THE Laptop Thread: Configs, deals and questions.

[furioussphinx]

AMD Turion 64 or the Intel Core2 Duo? Am still confused! I will do a little bit of gaming and will be dealing with a lot of graphic softwares and watching movies. Need a healthy battery life too.

[devarshi84]

unless you will be going for extreme performance needs. either will do. Usually Intel these days also has price advantage along with performance but see what your system costs.

[Technocrat]

@devarshi: Intel has price advantage? From what I have seen lately AMD has price advantage as in they are cheaper than their Intel counterparts.

[kvish]

Originally Posted by Samurai

I am getting XPS 1210 with 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo T5600 with 1GB RAM (667MHz), 100GB 7200rpm drive, 256MB nVidia GeForce 7400 graphics card and 3 years service. Rest are standard stuff. Bill comes 77K.

Dell XPS1210 is an awesome laptop. I have been using this for the last 6 months. The size is just perfect. And performance is blazing. If at all there is a problem, its the speakers, but I use headphones often, so its not a big deal. I got it from US for 37K from dell outlet for a refurb one. (core2duo t5600, 1GB, 60GB without the Nvidia...and wireless broadband..) US prices are just unbelievable !! They were supposed to give free vista upgrade but I wasnt eligible since it was from the outlet (well I was expecting too much )

I was talking to the dell representative here and was telling her that I would be getting the same laptop for around 40% cheaper. She said 'Sir, dell India laptop comes with case as standard and not found in other countries' ...she couldnt come up with anything else...!!

[Samurai]

kvish, I need Dell India warranty, so I can't get it from USA. But the Indian price is not bad either. Try finding another 12 inch screen notebook with 7200rpm drive and Core 2 Duo. You will find it way way more expensive.

I agree DELL notebooks used to be bad back in the late 90s and early 2000s. I have bought a couple then before switching to IBM. But recently I have seen some better ones, so I am giving DELL a chance again.

[cheap_deal]

been a dell user since 2004, currently using the inspiron 9400. no problems.
best thing about dell is great price and easy to customize to your tastes.

[furioussphinx]

Just seen a few laptops. Most important use of the laptop for me, to work on Maya and 3dsmax.

I considered 2GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, 120GB HDD and the tricky part was the graphics.

Saw the Dell Inspiron 6400, but sadly it has 128MB Intel Graphic card and that too shared. So I looked around and found the XPS but it has a 12inch screen which is too small for me. There was a HP one too, it had a 256MB Nvidia card. There was some Siemens laptop too which featured a 512MB Nvidia Card. As you all mentioned, I want to go only for Dell. What do you say about the Inspiron 6400 and the HP series? One particular shopkeeper told me that there is a Dell laptop with 256MB Nvidia Card. Didn't get the time to check out on that though.

[iraghava]

Originally Posted by furioussphinx

I considered 2GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, 120GB HDD and the tricky part was the graphics.

Saw the Dell Inspiron 6400, but sadly it has 128MB Intel Graphic card and that too shared. S As you all mentioned, I want to go only for Dell. What do you say about the Inspiron 6400 and the HP series? One particular shopkeeper told me that there is a Dell laptop with 256MB Nvidia Card. Didn't get the time to check out on that though.

There is infact a 6400 available with a 256 MB Nvidia/ATi video card. You can configure yourself one here: www.dell.co.in

[furioussphinx]

What graphic card do you all think I must go for taking my requirement into consideration?

[revtech]

get the nvidia Geforce 7400.thats the highest graphics card you can get with a 15.4 inch laptop.if your getting a bigger one you can get a better one.

[cheap_deal]

Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS in the 9400, its 17inch and weighs a ton.

[devarshi84]

Originally Posted by furioussphinx

What graphic card do you all think I must go for taking my requirement into consideration?

nvidia 7700 in a 14" laptop.

I am yet to check out but see if the 8000 series from nvidia or the 2000 series from AMD(ATI) are available on any laptop.

onle these are supposed to be able to run the next level of DirectX

Originally Posted by Technocrat

@devarshi: Intel has price advantage? From what I have seen lately AMD has price advantage as in they are cheaper than their Intel counterparts.

AMD's have recently been positioning their cpu's (minus the fx series) as VFM. Many people still see it the same way. But intel has been tough on pricing lately and AMD has missed the first quarter and also reduced the forecasts for the second. Intel cpu's currently are better vfm (not necessarily cheaper but better vfm)

[kvish]

One thing to note is that the nvidia graphics card that comes with the dell laptops (7400) says its 256 MB. It is very misleading. It has only 64MB dedicated and the rest is shared from the main memory.

In other words dont expect performance of a 256MB graphics card.

[Mugen_Power]

I had Fujitsu siemens Amilo from past 2 years, Now I want to buy a new lappy from dubai so any suggestions ?
any recommended shops ?
Which brand should i get ? or should i have to buy here ?

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by devarshi84

I am yet to check out but see if the 8000 series from nvidia or the 2000 series from AMD(ATI) are available on any laptop.

onle these are supposed to be able to run the next level of DirectX

Ya the older series is that is 7xxx for nvidia and 1xxx for ati were directX 9 but the later one that is 8xxx and 2xxx are directX 10 series...but there are not must software for the DX10......