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umbalito   06-10-2007 at 07:07:59 PM

Hello all,

Just a noob here wanting some input. Currently narrowed down to 2 options - the Asus Asus F3SV-B1 and the Lenovo T60p. Both are at my absolute max budget and both will fit my needs, I think.

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*Note, prices are in Cdn $.

The only concern I have is that the Lenovo has an ATI Fire GL V5250 - and while it will be used mostly for work and watching DVD's, I do want to play the occasional game of Civilization IV, Company of Heroes and hopefully Neverwinter Nights 2 on it.

The ASUS will do everything I need I think - but I can't help but feel that the Lenovo might be built better - as per reviews and the Thinkpad reputation too. (Haven't gone to the shop yet to compare) Plus at roughly the same price the Lenovo comes with an extra GB of ram, and seems to have a much much better battery, seems to have a better screen, has a faster HD, and supports wireless N and has a fingerprint reader for an extra coolness factor.

Now I really like the features of the Lenovo - but the 2 factors making me keep going back to the ASUS is that the Lenovo has Vista Business vs Home Premium for ASUS (accdg to comparisons, Vista Biz doesn't have the Media Center - not sure what that is if it's worth having or not? I do want to watch lots of DVDs on it) and the video card.

From what I can see the ATI Fire GL V5250 *might* be an X1700. But from what I've read they were optimized for CAD and other stuff and not for games - so I'm concerned how this will perform in games vs the ASUS with a Geforce GO 8600 M GS?

Thanks!

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jayjr8018   06-10-2007 at 11:27:53 PM
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Go with the Asus notebook, hands down its just a better system overall. the build quality of asus notebooks are just as good as ibm/lenovo.. imho

hope this helps

also, on that site.. the ibm notebook youre looking at is out of stock =/

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shata   06-18-2007 at 11:29:01 PM
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Hmm thats a hard choice...

That ibm ati card should do fine for light gaming even though its a workstation card.

Asus notebook is more a gaming and multimedia book imho.

IF you want battery life then go ibm.. otherwise the Asus if your best bet for the gaming end of the deal.

Id go asus, for the gaming.

I just bought a Inspiron E1505 yesterday so you might look into that also, guy on the phone got a 1.87ghz core 2 duo and 2gb ram with x1400 256mb video card and max warrenties with ME BREAKING it warrentys for 1480$ so ya. Call up dell and see what they can offer you.

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ironhell   06-19-2007 at 06:48:55 PM
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Lenovos (IBMs) are built to last; they are geared for the businessman who carries that puppy everywhere he goes.

So it depends on what you are looking for... like someone already mentioned, ASUS is more geared towards multimedia - the keep on my desk except for once in a while.

The Lenovo is targeted at business folks who are on the go and looking for something that an handle a bit of abuse.

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