am trying to buy a laptop (HP) need advice.

novano

Hi,
Am buying a laptop for my fiancee, and she is an interior designer.
She will be doing some 3D studio max (Rendering), photoshop design, AutoCAD and some other designing programs for home layouts and painting also office programs.
I want to know if its a good product, or i will have any problems, i don't to buy an apple system caz my fiancee is a windows oriented user.

if any one could give me an advice, should i go for it.
SPEC:
my budget is around $1400, i found this HP laptop from bestbuy for $1350 after mail and rebates.
Processor
Processor brand Intel® Hyper Thread (HT) technology.
Processor type Pentium® 4
Processor speed 3.2GHz
Frontside bus speed 800
Level 2 cache 512KB
Memory
RAM 512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM
RAM expandable to: 1280MB
Storage/Drives
Hard drive size 80-100GB
Type of drive DVD+RW/CD-RW
Maximum CD/DVD speed Unavailable
1.44 MB floppy drive External USB floppy disk drive (sold separately)
Graphics and sound
Screen size 15.4
Screen type WSXGA+ High-Definition® BrightView Widescreen
Maximum screen resolution 1280 x 800
External monitor maximum resolution Unavailable
Video memory 128MB DDR (shared)
Graphics type ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9000 IGP
Audio 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio, internal Harman/Kardon speakers, AC audio link, volume/mute buttons
Ports
USB 3 USB 2.0
FireWire 0
Parallel port 1
Serial port 0
Infrared port 0
PC card/expansion slots One type I/II 32-bit CardBus (supports 16-bit)
Internet/networking
Ethernet Yes
Wireless 802.11g with SpeedBooster™
General features
Replacement battery Compaq DP390A
Pointing device Touchpad with on/off button and dedicated vertical scroll pad
Warranty Parts 12 Months
Warranty Labor 12 Months
Dimensions
Height 1.8 inches
Width 14.3 inches
Depth 11.6 inches

drowd

that laptop should be fine. the only change i would make is perhaps a better graphics card, like one of the built in ati 9600's rather than 9000's, but this should be morethan fine for what she wants.

again,this is merely a suggestion, because 512 is more than enough for those programs, but if you could afford a gig, you might want too assuming its not too much more expensive (and it probably will be). the jump from 512 to a gig used to not make much difference, but you will notice a difference if you are running cad and imaging programs (or games, in my particular case ).

so just to reiterate, these specs are fine and there is nothing wrong with them. those are just the things i would look for

novano

am thinking about the 1 gig memory but probebly after 6 to 8 months when she will use it for more extensive work i will invest about $140 for extra memory..
thanks again....................

drowd wrote:

that laptop should be fine. the only change i would make is perhaps a better graphics card, like one of the built in ati 9600's rather than 9000's, but this should be morethan fine for what she wants.

again,this is merely a suggestion, because 512 is more than enough for those programs, but if you could afford a gig, you might want too assuming its not too much more expensive (and it probably will be). the jump from 512 to a gig used to not make much difference, but you will notice a difference if you are running cad and imaging programs (or games, in my particular case ).

so just to reiterate, these specs are fine and there is nothing wrong with them. those are just the things i would look for

versello

You'll definately want more ram for 3D Studio.

drowd

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