Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware
Titolo: Which Notebook to Choose?




the celeron is only less able(I wouldnt use inferior) than the p2/p3 in
graphics/programming. so Id advise you to get a p2.

what about 
www.dell.com
?

otherwise get one with the longest warranty-most laptops are made by
one or two companies in taiwan and slapped with a sticker and parts in
the usa.

you might want to get a network adaptor and modem if the school wont
let you keep the ones they lend/give you.

get a 8mb video card in it if you can.

Julia wrote:



I have this headache of choosing a notebook for my university use. I
was hoping any computer guru out there would be kind enough to offer me
some help. I would be using the notebook for programming (JAVA), for website-designing,
for graphics, multimedia authoring(Director) hopefully, and also word processing.
I created a table to highlight what the important factors are to me. I
may be wrong, but I have this view that Celeron is inferior to Pentium
II. My budget is actually <$4000, but now I am wondering whether extra
few hundred dollars might be worth the extra hard disk and screen size.

[The specific models are below the table.]


 









Notebook


1


2


3


4


5






Processor


PII300


Cel366


PII400


Cel400


PII400






Hard Disk


4.8 GB


4.0 GB


10.0 GB


4.0 GB


9.3 GB






RAM 


64 MB


64 MB


64 MB


128 MB


64 MB






Price


S$3738


S$2492


S$4224


S$2795


S$4415






Brand


Acer


Compaq


Compaq


Toshiba


Toshiba






Weight


1.8 (without CDrom & FDD)


3.0 kg (with CDrom & FDD)


< 2.0 kg (without CDrom & FDD)


3.0 kg (with CDrom & FDD)


UNKNOWN






Screen Size


12.1"


12.1"


14.1"


12.1"


14.1"






Warranty(international doesn't matter to me)


1 year (carry-in)


2 years (local)


3 years (on-site)


3 years (on-site)


3 years (on-site)






FDD & CDrom


External


Internal


External


Internal


Internal






Modem (my school is providing a "Network & Modem Adapter")


Yes


No


No


No


No






Special Stuff


Looks cool and is very light. Was a winning notebook in
a Taipei thing. Acer is not reputed for notebooks though. And the 1 year
warranty is suspicious. Also has a 3D graphics accelarator (dunno what
that means)


Was rated 5th in "Top 5 Notebook" Survey by PCMagazine.
Cheapest here.


Like its light weight but hate ugly docking bays and like
its power.


Cheap...128 MB of RAM.


Powerful. Often read about. Price a little steep. the steepest
of all in fact.






S$1 approx = US$1.7


1
: Acer Travelmate 330T -- 
2
: Compaq
Armada 1500C -- 
3
: Compaq Armada MS --


4
: Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT --
 5
:
Toshiba Tecra 8000S


I would be grateful if you would drop me an email or simply reply to
this NG, as to which notebook you would choose.

* * * * * * * * THANK YOU for
your time! * * * * * * * *





 
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Weight


1.8 (without CDrom & FDD)


3.0 kg (with CDrom & FDD)


< 2.0 kg (without CDrom & FDD)


3.0 kg (with CDrom & FDD)


UNKNOWN




Screen Size


12.1"


12.1"


14.1"


12.1"


14.1"




Warranty(international doesn't matter to me)


1 year (carry-in)


2 years (local)


3 years (on-site)


3 years (on-site)


3 years (on-site)




FDD & CDrom


External


Internal


External


Internal


Internal




Modem (my school is providing a "Network & Modem 
      Adapter")


Yes


No


No


No


No




Special Stuff


Looks cool and is very light. Was a winning notebook in a 
      Taipei thing. Acer is not reputed for notebooks though. And the 1 year 
      warranty is suspicious. Also has a 3D graphics accelarator (dunno what 
      that means)


Was rated 5th in "Top 5 Notebook" Survey by PCMagazine. 
      Cheapest here.


Like its light weight but hate ugly docking bays and like 
      its power.


Cheap...128 MB of RAM.


Powerful. Often read about. Price a little steep. the 
      steepest of all in fact.


S$1 approx = 
US$1.7
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