I wonder what can by my choice if i want to buy a mainstream notebook which is of cheep ,15.4 inch widescreen size, of a well known brand and upcoming VISTA compatible( hey many might be looking for the same thing, come on and share). I have made a few choices after some humble research.
FIRST- VISTA requirements (supposed!)
Any Good processor of today 1.6 Pentium M or above or similar AMD, 512 or 1000MB ram, 128MB Vram( better 250, ?64 may work)
Now, lets see my choices
1-Toshiba satellite M40--1.7GHz centrino,512 upto 2000MG RAM,60GB or more HD,64Mb VRAM (ATI X600)can be increased to 128MB( Geoforce Go6600)--$1189
2-HPdv4000 1.73 centrino,512 upto 2000MB Ram,60Gb or more HD,128MB VRAM(ATIX700)--$1224
3-Dell Inspiron 6000--1.73 centrino, 512 upto1000MB Ram,60 GB or more HD,128MB VRAM( ATI X300)--$967
(Pls check latest prices for all from their respective sites, these r prices at the time of writing.)
I excluded DELL XPS M170, reasons, it,s 17 inch, too big for laptop, and most important too expensive. I am sorry to say it,s a stupid idea to buy it just being future proof( of course not if u r just looking for a power horse and money is no matter for u).Why not i will spend half of this money for any one of above notebooks and by the time these notebooks r obsolete (say 3 years) i can use the rest of the half money to buy another mmainstream notebook at that time and may be i wil be more present-proof at that time than if i get XPS horse now!!
Another big thing i ignored 64 bit ( Athlon n Turion), yes i did, as i think it,s really does not matter. Of course 64 bit is the way of future but i can just guess by the time 64 bit system will be universal, athlon n turion processors will be already obsolete or if not, all the notebooks of today who have these processors will be old donkeys at that time as they will lack other hardware components (except processor if at all) that might be the mainstream requirement of 64 bit notebooks of that time.I hope i could clear my point.I am not anti-AMD but when u talk of a notebook, i can just say, with my little knowledge( i am not comp geek, just ordinary user), buy AMD athlon or turion for any reason( watever it may be) but not for 64-bit.Am i right?
As i mentioned it,s all my opinoin with less knowledge( newers! pls don,t rely on it). I invite geeks to discuss the topic so that we can know the facts better.U can post ur future-proof proposed systems also.But categorize it by the size(14,15,15.4widescreen,17...) please, as this is one of the main things to consider before u buy and also price( medium range, cheep or costly- it is even more important of course).
FIRST- VISTA requirements (supposed!)
Any Good processor of today 1.6 Pentium M or above or similar AMD, 512 or 1000MB ram, 128MB Vram( better 250, ?64 may work)
Now, lets see my choices
1-Toshiba satellite M40--1.7GHz centrino,512 upto 2000MG RAM,60GB or more HD,64Mb VRAM (ATI X600)can be increased to 128MB( Geoforce Go6600)--$1189
2-HPdv4000 1.73 centrino,512 upto 2000MB Ram,60Gb or more HD,128MB VRAM(ATIX700)--$1224
3-Dell Inspiron 6000--1.73 centrino, 512 upto1000MB Ram,60 GB or more HD,128MB VRAM( ATI X300)--$967
(Pls check latest prices for all from their respective sites, these r prices at the time of writing.)
I excluded DELL XPS M170, reasons, it,s 17 inch, too big for laptop, and most important too expensive. I am sorry to say it,s a stupid idea to buy it just being future proof( of course not if u r just looking for a power horse and money is no matter for u).Why not i will spend half of this money for any one of above notebooks and by the time these notebooks r obsolete (say 3 years) i can use the rest of the half money to buy another mmainstream notebook at that time and may be i wil be more present-proof at that time than if i get XPS horse now!!
Another big thing i ignored 64 bit ( Athlon n Turion), yes i did, as i think it,s really does not matter. Of course 64 bit is the way of future but i can just guess by the time 64 bit system will be universal, athlon n turion processors will be already obsolete or if not, all the notebooks of today who have these processors will be old donkeys at that time as they will lack other hardware components (except processor if at all) that might be the mainstream requirement of 64 bit notebooks of that time.I hope i could clear my point.I am not anti-AMD but when u talk of a notebook, i can just say, with my little knowledge( i am not comp geek, just ordinary user), buy AMD athlon or turion for any reason( watever it may be) but not for 64-bit.Am i right?
As i mentioned it,s all my opinoin with less knowledge( newers! pls don,t rely on it). I invite geeks to discuss the topic so that we can know the facts better.U can post ur future-proof proposed systems also.But categorize it by the size(14,15,15.4widescreen,17...) please, as this is one of the main things to consider before u buy and also price( medium range, cheep or costly- it is even more important of course).
