I've been reading through reviews and this board for about the past 2 weeks, and I'm not able to decide on what laptop would best fit my needs. So here is what I'm looking for:
Those are the main things, other considerations, good tech support, turn around time - I dont want to have to wait a month+ for it to ship, build quality - no cheap plastic pos that has to be kept an inch off any surface or it will overheat (current laptop is just that), and I would prefer to keep any external buttons to an absolute minimum - like the audio dj busttons on the m6n. And of course all the standard things like modem, ethernet, usb, pcmcia and things like that.
This will mainly be used with linux doing work type activities, lots of network action. A little bit of DVD viewing and probably only a little bit of gaiming.
Thanks in advance, I hope I'm not asking for too much with my list of wants.
David
- Battery life - Want 7+ hours of real world use (office type work with wireless), not 7+ hours in standby (will settle for 5+, will go a little less if it works with an electrovaya powerpad)
- Screen - If less than 14" XGA is fine but 14" or larger must be SXGA+ (NO WIDESCREEN)
- CPU - 1.2 - 1.6 Pentium M
- RAM - 1GB
- Wifi - B is fine, b/g or a/b/g are more favorable
- Optical - DVD or DVD/CDRW, external is fine for small form factor
- HDD - At least 5400RPM, size doesnt matter much 40GB is more than enough
- Size - Not real picky here, smaller than 13"x12"x2" (max my laptop bag can hold), would like something that is ~1" thick but if its a little more thats fine too
- Weight - Max of 7lbs, need this to be something I can easily carry around all day
- Price - Looking at max $2500 with shipping and all accessories
Those are the main things, other considerations, good tech support, turn around time - I dont want to have to wait a month+ for it to ship, build quality - no cheap plastic pos that has to be kept an inch off any surface or it will overheat (current laptop is just that), and I would prefer to keep any external buttons to an absolute minimum - like the audio dj busttons on the m6n. And of course all the standard things like modem, ethernet, usb, pcmcia and things like that.
This will mainly be used with linux doing work type activities, lots of network action. A little bit of DVD viewing and probably only a little bit of gaiming.
Thanks in advance, I hope I'm not asking for too much with my list of wants.
David
Thanks for pointing out the NC6000 for me, I'll be sure to write up a review and my experiences with it when it finally arrives.
