Alright guys this is round two for helping me pick out a laptop for my girlfriend. I have it down to three laptops, the Asus W7j, the Dell Latitude D420, and the Fujitsu Lifebook Q2010.
Here are my pros and cons for each, ill start with the one my girlfriend really wants:
Fujitsu Lifebook Q2010 (~$2,000 USD)
Pros:
Weight, and hight are really small! 2.2 lbs and only 0.78" high.
A/B/G wifi card
Widescreen (12.1)
Core Solo
Cons:
only 1.5 hours on stock battery WTF!
Expensive for what it comes with
Does not include in "package" an external optical drive
1 year warrenty
Asus W7j (~1,400 USD)
Pros:
Its an Asus!
Widescreen (13.3)
Dedicated Geforce GO 7400 (256mb)
4.3lbs
Core Duo
5400 RPM HDD (100 gig)
A/B/G wifi + Bluetooth?
Cons:
The heaviest/biggest of the group (4.3 lbs)
1 year warrenty
~2.5 hour battery life (upgradeable to 9 cell though)
*This is the laptop i might replace my Asus S5n with*
Dell Latitude D420 (~700-900 via dell outlet USD)
Pros:
Light weight (3.0 lbs)
Great batterylife (4 cell = 4 hours, 6 cell = 6 hours, 9 cell = 12 hours)
Core Duo
A/B/G wifi card
Includes an optical drive of your choice (dependent on price, but CD/RW is included in base)
3 year standard warrenty
Cons:
Its a Dell...
Its from the Outlet (though it is cheaper)
Not the fastest on the block (1.2 Ghz for Core Duo)
So guys what you do think? I really dont like the Fujitsu, maybe if it was close to the price point that the others are i could consider it, but i really dont think its worth that much money!
I really like the W7 because it has a dedicated graphics card and a widescreen (i have the standard 4:3 on my current laptop and hate it). Then i came across the D420, and i really really like it, it seems to be everythign she is looking for and half the price! She wants somthing to take to class and take notes on and surf the net and do stuff for work on it, because her work computer suck ass! Just like MS Publisher, Word, etc nothing like photoshop or anything like that, she works in an HR office at our University.
Anyways what do you guys think? Im really leaning toward the Dell since it is almost half the price of the W7j (even though i *think* the build quality would be better with the Asus).
Thanks for your opinions!
Here are my pros and cons for each, ill start with the one my girlfriend really wants:
Fujitsu Lifebook Q2010 (~$2,000 USD)
Pros:
Weight, and hight are really small! 2.2 lbs and only 0.78" high.
A/B/G wifi card
Widescreen (12.1)
Core Solo
Cons:
only 1.5 hours on stock battery WTF!
Expensive for what it comes with
Does not include in "package" an external optical drive
1 year warrenty
Asus W7j (~1,400 USD)
Pros:
Its an Asus!
Widescreen (13.3)
Dedicated Geforce GO 7400 (256mb)
4.3lbs
Core Duo
5400 RPM HDD (100 gig)
A/B/G wifi + Bluetooth?
Cons:
The heaviest/biggest of the group (4.3 lbs)
1 year warrenty
~2.5 hour battery life (upgradeable to 9 cell though)
*This is the laptop i might replace my Asus S5n with*
Dell Latitude D420 (~700-900 via dell outlet USD)
Pros:
Light weight (3.0 lbs)
Great batterylife (4 cell = 4 hours, 6 cell = 6 hours, 9 cell = 12 hours)
Core Duo
A/B/G wifi card
Includes an optical drive of your choice (dependent on price, but CD/RW is included in base)
3 year standard warrenty
Cons:
Its a Dell...
Its from the Outlet (though it is cheaper)
Not the fastest on the block (1.2 Ghz for Core Duo)
So guys what you do think? I really dont like the Fujitsu, maybe if it was close to the price point that the others are i could consider it, but i really dont think its worth that much money!
I really like the W7 because it has a dedicated graphics card and a widescreen (i have the standard 4:3 on my current laptop and hate it). Then i came across the D420, and i really really like it, it seems to be everythign she is looking for and half the price! She wants somthing to take to class and take notes on and surf the net and do stuff for work on it, because her work computer suck ass! Just like MS Publisher, Word, etc nothing like photoshop or anything like that, she works in an HR office at our University.
Anyways what do you guys think? Im really leaning toward the Dell since it is almost half the price of the W7j (even though i *think* the build quality would be better with the Asus).
Thanks for your opinions!
