Trying to get a Laptop
I'm not completly sure what I am looking for in a laptop, never owned one myself. Just a moment ago I had my miind set on a Sager of some sort from Powernotebooks, however, my mother surprised me when she mentioned she could get an Educators discount, she is a teacher for a highschool and a college, plus she mentioned she gets special discount through her school becuase of some deal they have with Dell. So maybe a Dell would be best.
I was just looking at their prices and they atually seem somewhat lower than Sager, I haven't done too much searching and research yet. I thought some of you could give me some better insight.
Firstly, this is for my Digital Media work, while I may play games on it, I think I'd be doing most gaming on my desktop. I just want a laptop so I can do some work while sitting on my couch, or visiting friends at their place. One of the biggest reasons of getting this lappy is so I can go to my buds place again and not be thinking of all the work I oculd be doing, while he sits there on his lappy doing whatever he wants.
So one of the biggest things I need in this laptop is 1GB of RAM, about 3GHz of computing power and the equivalent of a 9600XT. I have to watch the price though, I can't go spend crazy so things can be adjusted if needed, but I need 1GB of RAM at the least, in fact I may need more than that later on, but I figure I'd buy a new laptop by then.
A 17" screen would be great though too. If anyone could help out in figuring out notebook with me, I'd appreciate it.
I was just looking at their prices and they atually seem somewhat lower than Sager, I haven't done too much searching and research yet. I thought some of you could give me some better insight.
Firstly, this is for my Digital Media work, while I may play games on it, I think I'd be doing most gaming on my desktop. I just want a laptop so I can do some work while sitting on my couch, or visiting friends at their place. One of the biggest reasons of getting this lappy is so I can go to my buds place again and not be thinking of all the work I oculd be doing, while he sits there on his lappy doing whatever he wants.
So one of the biggest things I need in this laptop is 1GB of RAM, about 3GHz of computing power and the equivalent of a 9600XT. I have to watch the price though, I can't go spend crazy so things can be adjusted if needed, but I need 1GB of RAM at the least, in fact I may need more than that later on, but I figure I'd buy a new laptop by then.
A 17" screen would be great though too. If anyone could help out in figuring out notebook with me, I'd appreciate it.
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sagers are top of the line
ibms are durable and expensive (but arguably the best you can buy)
there
if you can get an educators discount on a dell, you can put yourself together a pretty nice system.
from dell:
this guy has a pentium M
from sager:
i like this A64 setup
but looking at your requirements, nothing you get is going to be exactly "portable." more like a 10 ton weight you carry in a bag
in order for anyone to be more specific, we'll need a price range
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those are about the same speed
a dell 8600 or a sager 4380 would meet your requirments
under 1700 dollors to
My old roomate had one, the Sager 4860 or something high end as of 6 months ago. The damned thing got HOT HOT HOT, you couldn't keep it in your lap without sweating your ass off.
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it is heavy tho, 12.5 lbs
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yep it does use hareware RAID with both 0 and 1 supported
NP9860 Feature Overview
-Dual HDD & Dual ODD coexisting
-SATA150 Interface
-Latest PCI-Express 16x modular Video Card from ATi or NVIDIA
-Intel 915P + ICH6 Chipsets supporting LGA775 processors
-Four So-Dimm sockets supporting Dual Channel DDR2 400/533
-Intel High Definition Audio
-Front Panel Audio DJ with MP3 compatibility
-Mini-PCI TV-Tuner with Remote
More details:
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0/3.2/3.4/3.6GHz (LGA775, 800FSB) w/HT
1024KB On-die L2 Cache
Core Logic
Intel® 915P chipset + ICH6
Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 400/533 (2 or 4 DIMM required for Dual channel mode)
Bios
4MB Flash ROM BIOS
Disk Storage
- Hard Disk Drive
PCI Local Bus Interface
2x Detachable 2.5” 9.5mm SATA150 or ATA100 Hard Disk Drive
- Hardware Raid-0 or Raid-1
- Floppy Disk Drive
Ext. USB 3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
- Built-in 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MSPro/SD/MMC/CF/MD/SM)
Display
17” WSXGA+ TFT 1680x1050 (Glare-Type)
256MB DDR2 Video Memory
PCI-Express 16x Modular Video Card from ATi or NVIDIA
Dual-View Display Capability
Built-in Mini-PCI TV-Tuner with Multi-Function Remote
DVD or CD-ROM Drive
2x Optical Drive Bay
Interchangeable with DVD/CD-RW Combo drive or DVD±R/RW Combo drive
ATAPI Interface
Audio System
Built-in 8ch Azalia Sound System (with 8 external speakers output without Ext. decoder)
S/PDIF Digital output
SRS WOW support
Audio DJ Access Front Panel with MP3 playback compatible
1 Built-in Microphone
4 Built-in Speakers
1 Built-in Subwoofer
PCMCIA Slot
PCMCIA 3.0 Standard Compliant
1 Type II PCMCIA Slot
Pointing Device
Integrated Touchpad With Scroll Up/Down Slider
Keyboard
Full Sized Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Windows 95 2 Hot keys
Integrated with Hot Keys for LCD Brightness, Suspend, Panel/CRT Display
3 Hot Keys for E-Mail, Web Browser. And AP-Key
Interface
Infrared Communication, FIR, SIR and ASK Compliant
1 16c550 Compatible Serial Port
1 Parallel Port, with ECP/EPP Support
1 External Keyboard Port
1 DVI Port
4 USB 2.0 Ports
4 multi-function Audio Jacks
1 RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps)
1 RJ-11 Modem
2 IEEE 1394a Fire Wire
1 S-video TV-Out
1 S-video Video-in
Power System
1 Lithium-Ion Battery
Full Range Auto-Switching 100V/240V AC Adapter
Power Management
System Management Mode (SMM)
Suspend to HDD / DRAM
Full features of SMI Power Management, Doze, Sleep, Suspend/Resume Mode
Physical Characteristic
12.5lb with 2x HDD and 2x ODD
15.5”w x 11.75”d x 1.95”h
Standard Options
Internal 802.11g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI interface
Internal 802.11g & Bluetooth combo card Mini-PCI interface
Build-in Digital Video Camera
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