[Solved] Need an advice for buying a laptop.

sorry sager not available in my country
i WILL BE USING LATEST MECHANICAL ENGG SOFTWARE ON LAPTOP

I would head over to Dell, go to the Small business section, on the Outlet. you can get a good core i series Precision workstation for that money, with a CAD card in it. Just ordered a M6500 for a friend and it runs AutoCAD 2011 and Microstation fantastic.
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlin [...] l=en&s=dfb
just found a core i7 with 8gb ram, 1gb Nvidia QUadro, 1920x1080 display under 1300.00.

TO RETIREDCHIEF

i am down to two laptops now

1. DELL XPS
core i7 2620 2.7 ghz SANDYBRIDGE
640 gb hdd
ram 6gb
Nvidia 540m 2 gb
15.6" LED (1920x1080)
Blu ray combo drive
backlit keyboard
PRICE 1350 US $

2 SONY EB SERIES

core i5 580m 2.66ghz
ram 6gb
500gb
blu ray combo drive
ati 5650 1gb
15.5" led (1920x1080)

PRICE 1370 us $

agree with that although I would still look at at the outlet Precision..
the sony is not in the same performance class between the two.

TO RETIREDCHIEF
im sorry that im asking again and again but im afraid that my investment does not go waste so DELL OR HP .


1. DELL XPS
core i7 2620 2.7 ghz SANDYBRIDGE
640 gb hdd
ram 6gb
Nvidia 540m 2 gb
15.6" LED (1920x1080)
Blu ray combo drive
backlit keyboard
PRICE 1350 US $

HP DV6TQE new aluminium unibody design
2nd gen core i7 2630 2 ghz with turbo boost
ram 6gb
hdd 640 gb
blu ray combo drive
15.6 (1366x768)
ati 1 gb 6570
backlit keyboard
PRICE 1150 US $

to Retiredchief

SIR Im really confused now because i went to market today and about 80% of shopkeapers preffered SONY VAIO they were saying that its top of line model and it competes with APPLE . i was really going for DELL but IM confused in between SONY and DELL here is a link for SONY


http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wc [...] 1644772003


and dell XPS link

http://configure.us.dell.com/dells [...] =xps-l502x

Concur - (1) they market what makes them the most money (2) Salespersons seldom have the knowledge base to provide proper guidance. Had a "discussion" with the sales manager at Best buy on this very topic.

ok i am going to buy DELL 1 more thing i want to ask hows the exhaust system in dell xps

thankx
1 more thing should i go with gt 525m 1gb or gt540m 2gb .there is a news that gt540 cause overheating .is that true?

If you buy something with SandyBridge, make sure it has been fixed. Everything SandyBridge got a big recall last month because of a flaw in the chips.

I run AutoCAD and various engineering software. It doesn't need anything special to run but usually the fastest processor you can get the better, and if you are using a 32-bit OS then get 4GB of ram. The video card doesn't matter at all, at least with 32-bit operating system. If you get a machine with 64-bit operating system then you may have problems with drivers for the video card.

Take reliability recommendations with the proverbial "grain of salt". I have oft seen peeps rate one brand high and another low when in fact both were made by the same ODM (original design manufacturer). Most brands you'd recognize don't actually make laptops....they have them designed and built by 3rd parties and just slap their name / logo on them.

The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Original Design Manufacturers (ODM). Major relationships include:

* Quanta sells to (among others) HP/Compaq, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu, Acer, NEC, Gateway and Lenovo/IBM - note that Quanta is currently (as of August, 2007) the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world.
* Compal sells to Toshiba, HP/Compaq, Acer, and Dell.
* Positivo Informatica sells to Samsung, Sony, Siragon, Toshiba, HP
* Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to HP/Compaq, Dell, IBM, NEC, Acer, and Lenovo/IBM.
* Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP/Compaq, NEC, and Dell.
* Itautec sells to Siragon, LG, Samsung, Sony
* ECS sells to IBM, Fujitsu, and Dell.
* Asus sells to Apple (iBook), Sony, and Samsung.
* Inventec sells to HP/Compaq, Toshiba, and BenQ.
* Lanix sells to Sony, Compaq, Toshiba, Siragon, Itautec
* Uniwill sells to Lenovo/IBM and Fujitsu & PC World UK own brand Advent.
* Clevo sells to Sager and many other boutique brands.

The recommendation for the Sager which is just a "branded" version of the Clevo P151HM is reasonable. You can read up about Clevo and who is selling them in your country here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sa [...] -info.html

As far as the SB defect, it's not quite as critical w/ laptops as it was w/ desktops, reason being the defect affected 2 out of the 6 SATA ports. Given the limited expandability of laptops, a vendor could simply build the machine and not use the two affected ports. Still, it's worth asking how your vendor addresses the issue and you should be comfortable with that answer.

Here in the US, the P151HM "starts" at $1,172 US. You can have it customized to your liking. What GFX you choose will depend upon what you are doing. If a lot is 3D rendering, a Quadro card should be considered.

However, as a college student, personally I'd be looking for a bigger screen and Optimus video technology so that when you don't need that big GFX power it's not sucking your battery dry. As far as choices, when I write specs for CAD kaptops for municipalities, I write them with the specic intent to eliminate many of the brand names mentioned here from consideration.

I own an engineering consulting firm and this is what I'd buy for use by office field crews needing extended battery life.

http://www.pro-star.com/index.cfm? [...] del=W170HN

17.3" 1920 x 1080 Full HD (16:9) LED Backlit Glare Type Display
Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor, 2.2 GHz, 6MB Smart Cache
8GB, PC3-10600/1333Mhz DDR3 - 2 x 4GB
Switchable! nVidia GeForce GT 540M 1GB GDDR3 with Optimus Technology
500 GB / 7200rpm GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive w/4G SSD
8X Max. DVD±R/RW Writer/Reader / 4X Max. +DL Super-Mulit Drive
Windows 7 Professional Edition 64-bit
6 Cells 62.16WH Li-ION Battery
Integrated 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth V3.0 Combo
1 Year Premium Parts Warranty + 3 Year Labor
# Built-In 2.0M Pixel Digital Video Camera
# Built-In Gigabit Ethernet LAN Card
# Built-In 3-IN-1 Flash Memory Reader(SD/Mini-SD/SDHC)
# 2 USB 3.0 Ports
# 2 USB 2.0 Ports
# 1 eSATA Port
# 1 HDMI Output
# 1 CRT port
# 1 Kensington Lock Port
# Built-in Microphone and 2 Speakers
# 3 Audio Jacks for Line-Out, Microphone-In, and S/PDIF-Out
# 100/240V Autoswitch AC Adapter
# Standard Carrying Bag with Strap

$1,384 here in US .... I can't determine who the Clevo dealers are in your country as I don't know where you live.

i live in Pakistan and sager and clevo is not available .please suggest some other

While what Jack said about individual Brands do not make their Laptops/computers, they do provided a the specs and put it out to bid - reason one model comes from one manuf while a 2nd model may come from a diff manuf. Also reason that internal parts for say a Dell (HDD/DVD drive) will vary even with in the same model. On reliability - yes take with a grain of salt, but I do tend to lend some credance when when I see a simular pattern from diff sources suc as PCMag and engaget ect. One of the biggest problem with these is the date - by times they are published the reliabilities Rating could shift drasticly.

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