decent laptop?

djjimmy2k2 · 09-02-2004, 01:31 AM

i know i want to get a new computer before i go uni and i found one i was interested in getting but today i read alot of bad reviews about the company so i changed me mind. now after looking about for a bit and im kinda thinking about getting a laptop and a leaflet came in a newspaper i got today and ive found this one, its on the top end of my budget, but i think its kinda nice. im just wondering what everyone thinks about the specs compared to the price.

**Praetor** · 09-02-2004, 02:22 PM

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- Intel® CentrinoTM Mobile Technology
- Intel® Pentium® M processor 735

Gotta love the way they play their marketing

You only get one chip and the Pentium M is the same thing as the Centrino

Other than that its a pretty nice system

... would be nice to have the ram run 1:1 with the cpu but thats not horribly important

djjimmy2k2 · 09-03-2004, 10:25 AM

so you think its a decent laptop then? is it good enough for that price?

djjimmy2k2 · 09-03-2004, 09:27 PM

well ive found out that that laptop is only available on offer for a week (started yesterday) and the bad news is that i went in today and i went in today and theyve only got 1 left, besides i dont get my uni money until the 20th of this month so ive kinda given up on that laptop and ive started looking around for another.

anyway, i went into another shop today and i found what i think is a decent spec laptop. its a hp and its £999 in the store (although on the same shops site its £949 - £50 cheaper). since i got back in ive checked out the hp site and ive found one for the same price, its got a different processor and different graphics card. now im here to ask for your opinion on how good both of the laptops are, if theyre worth the price and which you would recommend more (if either). btw, keep in mind that i want to play some games so ill probably need the best graphics card (although id prefer not to sacrifice performance by having a shared graphics card, i want whichever works out better though).

oops, forgot to put the links to the laptops, lol

these 2 are the hp site with full specs
HP Pavilion zv5230EA

HP Pavilion zv5255EA

and this one is the site of the shop i saw one of the laptops in today (maybe itll help, i dunno)
HP Pavilion zv5255EA (Shops Website)

**Praetor** · 09-03-2004, 11:25 PM

Hands down the send laptop

djjimmy2k2 · 09-03-2004, 11:56 PM

the send? im assuming you meant to type second in there. so you think the HP Pavilion zv5255EA (the one on the shops site/the one with the AMD Athlon™ 64 processor) is the best? so is it worth the price then? is it worth getting?

**Praetor** · 09-04-2004, 12:12 AM

send = second + Intel Laptop overheating (which means the keyboard lags out). To be honest i didnt look at the prices or anything past the first segment -- there's no reason to buy a mobile celeron....

1. Low budget = AthlonXP-Mobile
2. Medium Budget = Centrino2003
3. High budget = Centrino2004, Athlon64, etc

djjimmy2k2 · 09-04-2004, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

1. Low budget = AthlonXP-Mobile
2. Medium Budget = Centrino2003
3. High budget = Centrino2004, Athlon64, etc

ok i got that bit, understood that but i didnt really get a word of what you said before it, the

Quote:

Originally Posted by Praetor

send = second + Intel Laptop overheating (which means the keyboard lags out). To be honest i didnt look at the prices or anything past the first segment -- there's no reason to buy a mobile celeron....

bit, i didnt really understand, any chance you could try and put it another way, or maybe just simpler. if youre wondering why its cos i usually get a load of sleep but last night i had 3 hours so im a bit knackered, i need simpler terms in order for my brain to take it in.

**Praetor** · 09-04-2004, 12:23 AM

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but I didnt really get a word of what you said before it, the

Dont worry about it. Pretend i never said it. ... i was essentially saying i typed "second" but this POS laptop lags out when it gets hot so keystrokes get missed. ... btw if you force yourself to become an insomniac, it wont bother you so much (and i speak from experience

)

djjimmy2k2 · 09-04-2004, 12:43 AM

how do you know it lags out? also i read somewhere on the net about a guy who got a usb fan to keep his laptop cool, is there such a thing and if i do get that hp laptop should i invest in a usb fan?

oh and i have no intention of becoming an insomniac, its just that usually im kinda nocturnal but this morning i had to get up early, i guess that will have to change when i start uni.

and one more thing, what makes the second hp laptop win hands down over the first one?

09-02-2004, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
djjimmy2k2 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 103	decent laptop? i know i want to get a new computer before i go uni and i found one i was interested in getting but today i read alot of bad reviews about the company so i changed me mind. now after looking about for a bit and im kinda thinking about getting a laptop and a leaflet came in a newspaper i got today and ive found this one, its on the top end of my budget, but i think its kinda nice. im just wondering what everyone thinks about the specs compared to the price. __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz • 2GB DDR2-533 • nVidia 7900GS 256MB • Soundblaster Audigy • 2x 160GB SATA RAID 0 • 500GB 7200rpm USB 2.0 External Hard Drive • 16x DVD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM • 19" monitor @ 1280x1024 • Windows XP Media Center Edition djjimmy.t35.com

09-03-2004, 10:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
djjimmy2k2 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 103	so you think its a decent laptop then? is it good enough for that price? __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz • 2GB DDR2-533 • nVidia 7900GS 256MB • Soundblaster Audigy • 2x 160GB SATA RAID 0 • 500GB 7200rpm USB 2.0 External Hard Drive • 16x DVD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM • 19" monitor @ 1280x1024 • Windows XP Media Center Edition djjimmy.t35.com

09-03-2004, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
djjimmy2k2 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 103	well ive found out that that laptop is only available on offer for a week (started yesterday) and the bad news is that i went in today and i went in today and theyve only got 1 left, besides i dont get my uni money until the 20th of this month so ive kinda given up on that laptop and ive started looking around for another. anyway, i went into another shop today and i found what i think is a decent spec laptop. its a hp and its £999 in the store (although on the same shops site its £949 - £50 cheaper). since i got back in ive checked out the hp site and ive found one for the same price, its got a different processor and different graphics card. now im here to ask for your opinion on how good both of the laptops are, if theyre worth the price and which you would recommend more (if either). btw, keep in mind that i want to play some games so ill probably need the best graphics card (although id prefer not to sacrifice performance by having a shared graphics card, i want whichever works out better though). oops, forgot to put the links to the laptops, lol these 2 are the hp site with full specs HP Pavilion zv5230EA HP Pavilion zv5255EA and this one is the site of the shop i saw one of the laptops in today (maybe itll help, i dunno) HP Pavilion zv5255EA (Shops Website) __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz • 2GB DDR2-533 • nVidia 7900GS 256MB • Soundblaster Audigy • 2x 160GB SATA RAID 0 • 500GB 7200rpm USB 2.0 External Hard Drive • 16x DVD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM • 19" monitor @ 1280x1024 • Windows XP Media Center Edition djjimmy.t35.com Last edited by djjimmy2k2; 09-03-2004 at 09:34 PM.

09-03-2004, 11:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Hands down the send laptop __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

09-03-2004, 11:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
djjimmy2k2 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 103	the send? im assuming you meant to type second in there. so you think the HP Pavilion zv5255EA (the one on the shops site/the one with the AMD Athlon™ 64 processor) is the best? so is it worth the price then? is it worth getting? __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz • 2GB DDR2-533 • nVidia 7900GS 256MB • Soundblaster Audigy • 2x 160GB SATA RAID 0 • 500GB 7200rpm USB 2.0 External Hard Drive • 16x DVD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM • 19" monitor @ 1280x1024 • Windows XP Media Center Edition djjimmy.t35.com

09-04-2004, 12:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	send = second + Intel Laptop overheating (which means the keyboard lags out). To be honest i didnt look at the prices or anything past the first segment -- there's no reason to buy a mobile celeron.... 1. Low budget = AthlonXP-Mobile 2. Medium Budget = Centrino2003 3. High budget = Centrino2004, Athlon64, etc __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

09-04-2004, 12:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
djjimmy2k2 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 103	how do you know it lags out? also i read somewhere on the net about a guy who got a usb fan to keep his laptop cool, is there such a thing and if i do get that hp laptop should i invest in a usb fan? oh and i have no intention of becoming an insomniac, its just that usually im kinda nocturnal but this morning i had to get up early, i guess that will have to change when i start uni. and one more thing, what makes the second hp laptop win hands down over the first one? __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz • 2GB DDR2-533 • nVidia 7900GS 256MB • Soundblaster Audigy • 2x 160GB SATA RAID 0 • 500GB 7200rpm USB 2.0 External Hard Drive • 16x DVD-RW & 16x DVD-ROM • 19" monitor @ 1280x1024 • Windows XP Media Center Edition djjimmy.t35.com Last edited by djjimmy2k2; 09-04-2004 at 12:45 AM.

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