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  • S Sarath C

    I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

    My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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    toxcct
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    Sarath. wrote:

    Which is your favorite laptop and why?

    mine ! :cool:


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    • S Sarath C

      I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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      Marc Clifton
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      I like my Toshiba because of it's wide screen and hyperthreading processor. I like my Dell Inspiron because it's more portable--weighs less, smaller form factor and has great screen res. With two batteries in the bays, I can run a good 6 hours or more on battery power. I don't like the Toshiba's sunken keyboard. Gives me carpal tunnel, whereas I've never had any problems using the Dell keyboard. On both laptops, I upgraded the memory to 1GB and the hard disks to 7200 RPM. On the Toshiba, I actually have a second hard disk. Both have adequate performance for what I do, though on the Dell, I can't use the new Consolas font because it just kills scrolling, even though ClearType doesn't cause that problem with any other font. But both these machines are several years old. I was looking around to upgrade, but I frankly can't justify it right now because they do the job just fine, technology is changing too rapidly (it always changes, but it's really clipping along) and my client sent me a Core Duo desktop unit with a blazing fast video card, so I really have no reason to upgrade the laptops. Marc

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        I like my Toshiba because of it's wide screen and hyperthreading processor. I like my Dell Inspiron because it's more portable--weighs less, smaller form factor and has great screen res. With two batteries in the bays, I can run a good 6 hours or more on battery power. I don't like the Toshiba's sunken keyboard. Gives me carpal tunnel, whereas I've never had any problems using the Dell keyboard. On both laptops, I upgraded the memory to 1GB and the hard disks to 7200 RPM. On the Toshiba, I actually have a second hard disk. Both have adequate performance for what I do, though on the Dell, I can't use the new Consolas font because it just kills scrolling, even though ClearType doesn't cause that problem with any other font. But both these machines are several years old. I was looking around to upgrade, but I frankly can't justify it right now because they do the job just fine, technology is changing too rapidly (it always changes, but it's really clipping along) and my client sent me a Core Duo desktop unit with a blazing fast video card, so I really have no reason to upgrade the laptops. Marc

        Thyme In The Country

        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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        Sathesh Sakthivel
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        I too heard about toshiba.It is also good.

        With Regards Satips

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        • S Sarath C

          I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

          -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

          My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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          Chris Maunder
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          One of http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/[^] (as soon as they release the new version)

          cheers, Chris Maunder

          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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          • C Chris Maunder

            One of http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/[^] (as soon as they release the new version)

            cheers, Chris Maunder

            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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            Sarath C
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            Chris one more question. Why?

            -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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              Chris one more question. Why?

              -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

              My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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              Chris Maunder
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              Currently it's a fast machine. When the Core 2 Duo's come out it will be even nicer, so that's a bonus. Also: good battery life, good features such as bluetooth, Wifi, fast HDD, nice screen, the slot-loading DVD drive (why doesn't everyone do this?), the magentically coupled power cable (good safety feature), lightweight, and very slim. But most of all: because it was designed with class. It wasn't designed by engineers or geek boys. The thing has style.

              cheers, Chris Maunder

              CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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              • S Sarath C

                I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                Eytukan
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                Thinkpad is the best one. Got heck a lot of features around it. But the last one I had got heated up like an oven. I hate it when it starts to heat up. But all other features are really good. Now I have an Acer Travelmate. It's a low end notebook but decent enough. only 256 MB Ram :( though. But the wonder is it never gets heated up. Superb cool!!! very light too. I run it all the day but it cares a damn about the heat. But anyway I'm ordering a Dell Inspiron 6400 this month. just 700 USD. Damn good configuration. Core 2 Duo, 1 GB ram, Dual Layer DvD writer, 80 GB Sata. 15" wide screen. what else you want more?:->. Go for Dell it's quite affordable. If you have a heavy wallet, go for Thinkpads.. they are the best. may be the newer ones come with a better heat sink mechanism.


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                • C Chris Maunder

                  Currently it's a fast machine. When the Core 2 Duo's come out it will be even nicer, so that's a bonus. Also: good battery life, good features such as bluetooth, Wifi, fast HDD, nice screen, the slot-loading DVD drive (why doesn't everyone do this?), the magentically coupled power cable (good safety feature), lightweight, and very slim. But most of all: because it was designed with class. It wasn't designed by engineers or geek boys. The thing has style.

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  Eytukan
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                  btw, you bought a new one Chris? you were enquiring that day?


                  Marquee is no more :( [My Current Status] Link2006 wrote:Let's take it outside of CP Jeremy : Please don't.I would love to see this.I'm making the popcorn already.

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                    Currently it's a fast machine. When the Core 2 Duo's come out it will be even nicer, so that's a bonus. Also: good battery life, good features such as bluetooth, Wifi, fast HDD, nice screen, the slot-loading DVD drive (why doesn't everyone do this?), the magentically coupled power cable (good safety feature), lightweight, and very slim. But most of all: because it was designed with class. It wasn't designed by engineers or geek boys. The thing has style.

                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                    Sarath C
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                    I suppose to use it for development purpose under windows and playing some new age games too. I heard that we can load Windows XP in Mac Notebooks and PC because it's using Intel Processors inside. Will this cope with the graphics features or can I play some New Age Games or can i develop or Learn something in Direct 3D using this notebook?

                    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                    My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                      btw, you bought a new one Chris? you were enquiring that day?


                      Marquee is no more :( [My Current Status] Link2006 wrote:Let's take it outside of CP Jeremy : Please don't.I would love to see this.I'm making the popcorn already.

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                      Chris Maunder
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                      No, I'm waiting for the Core 2's to come out. The first Intel Macbook Pro had a couple of minor niggles so I'm waiting for v2.0

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                      • S Sarath C

                        More than one person replied that they are currently owns 3 or more laptops. But when we need 3 laptops? :~

                        -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                        Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                          I suppose to use it for development purpose under windows and playing some new age games too. I heard that we can load Windows XP in Mac Notebooks and PC because it's using Intel Processors inside. Will this cope with the graphics features or can I play some New Age Games or can i develop or Learn something in Direct 3D using this notebook?

                          -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                          My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                          Eytukan
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                          Search for *Parallels* ! or catch Paul watson if he's around.


                          Marquee is no more :( [My Current Status] Link2006 wrote:Let's take it outside of CP Jeremy : Please don't.I would love to see this.I'm making the popcorn already.

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                            One of http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/[^] (as soon as they release the new version)

                            cheers, Chris Maunder

                            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                            Stuart Dootson
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                            Chris Maunder wrote:

                            the new version

                            Oooh, oooh, what are they updating - Core Duo -> Core 2 Duo? Lordy, *very* tempted to upgrade from my iBook when these come out...

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                              I suppose to use it for development purpose under windows and playing some new age games too. I heard that we can load Windows XP in Mac Notebooks and PC because it's using Intel Processors inside. Will this cope with the graphics features or can I play some New Age Games or can i develop or Learn something in Direct 3D using this notebook?

                              -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                              My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                              David Stone
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                              You'd have to have two partitions. You'd use BootCamp (the Apple boot manager) to dual boot the machine into either OS X or WinXP. But yes, the video card and the processor will both run your WinXP based games just fine. :)


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                              • S Sarath C

                                I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                                -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                WillemM
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                                Definitly Toshiba and their core 2 duo series. You pay a little more, but you get some fine machinery for that money :)

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                                • S Stuart Dootson

                                  Chris Maunder wrote:

                                  the new version

                                  Oooh, oooh, what are they updating - Core Duo -> Core 2 Duo? Lordy, *very* tempted to upgrade from my iBook when these come out...

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                                  Chris Maunder
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                                  So the rumours are saying. There's also a bit of noise about people wanting better graphics cards in them and I'm hoping Apple will see the opportunity in getting on the 'Vista capable' bandwagon. Who knows. Evidently the beasts will be available by the end of November.

                                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                    No, I'm waiting for the Core 2's to come out. The first Intel Macbook Pro had a couple of minor niggles so I'm waiting for v2.0

                                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                    Sarath C
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                                    Heard that Quad core processors are coming. They are already demonstrated in IDF :)

                                    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                    My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                      I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                                      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                      nicko
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                                      i love my ASUS W2Z laptop. I was sold on the 17.1 inch widescreen (1680x1050), P4 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 7200rpm 40GB HDD, DVD+-RW, but even more so on the sheer elegance of it. It has a carbon-graphite backing to the screen, and a brushed steel finish, and its won industrial design awards. It looks beautiful! I've recently had a problem with it and found that the local ASUS support is not good. Took my system for over a week and only ran some minor tests that had very little to do with the issue - still not resolved. Got it back today, but i plan to elevate the issue. The only real down side to the W2Z is the cost - about AU$ 4,500. But its worth it ;) Certainly a well put together system, meticulously designed. nicko

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