Burn_all

1) What is your budget?
1000-1300

2) What size notebook would you prefer?

c. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
d. Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen

3) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in.
Canada or US, i liv in both

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
dont like dell. or the lower end labbies

5) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
gaming {WoW}, Multi Media, Plugging into TV, video conversoins.

6) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
mostly my house and my friends house.

7) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games? ermm WoW

8) How many hours of battery life do you need? 2ish

9) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person? online is best

10) What OS do you prefer? Windows (XP or Vista), Mac OS, Linux, etc.
already have OS....

Screen Specifics

11) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
widescreen

12) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?


Widescreen
d. WXGA or WXGA+ - 1280x768/800 or 1440x900; Wider viewing version of XGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
e. WSXGA+ - 1680x1050; Wider viewing version of SXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
f. WUXGA - 1920x1200; Wider viewing version of UXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.


13) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
glossy would be nice.

Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
it's a nice bonus

15) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
i dont want parts to fry out on me.

Notebook Components

16) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 500GB?
least 80+

17) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a CDRW/DVD-ROM, DVD Burner or Blu-Ray drive?

yes. def dvd burner, blue ray/hd would be a + but not nessassary.

18) RAM?
i want 3-4 gigs of ram yes i have a 64 bit OS.
or a 2 gig 1 DIMM

Kill Bill

If you want my view then here:

1. No budget usually 3.500K Euro
2. D - The 17'' but not as a desktop replacement
3. I live In Eire/Ireland
4.

Like:
Apple
Sony
Komplett
Acer
Asus

Hate:
Dell
Fujutsi Siemens

Middle/not sure:
Alienware

5. Hard core gaming on the road as well as movie making/Music making/Photo editing

6. Taking with me.

7. All sorts: Crysis/Sims/Tomb Raider/Orange box/Lost planet etc

8. 2 2/4 Hours

9. Don't care usually past experience with maker and products

10. I love Mac OS 10 Leopard with Bootcamped Vista Ultimate SP 1

11. Widescreen

12. e. WSXGA+ - 1680x1050

13. Matte - Smoother colors

14. If possible then yes usually love power

15. 4 - 5 years for a laptop taken with good (very very) good care

16. 200GB + - Need 100Min for Vista bootcamp and 100GB for Mac OS - Got 250GB version splitting in half and getting a 1 TB External

17. The super drive with DVD +/- 16x in the Macbook pro is fine

18. 2GB will do but will soon upgrade to 4GB 667MHz

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Macbook pro 17'' 2.5GHz,250GB HDD,Matte Display,Nvidia 8600M GT 512mb SDRAM,2 Gigabytes 667 Megahertz DDR2 SDRAM,Mac OS 10 Leopard with Vista Ultimate Bootcamp. = 2,499 Euro = Nice.
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Took long to write. Did you want our thoughts?

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Hackintosh for Video editing:
Intel Core Quad Q6600 2.4ghz/ 4096mb 800Mhz 6400CL5/ 2xXFX 8800ULTRA 768mb/ 500GB/Mac OS Leopard (iATKOS) / 22inch LG Flatron Wide 1680X1050/Abit IN9 32Max Wi-fi 680i SLI MoBo/

Macintosh for Video editing and Gaming:
Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM,
Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate VIA bootcamp.

Website

cohen

here is what i think.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220308

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Kill Bill

Yum but carrying that around would break my bag.

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Hackintosh for Video editing:
Intel Core Quad Q6600 2.4ghz/ 4096mb 800Mhz 6400CL5/ 2xXFX 8800ULTRA 768mb/ 500GB/Mac OS Leopard (iATKOS) / 22inch LG Flatron Wide 1680X1050/Abit IN9 32Max Wi-fi 680i SLI MoBo/

Macintosh for Video editing and Gaming:
Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM,
Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate VIA bootcamp.

Website

Burn_all

thanks cohen thats a great laptop i'm ordering it now

CPTMuller

Congratulations... That was actually the laptop I was looking for after I read the first post... glad I just kept on reading though.

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C2D e6320, NVIDIA 7950GT (Factory OC) : C2D T7100, Intel GMA 965 Express
2gb ram 533mhz DDR2, 320GB 7200RPM : 1gb ra, 80gb 5400RPM
Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Audio, Linksys 10/100 Ethernet Card : on board Audio, on board Ethernet

cohen

Awesome

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Burn_all

damn i've been looking at the picutres all nite drooling over it.. damnit y must 2 day shipping take so long! lol

cohen

lol - well i hope you enjoy it and you should post some pics in The New Toy/Recently Purchased Items Thread

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lovely?

the resolution on that is kind of small, but the video card and definetely the processor are great. and 4 gigs of ram on a laptop is pretty cool too lol. nice choice.

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