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| Anesthesia | Jun 4 2005, 10:23 PM Post #1 |
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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Hi I am possibly buying a laptop soon and was wondering if you have any suggestions. It must be less then $1500 and will be used to chat, surf the net, and light gaming. I would also like to burn cds and watch dvds on it. Also I have one in mind and was wondering for your opinions. Cost: $1067.99 (Icluding Additional Options) Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with SP2 Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache) Display 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280x800) Graphics Card 128MB ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(tm) Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (1x512MB) Hard Drive 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Primary CD/DVD Drive DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Networking Integrated 56K Modem + 10/100 Ethernet LAN Primary Battery 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery Productivity Software Microsoft® Works/Money Additional Options: FREE - HP Deskjet 3847 printer ~Really like that~ Carrying Cases HP Sport Backpack I just custimized this via the hp.com site so I think it will be good and I have an HP desktop that has lasted 7yrs so I think it is a good company...  Edit: The above is an HP R4000 series PC |
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| huricane | Jun 4 2005, 10:42 PM Post #2 |
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It looks good, but I would recommend getting a DVD RW with it. Personally, I would go after more RAM too, 1024 MB it's fun =) |
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| Sirin | Jun 4 2005, 11:54 PM Post #3 |
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Obviously, I would wait for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition to come out, or you're not going to get much "64-Bit" (if at all) out of your 64-Bit processor. |
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| Anesthesia | Jun 5 2005, 12:25 AM Post #4 |
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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Ok I'm not really all into this bits and bites and all that so whats the difference in XP Home(currently using) and xp professional? Also what does that mean? Processor AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache) ..sorry I'm so dumn |
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| Auron89 | Jun 5 2005, 12:27 AM Post #5 |
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Where are you buying it? eBay? |
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| Das | Jun 5 2005, 12:28 AM Post #6 |
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I have an intel 3.4ht ghz. That processer is a tad sloww. If you like ubuntu you might want to get the comp without an operating system, and install ubuntu yourself. That would save a few hundred so you get more goodies 
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| Seth | Jun 5 2005, 12:28 AM Post #7 |
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nVidia > ATI You don't need x64, a lot of drivers don't work on it yet anyways. |
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| Sirin | Jun 5 2005, 12:58 AM Post #8 |
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx |
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| Minato-ZNS | Jun 5 2005, 01:40 AM Post #9 |
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Sounds like my own Laptop...minus the 80 GB hard drive. But I have a DVD Burner, which is a nice piece of equipment...XD |
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| James | Jun 5 2005, 11:28 AM Post #10 |
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Sounds good, but personally i'd ask for 1GB of memory. |
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| cowsgonemadd3 | Jun 5 2005, 12:49 PM Post #11 |
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Well look up the name brand and model number here to read some reviews about it maybe.. http://www.epinions.com It looks great but its more than you would need for what your going to do with it. |
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