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what would you go for between those three

Poll Results: wich one

Poll expired: Feb 27, 2006 This is a multiple choice poll
  • 44% (8)
    IBM thinkpad A31
  • 44% (8)
    Toshiba A65-s1062
  • 11% (2)
    Compaq EVO N610c
18 Total Votes  
post #1 of 26
2/18/06 at 1:23am
Thread Starter 
ok i need to get a new lappy for my cnc class at school to run mastercam and autocad and well my armada m700 is getting a bit old for the mastercam part of my class so i am thinking about one of those three model keep in mind that ill try to trade my m700 for some part to upgrade the one ill finally buy so let me know
thx!

#1
IBM thinkpad A-31
Processor : Intel Pentium 4-M 1.6Ghz
RAM installed / Maximum : 512Mb (expandable to 1gig)
Hard Drive : 20Gb internal IDE
video ATI Radeon mobility 7500 32 Mo
CD / DVD Type : CD-ROM
Floppy : 1.44Mb external
Screen : 15" inches TFT active matrix 1024x768
765$ canadian

#2
Toshiba A65-s1062
2.7ghz Intel Celeron
15'' TFT Screen 1024x768
40gig hdd
ATI mobility 7000 64mb
256mb DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1.25gig)
DVD/CD-ROM Drive
460$ canadian

#3
Compaq EVO N610c
Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz
hard drive 30 gig
Memory 256 meg (expandable to 1gig)
DVD
Fax Modem 56k
video ATI Radeon mobility 7500 32 Mo
lan 10/100
screen 14 inchs 1400 x 1050 (SXGA+)
595$ canadian
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post #2 of 26
2/18/06 at 2:15am
toshiba cheapest and best
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post #3 of 26
2/18/06 at 11:51am
Thread Starter 
come on people i need your input
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post #4 of 26
2/18/06 at 2:00pm
I stay away from IBM because of all of their proprietary games they've pulled on me... and I know a few people that own a Toshibas and are happy with them
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post #5 of 26
2/18/06 at 2:06pm
I'm one of those people.
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post #6 of 26
2/18/06 at 2:26pm
IF those are your only options then go for the Toshiba. But if you can, I'd try and find something with a Pentium M in it (not the P4-M) in order to lighten the load a good bit since you're gong to be taking it to class with you.
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post #7 of 26
2/18/06 at 2:43pm
Thread Starter 
yeah well what i was thinking is to get the toshiba and try to trade it with my old armada m700 for something better and yes i know alot of people have been telling me to get a PM instead of a celly or a P4M but the price for one are alot higher the the price i was getting the toshiba for i was thinking that i might be able to get a better trading value then for it cuz all i might be able to add to the value of both of them is like 40$usd

edit: i am almost sure i can't but can i put a PM in the toshiba
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post #8 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:28pm
No. You should be able to put a P4 in there (even one of the HT ones) but a PM is not going to happen.
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post #9 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:37pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by thelostpatrol
I'm one of those people.
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post #10 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:38pm
Thread Starter 
so in your opinion should i buy the toshiba and try to trade it for a higher value with my m700 against another PM lappy at a local used computer store or should i keep the toshiba and get some upgrade material with the m700 like extra stick of mem
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post #11 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:43pm
Toshiba A65-s1062
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post #12 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:48pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by suddste223
Toshiba A65-s1062
so i guess this mean you would keep it and upgrade it instead
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post #13 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:48pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ataxy
so i guess this mean you would keep it and upgrade it instead

yes.
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post #14 of 26
2/18/06 at 3:54pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by suddste223
yes.
lol yeah i guess i should have looked at your sig

edit1:
would this fit in it
3.2 ghz prescott core, 1mb of l2 Cache, socket 478
cuz i might be able to get it in a trade against a 6600gt pcie that i have
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post #15 of 26
2/18/06 at 8:05pm
Thread Starter 
any more comment
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post #16 of 26
2/18/06 at 11:15pm
I work with CnC machines and Matercam too !!
Sorry but i think your budget is very low
All this notebooks will be very slow machines to mastercam and autocad..
but if i have to choose a machine , il choose the second one.
Toshiba have a better graphics card , a faster processor and DDR memory, which is cheaper than SDRAM!!
If you could spend a little more it would be very nice!!

Br So7t
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post #17 of 26
2/18/06 at 11:56pm
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well at school for the mastercam class whe have P4 1.7ghz with 768mb of ram and onboard 8XX intel card and it runs mastercam 10 pretty good as for autocad i have been using the 2005 version for the last 8 month on my armada m700 with not much of a problem ...but i must admit i havent done any 3d toolpath yet in master cam and this maybe where indeed my budget lappy will show its weakness but hey what can i do i have to go with my budget and this is all i have for now but i have abit of cross trading going on at the moment and what i think ill go with is the toshiba and add a 512mb of ram to it and i might be able to get a P4 3ghz with HT for it and a faster hdd anyway no mather what happen ill have to do the best i can with what ill get but thx for your point of view

edit:
the requirement for mastercam arnt that great according to there website
1.5 GHz Intel processor
Windows® XP or Windows 2000 with latest service packs and updates; .NET 1.1 framework and DirectX ® version 9.Oc.
512 Mb RAM, 1 GB available hard disk space
64 MB OpenGL-compatible (minimum)
1024 x 768 resolution (minimum)
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post #18 of 26
2/19/06 at 11:38pm
Thread Starter 
ok well i have a done deal i am getting the toshiba but i will change the cpu for a P4 2.8c/HT and ill add 512mb of ram, if i can maybe 1gig, and ill try to get a better hdd then the 40gig/4200rpm thats in it
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post #19 of 26
2/20/06 at 12:10pm
Don't get those 4 generations old systems.

Look around for Acer Aspire systems based on the Celeron M

You can probably find one for about 800 CND
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post #20 of 26
2/20/06 at 2:24pm
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but i must admit i havent done any 3d toolpath yet in master cam and this maybe where indeed my budget lappy will show its weakness
You said it all!! Toshiba doesnt have an 7500 (Compac and Ibm) but it have 64mb not shared and thats very important!! when you start to make some works on 3d you will see what i mean.. BTW take a look on extreme graphics card for CAD-CAM all them have lots of memory..

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well at school for the mastercam class whe have P4 1.7ghz with 768mb of ram and onboard 8XX intel card and it runs mastercam 10 pretty good as for autocad i have been using the 2005 version for the last 8 month on my armada m700 with not much of a problem ...
Sorry , im but i have to tell you my opinion about your school computers.. the specs of that computers are totaly obsolete and not apropriated to this kind of function "onboard 8XX intel card"
with that kind of spec i will take all day looonnnngggg to calculate a surface...
When i was at school 3 years ago we had p4 with Wildcat on there, i cant remember spec!! nowadays in my work we have 4 workstations with Nvidia Quadro FX 4400 inside ,dual xeon and 4gb of memory each machine!! powerful machines ...
About you choice..
Im happy with your choice!! toshiba seems to be the best machine of them!!
An humble advice..
I think before you change cpu or put a better Hdd on your future notebook please put 1gb of memory on it !! memory is the fastest way to improve "real solid" performance, second is a better Hdd and for last cpu.
changing cpu from celeron 2.7ghz to p4-2.8ghz with HT will not improve as much you are thinking!! (HT is emulation of cores. not a real core!!! IT sucks!! Prove of that, is the battle between Amd64 and P4-HT, if you want real power you must have multiple core).

Br So7t.
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