Help on Laptop decision

dcb91 · 01-23-2006, 10:07 PM

Hi, i'm a new user here and have a question for all of you. For my birthday my parents are buying me a new laptop. These are the three notebooks i've narrowed it down to and i'd like your opinion. Here they are.

LAPTOP MEMORY HARDDRIVE PROCESSOR VIDEOMEMORY
(all mobile)
Sony Vaio FS840 512MB 100GB Intel Pentium M 128MB(shared)

Gateway MX6425 1024MB 100GB AMD Turion 64 64MB(shared)

Gateway MX7118 512MB 80GB AMD Athlon 64 64MB(shared)

*Sony has 1.73GHz processor speeed and cost $1,149.99
*Gateway MX6425 has 1.8GHz prosessor speed and cost $899.99
*Gateway MX7118 has 2.2GHz processor speed and cost $969.99
**Gateway MX7118 also comes with a mouse and notebook case

Please tell me what you think is best. I like gaming, have a big music collection that would go on it, use it for school work, and want something that just performs well and is fast. Also how do the processors I listed compare? Which would be individualy the best?
Thanks a lot.

LaptopExtreme · 01-23-2006, 10:30 PM

The Sony. Very good quality unit, the FS series is one of my favorites. Nice screen too. A very good all round mainstream system.

ckfordy · 01-23-2006, 10:38 PM

get the sony

red onion · 01-23-2006, 10:39 PM

Not many laptops are geared for gaming...If you are into gaming I would recommend a desktop, as you can easily change the VC when the time comes.
Other than that, I would go for the Gateway MX7118.

dcb91 · 01-24-2006, 09:33 PM

Between the Gateways which do you think is best? The Sony has the lowest specs too. Is it best just because of it's name? Also someone please answer my processor question... Thanks

i.Angel · 01-24-2006, 09:40 PM

Yes. The reason why Sony has a higher price is because you are buying the name. Now I'm not saying that Sony Vaio's are bad because my dad has one that he has had forever. Good quality as stated above. The Gateway MX7118 has the best CPU. However, if you have a large library of media files, I would highly recommend a desktop. You can easily fill up a laptop with just media content... considering you are going to be using it for work and school.

red onion · 01-24-2006, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcb91

Between the Gateways which do you think is best? The Sony has the lowest specs too. Is it best just because of it's name? Also someone please answer my processor question... Thanks

The MX7118 has the best CPU, as already stated, (thanks GamerGuy8899), and is a good value. Light on RAM, but that is eaily upgraded. Sony is overpriced, not that they are bad, far from it, just not a really good value.

dcb91 · 01-24-2006, 10:02 PM

I'm going to get one of those Gateways, but does anyone know anything about that particular model? Also I already have a desktop, i'm not going to put all of my music libary on the notebook, just some. How do the Athlon64 and Turion64 compare? Doesn't the MX6425 seem better though b/c of the bigger hard drive and more memory? The MX7118's RAM is only expandable to 1536MB too. How are Gateways screens? I'm sorry I have so many questions, I just wanna make sure I get the right one.

LaptopExtreme · 01-24-2006, 10:50 PM

Gateways arent that bad, I'd take them over a basic Dell. As for the MX7118, it's quite on the chunky side. Are you planning on gaming on them? or just multimedia tasks? As for the screens, I can tell you that the Sony screen is very nice. Some Gateways I've seen in the past were a little faded. The MX7118, I have not seen.

fade2green514 · 01-24-2006, 10:54 PM

id get the turion 64
"Gateway MX6425 1024MB 100GB AMD Turion 64 64MB(shared)"
it has the most ram, and turion 64 uses less power than athlon 64 and its just as fast. probably performs a little worse than the pentium m, but the clock increase changes that. plus, its got a 100gb hdd and 1gb of ram. its the best choice id say.

01-23-2006, 10:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
dcb91 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 94	Help on Laptop decision Hi, i'm a new user here and have a question for all of you. For my birthday my parents are buying me a new laptop. These are the three notebooks i've narrowed it down to and i'd like your opinion. Here they are. LAPTOP MEMORY HARDDRIVE PROCESSOR VIDEOMEMORY (all mobile) Sony Vaio FS840 512MB 100GB Intel Pentium M 128MB(shared) Gateway MX6425 1024MB 100GB AMD Turion 64 64MB(shared) Gateway MX7118 512MB 80GB AMD Athlon 64 64MB(shared) Sony has 1.73GHz processor speeed and cost $1,149.99 Gateway MX6425 has 1.8GHz prosessor speed and cost $899.99 Gateway MX7118 has 2.2GHz processor speed and cost $969.99 *Gateway MX7118 also comes with a mouse and notebook case Please tell me what you think is best. I like gaming, have a big music collection that would go on it, use it for school work, and want something that just performs well and is fast. Also how do the processors I listed compare? Which would be individualy the best? Thanks a lot.

01-23-2006, 10:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
red onion Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Quebéc, Canada Age: 39 Posts: 544	Not many laptops are geared for gaming...If you are into gaming I would recommend a desktop, as you can easily change the VC when the time comes. Other than that, I would go for the Gateway MX7118. __________________ Main Rig: \| 2nd Rig: Windows XP/Vista \| Ubuntu 8.04 ASUS P5QL-E \| Gigabyte K8 Triton Intel E8400 \| Sempron 3300+ XFX 7600GT PCIe \| Nvidia Gforce4 AGP 500 GB WD SATA \| 160 GB WD SATA 160 GB WD SATA \| 40 GB Hitachi 2 GB PC6400 \| 512 MB PC2100 19" Samsung LCD \| 17" Compaq 7500

01-24-2006, 09:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	Yes. The reason why Sony has a higher price is because you are buying the name. Now I'm not saying that Sony Vaio's are bad because my dad has one that he has had forever. Good quality as stated above. The Gateway MX7118 has the best CPU. However, if you have a large library of media files, I would highly recommend a desktop. You can easily fill up a laptop with just media content... considering you are going to be using it for work and school. __________________ XPS M1530

01-24-2006, 10:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,630	id get the turion 64 "Gateway MX6425 1024MB 100GB AMD Turion 64 64MB(shared)" it has the most ram, and turion 64 uses less power than athlon 64 and its just as fast. probably performs a little worse than the pentium m, but the clock increase changes that. plus, its got a 100gb hdd and 1gb of ram. its the best choice id say. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

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01-23-2006, 10:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	The Sony. Very good quality unit, the FS series is one of my favorites. Nice screen too. A very good all round mainstream system.

01-23-2006, 10:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
ckfordy banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Madison, Minnesota Age: 18 Posts: 2,744	get the sony

01-24-2006, 09:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
dcb91 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 94	Between the Gateways which do you think is best? The Sony has the lowest specs too. Is it best just because of it's name? Also someone please answer my processor question... Thanks

01-24-2006, 10:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
dcb91 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 94	I'm going to get one of those Gateways, but does anyone know anything about that particular model? Also I already have a desktop, i'm not going to put all of my music libary on the notebook, just some. How do the Athlon64 and Turion64 compare? Doesn't the MX6425 seem better though b/c of the bigger hard drive and more memory? The MX7118's RAM is only expandable to 1536MB too. How are Gateways screens? I'm sorry I have so many questions, I just wanna make sure I get the right one.

01-24-2006, 10:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	Gateways arent that bad, I'd take them over a basic Dell. As for the MX7118, it's quite on the chunky side. Are you planning on gaming on them? or just multimedia tasks? As for the screens, I can tell you that the Sony screen is very nice. Some Gateways I've seen in the past were a little faded. The MX7118, I have not seen.