RayneStorm
May 31st, 2008, 04:25 PM
I am looking at purchasing a new laptop to use the majority of the time in place of my desk top. I will still use desktop for bigger tasks and chores. I dual boot Ubuntu and XP now, but find myself never using XP.
I want a 15" screen.
I am looking for AMD turion 64 X2. I have always had AMD so I decided I want to stick with them, unless someone can point out huge reasons to choose Intel instead.
I would want a good graphics card, I prefer ATI, but it is hard finding a laptop that uses both AMD and ATI together. I found a couple, but the price jump isn't worth it. So I found a NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 256MB as being the best choice for this size laptop.
I plan on mostly using the laptop for internet use, downloading songs, playing some older games, some light video and photo editing, and that's mostly it.
Is there a huge difference in wireless cards between g and n? I will be connecting wirelessly to a router. I will be around 1.5m for speed with my internet connection.
I will post a couple laptops that I found, and would like some input on what would be a better choice for me and if there is any problems that I might run into while installing ubuntu and getting things tweaked to work correctly.
first is a HP. Price is great, and I will be buying 4gb memory to install after I receive it... they want way to much for them to put it in.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&email_id=320479&jumpid=in_r329_emailconfig
Second is an MSI. I would upgrade to the TL-60 and 250 gb hd. total price would then be 899 with shipping, but this one uses the ATI video card I preferred. I never heard of MSI either so I wasn't sure what to think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290233224849&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123
Last one which I didn't look too much into, was an ASUS. anyone know of how well a similar set up ASUS would suit me?
Thank you for your help!
Ben
I want a 15" screen.
I am looking for AMD turion 64 X2. I have always had AMD so I decided I want to stick with them, unless someone can point out huge reasons to choose Intel instead.
I would want a good graphics card, I prefer ATI, but it is hard finding a laptop that uses both AMD and ATI together. I found a couple, but the price jump isn't worth it. So I found a NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 256MB as being the best choice for this size laptop.
I plan on mostly using the laptop for internet use, downloading songs, playing some older games, some light video and photo editing, and that's mostly it.
Is there a huge difference in wireless cards between g and n? I will be connecting wirelessly to a router. I will be around 1.5m for speed with my internet connection.
I will post a couple laptops that I found, and would like some input on what would be a better choice for me and if there is any problems that I might run into while installing ubuntu and getting things tweaked to work correctly.
first is a HP. Price is great, and I will be buying 4gb memory to install after I receive it... they want way to much for them to put it in.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&email_id=320479&jumpid=in_r329_emailconfig
Second is an MSI. I would upgrade to the TL-60 and 250 gb hd. total price would then be 899 with shipping, but this one uses the ATI video card I preferred. I never heard of MSI either so I wasn't sure what to think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290233224849&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123
Last one which I didn't look too much into, was an ASUS. anyone know of how well a similar set up ASUS would suit me?
Thank you for your help!
Ben