herbs
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I'm considering buying this:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF05a/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-81135219.html
Things that are important:
160Gb plus
over 2ghz core duo, my dad has a Turion 2ghz and it seems slow
Bluetooth and wifi
1080p mkv/whatever play back preferably by hdmi with no stuttering
Glassy screen as high res as possible, 14/15"
fairly good graphics card to be fine for Vista and to be fine for all the funky Ubuntu 3D stuff
Quite nice looking, it's kind of a treat for myself
Price - not more than £900
Not important:
Games, got an xbox
Webcam
Stupid media control buttons/remote controls
Software, Linux could knock a bit off the price
At the moment I use an IBM Thinkpad x31 1.6 Pentium M which i love but just isn't enough. I'm a bit worried the build quality on a lot of laptops isnt going to match it. The new ones aren't quite what I want at the moment and too expensive anway. I Could really use a bit more power on my lap, I find myself using VNC to do things on the desktop (Athlon x2 4.2) and I'm sick of it. I've looked at some of the Dell vostro range but without actually being able to go and see/touch one somewhere i'm not going to risk it. Sony have some nice light machines, but i'm not really a fan of Sony stuff in general. I'm a bit stuck having spent hours looking.
So, given the requirements would you get that or something else?
Thanks if you can help, i'm finding this more frustrating than choosing a new car. It has to be right, I live on it.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF05a/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-81135219.html
Things that are important:
160Gb plus
over 2ghz core duo, my dad has a Turion 2ghz and it seems slow
Bluetooth and wifi
1080p mkv/whatever play back preferably by hdmi with no stuttering
Glassy screen as high res as possible, 14/15"
fairly good graphics card to be fine for Vista and to be fine for all the funky Ubuntu 3D stuff
Quite nice looking, it's kind of a treat for myself
Price - not more than £900
Not important:
Games, got an xbox
Webcam
Stupid media control buttons/remote controls
Software, Linux could knock a bit off the price
At the moment I use an IBM Thinkpad x31 1.6 Pentium M which i love but just isn't enough. I'm a bit worried the build quality on a lot of laptops isnt going to match it. The new ones aren't quite what I want at the moment and too expensive anway. I Could really use a bit more power on my lap, I find myself using VNC to do things on the desktop (Athlon x2 4.2) and I'm sick of it. I've looked at some of the Dell vostro range but without actually being able to go and see/touch one somewhere i'm not going to risk it. Sony have some nice light machines, but i'm not really a fan of Sony stuff in general. I'm a bit stuck having spent hours looking.
So, given the requirements would you get that or something else?
Thanks if you can help, i'm finding this more frustrating than choosing a new car. It has to be right, I live on it.