It is about time to replace my Toshiba S501 with something newer. I will probably give my laptop to my brother as a Christmas present as it still is a 1.7 Pentium 4 M and has decent specs for a laptop for a 12 year old.
Anyways I have not played a game on my laptop in probably over 3 years. So I don’t think that is really a concern of mine unless I suddenly want to start playing games again, but I honestly doubt it. Also I usually just use my computer laying on bed and watching some TV, so I don’t want a 17 inch or anything like that. I want something that will not be outdated in less then a year (this Toshiba has lasted me 4 and in all honestly if it wasn’t for the fact of me wanting to give it to my brother it would probably last me another 1-2 years).
So I am either looking at the Apple MacBook or the Dell E1505, Both price out to within 20 bucks of each other in price. I love the look of the MacBook but haven’t really used a Mac since middle school
I kind of want something different then Windows XP, but luckily Vista is coming out soon so that works for the Dell.
I mainly use it for just for surfing the net at this point in time. I may soon start to use the photo feature more, as well as listening to some music, and a very limited amount of word processing.
My main concern is quality. The toshiba's harddrive would crash once every 6-8 months before it finally got replaced under warranty, the HP i had before that was the biggest pos in the world that after 2 years circuit city gave me my $2k back. So i want something good and reliable.
Specs:
E1505
-PROCESSORIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
-OPERATING SYSTEM & TV-TUNERSGenuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
-UPGRADE TO WINDOWS VISTAExpress Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition
-LCD PANEL15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
-MEMORY1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
-HARD DRIVE80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
-OPTICAL DRIVE8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
-VIDEO CARD256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
-SOUND OPTIONSIntegrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
-BATTERY OPTIONS53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
-WIRELESS CARDSDell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)
-BLUETOOTH OPTIONSDell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
MacBook
•13.3-inch glossy widescreen
•1280 x 800 resolution
•2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
•1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB
•80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
•Slot-load 6x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
•Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM
•Mini-DVI out
•Built-in iSight video camera
•Built-in Gigabit Ethernet
•Built-in AirPort Extreme
•Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
•Two USB 2.0 ports
•One FireWire 400 port
•Scrolling TrackPad
•Apple Remote
•Mac OS X Tiger
Any input is appreciated. BTW I am looking at buying relatively soon (0-2weeks)
Anyways I have not played a game on my laptop in probably over 3 years. So I don’t think that is really a concern of mine unless I suddenly want to start playing games again, but I honestly doubt it. Also I usually just use my computer laying on bed and watching some TV, so I don’t want a 17 inch or anything like that. I want something that will not be outdated in less then a year (this Toshiba has lasted me 4 and in all honestly if it wasn’t for the fact of me wanting to give it to my brother it would probably last me another 1-2 years).
So I am either looking at the Apple MacBook or the Dell E1505, Both price out to within 20 bucks of each other in price. I love the look of the MacBook but haven’t really used a Mac since middle school
I kind of want something different then Windows XP, but luckily Vista is coming out soon so that works for the Dell.
I mainly use it for just for surfing the net at this point in time. I may soon start to use the photo feature more, as well as listening to some music, and a very limited amount of word processing.
My main concern is quality. The toshiba's harddrive would crash once every 6-8 months before it finally got replaced under warranty, the HP i had before that was the biggest pos in the world that after 2 years circuit city gave me my $2k back. So i want something good and reliable.
Specs:
E1505
-PROCESSORIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
-OPERATING SYSTEM & TV-TUNERSGenuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
-UPGRADE TO WINDOWS VISTAExpress Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition
-LCD PANEL15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
-MEMORY1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
-HARD DRIVE80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
-OPTICAL DRIVE8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
-VIDEO CARD256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
-SOUND OPTIONSIntegrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
-BATTERY OPTIONS53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
-WIRELESS CARDSDell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)
-BLUETOOTH OPTIONSDell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
MacBook
•13.3-inch glossy widescreen
•1280 x 800 resolution
•2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
•1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB
•80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
•Slot-load 6x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
•Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM
•Mini-DVI out
•Built-in iSight video camera
•Built-in Gigabit Ethernet
•Built-in AirPort Extreme
•Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
•Two USB 2.0 ports
•One FireWire 400 port
•Scrolling TrackPad
•Apple Remote
•Mac OS X Tiger
Any input is appreciated. BTW I am looking at buying relatively soon (0-2weeks)
