plus a Quadro 3d card and lots of
> other goodies). If you really want your laptop to be portable and have
> decent battery life (double the P4's) then go w/ the centrino. I have
> a dell 8600 (15.4" widescreen) @ 1680x1050 but if you want 17" its not
> an option obviously.
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Panasonic.

Honorable mention to Fujitsu.

Everything else is junk.

You get what you pay for -- or worse.



dk

<pekingduck@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1103168143.637618.227280@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm actually looking forward to purchase a laptop for me to carry
> around doing the following either during meetings in public, in office
> or at clients premises :-
>
> 1) Business presentations - Powerpoint, Excel
> 2) Prototype presentations - ColdFusion, VB, SQL 2000, Flash, Director
> 3) Graphics, video / audio editing - Vegas, Premiere,
> Illustrator, Photoshop
> 4) Uploading / Downloading to ftp / web servers (so i'd definitely need
> built in WLAN)
>
> My question is simply
>
> A) Intel Pentium 4 or Pentium Centrino?
> B) Which laptop brand should i go for in terms of reliability,
> durability, support and the ability to run Red Hat Linux or dual boot
> to Windows as well. I do need it to be 17" widescreen too with at least
> a DVD Rom / CDR and to be able to perform the above 1) to 4).
>
> Built in Bluetooth, SVideo Out, SPDIF and memory card readers are
> SECONDARY for me. Shape, outlook and weight is also SECONDARY.
>
> Thank you. Your generous and valuable feedback is much appreciated.
> Best Regards,
> Mark
>