Posts by Tommi

HP Compaq nc8430 with ATI X1600 is pretty much a gaming/business 15". HP Compaq nw9440 is a gaming/business 17" with NVIDIA QuadroFX 1500M (7900 GS equivalent), but it's well over $2000. As others said above, NVIDIA Quadro...

Nice review!

I think the first thing you have to decide is the size of the laptop. The more you plan to carry the thing around the smaller notebook you need. 17" laptops are mostly desktop replacements. They are not meant to be used that much on...

Quote: Originally Posted by HahaKakashi What is the difference between the ATIX1600 and the FireGL V5200?? Which one is better on gaming and some dvds watching? Also which one is more power savings? Thx They...

I just want to point out that BOTH nw8240 and nw8440 are officially qualified for use with Maya, so you don't absolutetly NEED nw8440 for all jobs. But nw8440 might be a better choice, since 256 MB VRAM is quite a norm nowadays. But...

I recommend you HP Compaq nx7400 for $859: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...5-2512454.html It's got a dual core processor (T2300e), DVD+-RW, WXGA (1280x800 wide screen), 3 USB ports, 1 firewire port, WLAN a/b/g, and 512 MB memory...

I posted to your another thread already, but I'll post more here: For SD (standard definition): - 512 MB RAM - 1 GB RAM, depending on your editing program - Basic graphics card for playback (anything with discrete memory is ok), an...

Quote: Originally Posted by kenyee If you can afford an nc8430, it looks like a good one. I think the only negative is it didn't have an ExpressCard slot the last time I looked at it and you're stuck w/ Windows even if...

Well, the main difference is the video card. nw8240 has Fire GL V5000, which is a 128 MB video card (X700 equivalent) and nw8440 has Fire GL V5200, which is a 256 MB video card (X1600 equivalent). I haven't used Maya, but I think there...

Well, it looks ok, even overkill for SD (standard definition). You are pretty much fine with something like 512 MB / 1 GB RAM for SD. HD (High Definition) editing is much more demanding though, but I don't think you need to consider it...