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crzyrbl:
goin away to college and getting a laptop. been lookin around for a while and decided that im ordering http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cdetland.to?poid=323570&coid=-30598&fgpn=PSMA0U-07H00C&seg=HHO on wednesday
im completely deckin it out with:
2.0 ghz core duo
1 gig RAM
Tru Brite display
Mist paint job
maybe Windoze Pro
ATI X1400 128RAM
DVD/CD superdrive
Wifi/Bluetooth
high quality speakers
and some other stuff
planning to use it all through college
i think that fingerprint scanner is just overkill :P
Spellshaper:
boo X1400 Pro! j/k
o' course a X1800 wuld be kewler, but it eats up battery sooo fast
Is the processor Intel or AMD and which name?
spengo:
Looks excellent. Acer has some really nice ones like that too, I recommend buying through them though as they have some really nice computers for good prices. Go check them out on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115239
^this one has your same specs but a 120GB hdd and 2GB ram and 15.4" screen and it only costs $1.5k!
I mean don't get me wrong, toshiba is great, I'm just an acer fan. :)
I was actually considering buying that one, but I decided to go with a 2Ghz pentium M and radeon x700 because I need graphics power more than anything else. (being the silly gamer I am. :D ) x700 >>>> x1400 However if you don't really need the gaming power I definitely recommend opting for a dual core laptop as you can get a lot of power out of that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115320 is the one that I bought. It should be here tomorrow actually. :o My mom won't let my play with it until graduation on june 3 though. :'(
@spellshaper: core duo is the name for those nifty new dual core Intel chips for notebooks.
Normally you'd think that the x1400 would be better than an x700 right as it's a whole series ahead. Not so! The x1400 is the cheapo version of the new series while the x700 is one of the higher end ones of the previous series. The x1400 has a great processor and can do a few more operations/sec than the x700 can, however, it has a severe dearth of pipelines and just about everything else graphically is slower. In terms of games, the x1400 can run half life 2 awesomely at medium-ish settings whereas the x700 can run half life 2 awesomely at very high settings. x1400 can barely run battlefield 2 on low settings and x700 can get some nice mid-high range settings.
Btw, if you buy an acer in the price range you are setting that toshiba at ($2000) check out this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115226
If that is not the absolute ultimate notebook computer I don't know what is. O_O (spengo does not count those 8-12lb monsters that should be referred to as "small desktops" not laptops. :P ) Yes, acer owns all. :D x1600 in that baby!
kalan_vod:
I would have to agree with spengo, and with everything you want to get with toshiba it would be over 2000 + shipping. So I would suggest getting the later link from spengo, but the 1500 would do just fine. So if you are going to spend 2k on a laptop, go with the last link :D.
crzyrbl:
maybe, the problem with those is that they overheat and it all come out on my mouse hand, some of them are still using FAT32, and most come with little or no software i need. i do like the better graphics card though...
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