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I Need To Choose A Laptop

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Let's make this into a megathread.

 

 

I've got a tough choice here...

 

I can either get a Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 system running at 1.86GHz for $629.95 before taxes or a Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5870 (2.0GHz 800MHz 2MBL2) running at 2.0Ghz for $703.35.

 

The first one is a Toshiba A200-085 while the second one is a ThinkPad SL500 2746.

 

Toshiba

Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz 533MHz L1 32KB/L2 1MB)

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

15.4 screen"

Mobile Intel GMA X3100

2GB RAM

250GB 5400RPM

DVD SuperMulti Dual Layer Drive 8X

Integrated WiFi 802.11 b/g (Guessing its an Intel)

1 firewire, 4 usb

6 cell Li-Ion Battery

 

IBM Lenovo

Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5870 (2.0GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

15.4 WXGA VibrantView

Intel GMA X4500

2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 (2 DIMM)

160GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

DVD Recordable

ThinkPad 11b/g III Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe

1 firewire, 4 usb

6 cell Li-Ion Battery (2.4Ah)   

 

The thing is I can get the first one right away but the ThinkPad will take at least 1-2 weeks shipping. I'm currently without a laptop and using a nearly 9 year old shared PC.

 

edit: My old Toshiba was a Pentium M single core 1.73GHz with 512MB of RAM and 100GB drive space.

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Shoulda got that $600 laptop @ the Best Buy labour day sale.

 

HP Pavillion dv5

 

15.4 Inch Screen (17' is way too heavy)

AMD Turion Dual Core @ 1.9

Ati HD 3200 (None of that Intel Graphics Media Accelerator shit)

3GB Memory

250GB Hard Drive

Windows Vista Home Premium

Webcam

6 cell batter (~3 hrs on power saving).

Wireless N (That new crazy wireless shit)

Lightscribe dvd/cd reader writer.

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My personal views:

 

Toshiba:

 

Good hardware, shit casing

 

Lenovo:

 

Good hardware, shit performances. I don't know what IBM does but somehow, their good hardware doesn't work well together (from my experience of course).

 

I'd go with a Dell personally: Good hardware, good casing, good support.

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