ah yeah, you probobly know my pointless Averatec posts. yeah, i am still in the market, not going to make my purchase till late august but i do want to feel good about my lappy thats why i am doing all my researching now. a while ago somebody recommended a compaq r3000 to me despite my mistrust issue with hp/compaq. there are a few variations of the r3000. the ones i am considering is r3000z with AMD64 and R3000t with a P4 and shared graphics. I am no heavy gamer, occasional CS, but then again, I ran that game on a 866mhz PIII and 256mb ram. I did a custom job of each that I can live with.
the Z: $1024
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AMD64 3000+
512mb ram (2*256)
XP home
DVD/CD-RW
54g wifi
40 gig 4200rpm hd
15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
64mb nvidia 440 go
8 cell bat
the T
1074
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P4 Mobile 2.8ghz
xp home
512mb ram (2*256)
40gig 4200rpm hd
dvd/cd-rw
54g wifi
15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
ATI 9000 AGP (shared up to 64mb?)
8 cell bat
my turnoff about the system: is the size and weight but considering it will stay at home most of it's life its a non-issue for me. the medeocre battery life is also non-(major)issue. also the fact its a compaq is just unsetteling. my friends told me way to many compaq/hp horror stories yet my 1/2 bro has a pavellion lappy for almost 3 years now w/o any problems. my one issue, is i see quite a few of you complaining about both graphics chips. according to a few, the 9000 is total junk and the 440 is outdated, slow and weak.
the things i like: AMD64 is looking rather sweet right now. the 512 ram (although rather standard, i would agree to 256 just to drive down the initial cost, i can always toss in a stick later). the WXGA, even though its a 15.4, not a 17, still better than a 15 or even a 14.1 i would settle for. one thing i do like about paqs is the case design, ok so its no alienware, ferrari or even a Compal but still looks nice.
but back on track, forget about weight and terrible battery life. from a non-heavy gaming perspective, is this a well rounded bang-for the buck system or is there a more loaded system for this price, (i don't want to go any higher than $1100 so that rules out the emachines)
the Z: $1024
------------
AMD64 3000+
512mb ram (2*256)
XP home
DVD/CD-RW
54g wifi
40 gig 4200rpm hd
15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
64mb nvidia 440 go
8 cell bat
the T
1074---------------
P4 Mobile 2.8ghz
xp home
512mb ram (2*256)
40gig 4200rpm hd
dvd/cd-rw
54g wifi
15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
ATI 9000 AGP (shared up to 64mb?)
8 cell bat
my turnoff about the system: is the size and weight but considering it will stay at home most of it's life its a non-issue for me. the medeocre battery life is also non-(major)issue. also the fact its a compaq is just unsetteling. my friends told me way to many compaq/hp horror stories yet my 1/2 bro has a pavellion lappy for almost 3 years now w/o any problems. my one issue, is i see quite a few of you complaining about both graphics chips. according to a few, the 9000 is total junk and the 440 is outdated, slow and weak.
the things i like: AMD64 is looking rather sweet right now. the 512 ram (although rather standard, i would agree to 256 just to drive down the initial cost, i can always toss in a stick later). the WXGA, even though its a 15.4, not a 17, still better than a 15 or even a 14.1 i would settle for. one thing i do like about paqs is the case design, ok so its no alienware, ferrari or even a Compal but still looks nice.
but back on track, forget about weight and terrible battery life. from a non-heavy gaming perspective, is this a well rounded bang-for the buck system or is there a more loaded system for this price, (i don't want to go any higher than $1100 so that rules out the emachines)
, but yeah I agree, it's a great laptop.
