Laptop

bloodline wrote:
As a person who has a 3Ghz Laptop, I say this: it's not a mobile machine. It's a portable desktop...

It's big, it's hot, it's noisy, it's heavy and it thinks batteries grow on trees (you would be lucky to get 30mins on it).

If she wants a Windows machine then I can recommend the Centrino ones.

Codswallop.

I have an Athlon64 3200+ with huge 1400x1050 screen, and I get between 2 and 3.5 hours out of the battery.

[Orjan]

@mdma

The AMD CPUs usually draw much less power than Intels.

[Tahoe]

Orjan wrote:

@mdma

The AMD CPUs usually draw much less power than Intels.

Less? My centrino runs at least 4 to 5 hours with my standard battery! (Toshiba Tecra S1)

Orjan wrote:

@mdma

The AMD CPUs usually draw much less power than Intels.

Less than P4's yes, but no way less than a Pentium-M at the moment.  Although the new Turion64's may put a stop to that! :-)

[bloodline]

mdma wrote:

bloodline wrote:
As a person who has a 3Ghz Laptop, I say this: it's not a mobile machine. It's a portable desktop...

It's big, it's hot, it's noisy, it's heavy and it thinks batteries grow on trees (you would be lucky to get 30mins on it).

If she wants a Windows machine then I can recommend the Centrino ones.

Codswallop.

I have an Athlon64 3200+ with huge 1400x1050 screen, and I get between 2 and 3.5 hours out of the battery.

Err Nick... I was talking about my 3Ghz Laptop... which is a Pentium 4, not an Athlon64 (which we both know is vastly superiour).

But for battery life alone, I would have to say the Pentium-M gives the best performance to battery life I've seen.

For the Desktop I have an Athlon64 :-)

[nagaflas]

PGit wrote:
My sister wants a laptop but as she does not know much about computers a friend at university is choosing it for her.

She plans on using it for internet including playing video clips and typing up essays.

She doesn't play games, has little interest in DVDs or graphics programmes, video editing and such like.

The laptop he has chosen is the Acer TravelMate 2702LCi
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer-TravelMate-2702LCi-LX.T6006.169/version-1.asp

Do you think this would be suitable for her requirements?

In my opinion, no. The above mentioned unit is too powerful for her needs and she would only be wasting valuable money on it.

Go with this one from the same reseller:
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L10_PSL15E-0070169I/version-3.asp

bloodline wrote:

mdma wrote:

bloodline wrote:
As a person who has a 3Ghz Laptop, I say this: it's not a mobile machine. It's a portable desktop...

It's big, it's hot, it's noisy, it's heavy and it thinks batteries grow on trees (you would be lucky to get 30mins on it).

If she wants a Windows machine then I can recommend the Centrino ones.

Codswallop.

I have an Athlon64 3200+ with huge 1400x1050 screen, and I get between 2 and 3.5 hours out of the battery.

Err Nick... I was talking about my 3Ghz Laptop... which is a Pentium 4, not an Athlon64 (which we both know is vastly superiour).

But for battery life alone, I would have to say the Pentium-M gives the best performance to battery life I've seen.

For the Desktop I have an Athlon64 :-)

Ignore me Matt, I'm having a "blonde day" today I think.

Must be the sun or summat.  :crazy:

[PGit]

Thanks everyone. She now has a laptop, I'll just go and find what sort it is.

[rayt]

buying an petiumIV based notebook is braindead imho..

[Animagic]

Why every topic in here goes completely out of control...

So the one side in here says you get a Mac. The other side says you get a PC.

I say get an XXL suitcase and an LCD flat screen, put your home pc and the screen inside the suitcase and off you go!

At least I've been prototypal  :lol: