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Blair   04-17-2003 at 11:49:32 PM

Is it worth the money?

And why are only 4200 RPM hard drives available for centrino notebooks?
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Blair on 04/17/03 06:10 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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RaPTuRe   04-18-2003 at 12:45:05 AM
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I believe so, a 1.6GHz Pentium - M is higher performing than a 2.4GHz P4-m and is much more thrifty in terms of battery.

That's not true, The Dell Latitude D800 can ship with a 5400rpm 40GB HDD>

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

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Blair   04-18-2003 at 02:18:19 AM
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Is there really that much of a difference between 5300RPM and 4200RPM?

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RaPTuRe   04-18-2003 at 12:52:35 PM
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Do you mean price or performance? The price difference is not that great, I would definitely recommend that you fork out for a 5400rpm. The performance is definitely noticeable as the HDD is always th e bottleneck in notebook computers.

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

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Blair   04-18-2003 at 04:24:17 PM
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It's hard to find a good notebook...

I found this one...

http://www.xplio.com/xplio/product [...] oduct_id=5

It looks perfect, except for the 4200 RPM hard drive. There is no 5300 RPM upgrade.

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RaPTuRe   04-18-2003 at 11:03:40 PM
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You should take a look at the Dell Latitude D Range - they are hig quality notebooks at a good price. And, you can get the 5400rpm HDD.

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

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Blair   04-19-2003 at 12:04:48 AM
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Heh, I looked at them. Pretty pricey, and they only have 32 meg ATI Radeon cards... I was looking for 64. If it's not one thing, it's another. :D

The search continues for the perfect notebook.

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RaPTuRe   04-19-2003 at 02:55:43 AM
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I just configured mine with a GeForce 4 Go4200 64MB card (better than ATI M9). That's wierd. Maybe you should look again (D800)!

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

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