which one of these laptops you would choose ?

[medya]

Hi I am gonna buy a laptop ,
I am a computer student and I wanna make animations .
and I am a constant user of ubuntu .
I know that ram is so important, so I would buy a laptop with 2GB ram .
but I have no idea what cpu is better ... AMD , Intel , Centrino , blah blah ...
and I dont know if I buy a laptop with 1 GB ram, can I later upgrade it to 2 GB ?

about grapgic card , I know that ATI sucks ...but I dont know if nvidia is better or intel .
would u choose among 256 MB GeForce or 358MB intel ?



here are some of the laptops wihch are availble in my country and I can afford, please help me to choose among them .
which one of bellow laptops you would choose if you were me ?

HP Laptops :

HP Pavilion dv6298 Centrino Core2 Duo 1.66GHz -L2 2MB 120 GB SATA 5400 RPM 2 GB DDR2 (2 x 1GB)
price 15960000
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HP Compaq nx7400 Core 2Duo 2.0GHz -L2 4MB 120GB SATA 5400 RPM 2048 MB DDR2 533MHz
price 14950000
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HP Pavilion dv6391 AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile TL-60 2.0GHz (L2 2x512KB) 160 GB SATA 5400 RPM 2 GB DDR2 (2 x 1GB)
price 13580000
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HP Compaq nx7400 Core 2Duo 2.0GHz -L2 4MB 120GB SATA 5400 RPM 2048 MB DDR2 533MHz
price 14950000
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HP Pavilion dv6570 AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 2.0GHz, L2 2*512KB 200GB SATA 5400 RPM 2 GB DDR2 (2 x 1 GB)
price 13700000
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HP Pavilion dv6298 Centrino Core2 Duo 1.66GHz -L2 2MB 120 GB SATA 5400 RPM 2 GB DDR2 (2 x 1GB)
price 15960000
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HP Pavilion dv6391 AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile TL-60 2.0GHz (L2 2x512KB) 160 GB SATA 5400 RPM 2 GB DDR2 (2 x 1GB)
price 13580000
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Sony Laptops :
FZ 160E/B 2.0GHzCore2DuoT7300 2GB DDR2 200GB SATA 15.4'WXGAXbrite DVD+/-RW DL 358MB Intel X3100 2.8 KG
price 14300000
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FZ 140 E/B 1.83Core2DuoT7100 2GB DDR2 200GB SATA 15.4'WXGATrubrite DVD+/-RW DL 358MB Intel X3100 2.8 KG
price 13300000
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Dell Laptops
Inspiron 1520(2/1/160/VHP) 2.0GHzCore2DuoT7300 1GBDDR2 160GB 15.4'WXGATruelife DVD+/-RWDL 512 Geforce 2.8 KG
price : 13700000
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Inspiron 6400 (1.86/512/800/VHB) 1.86GHz CoreDuo 512GMB DDR2 80GBSATA 15.4'WXGATruelife DVD+/-RW DL 256ATI 2.8 KG
price : 8900000
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XPS 1210 2.0Core2DuoT5500 2GB DDR2 160GB SATA 15.4'SXGATrulife DVD+/-RWDL 256MB GeForce 2.8 KG
price: 15200000


Toshiba Laptops :
Sattelite :
A100-632 2.0GHzCore2DuoT7200 2GB DDR2 200GB SATA 15.4'WXGA Truebrite DVD +RW/DL 256 GeForce 7600 2.8 KG
price: 15400000
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A 205-S4797 1.73Core2DuoT5300 2GB DDR2 160GB SATA 15.4'WXGATrubrite DVD+/-RW DL 256MB Intel 2.8 KG
price: 11700000

[shezif]

Dell rulez :-)
I think that nvidia is better from ati...
I'm using Nvidia Gforce 6100 and I really satisfied.

[medya]

I know ati sucks.... how about intel graphic cards ?

which one be better,
DELL XPS 1210
2.0 Core2Duo T5500
2GB DDR2
160GB SATA
256MB GeForce
price: 15200000

or
Sony FZ 160E/B

2.0GHzCore2DuoT7300
2GB DDR2
200GB SATA
358MB Intel X3100
2.8 KG
price 14300000

what is the diffrences of T5500 or T7300 ?

[prizrak]

Neither they all suck

[hessiess]

by anamations what exactily do you mean, 2d or 3d, games, renderd, stop motion....

if its renderd, buy the most powerfal cpu you can afford

nvidia7900/ 8600 should be ok

[tigerpants]

I wouldnt take a crap on a dell. Awful hardware.

Based on personal experience, IBM thinkpad or a lenovo (same thing really). Solid, well built machines.

[medya]

I wanna make 3D animations with my laptop

[viper]

Do not buy a Sony, have had nothin but trouble and their service sucks!!

[jrusso2]

I wanna make 3D animations with my laptop

In that case I would look for one with a discrete Nvidia chipset and Intel core 2 duo cpu.

Discrete meaning it does not share memory.

[shrimphead]

I know it's not in the list but there's another vote for IBM here, my X31 works perfectly out of the box.

In fact it works so well it's almost boring. :lolflag:

[Dimitriid]

Sony does make terrible computers. HP and Compaq are infamous for using bios that just refuse to work for linux and have tons of problems installing at times.
Dell is an option. Toshiba is one of the best laptop makers ive seen but their prices can be expensive.

You left out Acer which has decent compatibility with Linux along with good prices And another point, you might think ATI sucks now but they promised an Open Source driver with AIXGL support ( means very easy installation of compiz-fusion on Linux now, with very good performance ). So far they are empty promises ( they only released driver they did only supports cards so new they are not even on 90% of the systems ) but if things change ( its still likely that they will release a good driver for Linux ) you could regret not choosing on a laptop since you can't replace.

[stuh84]

I have had a few problems with my HP laptop for a couple of reasons, I wouldn't recommend going with them to be honest. The DVD-RW drive works intermittently, and when I consulted HP they said reinstall the driver (how will that make a difference if it does it when it had XP on, Ubuntu, and did it before it had booted an OS?).

Also, the on board sound they use, its very strange, it takes over the system yet has no CPU usage. I haven't listened to music on it for a long time like I used to, but it use to stop my system from doing anything else for a while.

These two issues aside, for Linux its not great, but not bad either. Everything worked alright, apart from the wireless card, but the Broadcom BCM4318 is notorious for that anyway. The onboard ATI graphics were a pain too, only just in the past month got compiz working after owning it over a year.

From what I've noticed, very little has changed in HP laptops, so I'd still be wary of going with them, still use the same chassis in most cases, so can be quite iffy.

IBM/Lenovo seem to have a good reputation around here, so I'd say you are likely to be alright with them

[zach12]

Dell's last a long time lol dell
HP's as well
get a fast cpu!

[Scroobytec]

I know this was not on your list, but if you can afford one the Toshiba Satellite X200-21K or Satellite X200-15K. These should cover all your needs and more.

See here: http://za.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/seriesHomepage.do?service=ZA&SERIES_ID=131319

[Spr0k3t]

Nix the toshiba since they directly support MS. Don't bother with Sony either. I'm not a fan of Dell, but would go that route if they were the only option available. HP, well, they are okay if you get one of the business models... otherwise they kinda suck.

My personal favorite... I don't have one. Spend the extra money on a small time Linux supporting company. That's what I'm going to do next time around for laptops.

[Skye]

Something else you might want to look at the is the T61p from Lenovo- I have a T61 (not p) that is solid as a rock on linux, and like an earlier poster said, works so well that it's almost boring. The T61p has a very powerful nvidia card, which should be more than enough for almost anything you can throw at it right now.

Oh, and thinkpads are significantly sturdier than other laptops I've seen- this is easily the best laptop I've ever owned.

[medya]

I have found a goood toshiba laptop ,
it has 2 GHZ DUO CORE , 2 GB RAM ....

but the graphic card is intel...

how diffrent is intel graphic cards with nvidia ?
is it so Worse than nividia ? or not a huge diffrence ?