Posts by BargainSeeker

The Creative Labs card should be fine for your purposes. For speakers, you may want to consider these.

After reading reviews and benchmarks on the desktop version of the X1600, I am less than impressed. Here is a typical comment from a review of the ATI X1000 series at HotHardware: "The Radeon X1600 XT was much faster than the...

You may want to consider the Averatec 1000. Review here.

You may want to consider a customized Sony S580.

Quote: Originally Posted by SMP_Homer I should also have mentionned I'm in Canada... Is your budget US$600 or CAD$600?

Most cheap widescreen laptops have very poor sound quality with their internal speakers. Since music is important to your girlfriend, I'd recommend one of these display model Gateway M505X laptops for $599. It has very good sound...

The Mayhem G4 is an ASUS Z71V and not a Uniwill 259EI3. Check in the ASUS forum for reviews and more information.

Quote: Originally Posted by chaldoray What's the best AMD notebook out right now, in the $1000-$2000 range? That can be used for business, desktop replacement, with good battery life. Since this thread is about...

For more information, see the MS-1022 at the U.S. MSI website. What retail product number does the NVidia NV44M GPU correspond with? The GeForce 6200 Go?

You may want to consider the Panasonic Toughbook series. They are particularly designed for rugged outdoor use.