Buying a new laptop

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Iam buying a new laptop in near future, can any one suggest me which
model is the best for a to be IT professional, in terms of cost and
features. which processor will be good AMD64 or Intel Centrino ?
Whether AMD64 supports connectivity to wireless LAN ? which other
thinks should be considered while buying a laptop ?

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viv2005@gmail.com (Viv) wrote in
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> which other thinks should be considered while buying a laptop ?

Lots of laptops come with 4200RPM disk drives, which can be a
performance bottleneck. I don't know if 5400RPM drives provide a
significant benefit, but people who have gone to 7200RPM drives rave
about the improvement.

It's a tradeoff among performance, heat, power consumption and price.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com