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post #1 of 17
2/5/05 at 2:55pm
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Ok looking to buy a notebook in the next 2 months.

I will be doing some photoediting, quite a bit of audio work and taking it to classes (college). I was looking at the Pentium M's because of how light they are, the battery life and so on. If that is the path i choose then these are the specs i was looking for:

Pen. M 1.8-2.0ghz
512mb-1gb of memory
60-80gb hard drive
At least a ati 9700 with 64mb of ram
dvd/cd-rw

anyone have any suggestions or bias that they wish to share? Was looking at a CL56 or a 3790, but when i read the battery life it says it only lasts 3-4hrs, wouldn't i just be better off to get a desktop processor then?

Thanks
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post #2 of 17
2/5/05 at 3:05pm
Try an ASUS M6Ne or M6BNe and buy the extra optical bay battery... that should get you 6-7 hours I believe
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post #3 of 17
2/5/05 at 3:06pm
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wow that would be an awesome amount of time for me to work....
where do you suggest I look at buying this?

Mwave
Ibutpower
powernotebooks
geared2play

Thanks for the speedy response
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post #4 of 17
2/5/05 at 3:19pm
www.geared2play.com is a good place... and so is www.proportable.com
both have great customer service and are willing to answer any questions
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post #5 of 17
2/5/05 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by AuroraS
www.geared2play.com is a good place... and so is www.proportable.com
both have great customer service and are willing to answer any questions
ProPortable is really communicative - very customer service oriented.
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post #6 of 17
2/5/05 at 6:09pm
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Originally Posted by ilCacciatore
ProPortable is really communicative - very customer service oriented.
True, but in my experience, much more expensive.

Build it yourself haha
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post #7 of 17
2/5/05 at 7:00pm
This is exactly what you would need.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-058&depa=3

Although, I would have to say that the Pentium M is not very good at photo editing, compared to P4 with HT, or Athlon 64 for that matter.
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post #8 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by HardBall
This is exactly what you would need.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-058&depa=3

Although, I would have to say that the Pentium M is not very good at photo editing, compared to P4 with HT, or Athlon 64 for that matter.
why that? I mean if primary purpose is going to classes.. i can see that, but what if I want to use Adobe and do some basic photoshop editing while I am busy?

why not just go customize a laptop like the asus previous mentioned that is even better and same price or cheaper??
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post #9 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:26pm
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Originally Posted by ranger0900
why that? I mean if primary purpose is going to classes.. i can see that, but what if I want to use Adobe and do some basic photoshop editing while I am busy?

why not just go customize a laptop like the asus previous mentioned that is even better and same price or cheaper??
Photoshop does not need a powerful graphics card, and the T42 is a professional grade notebook, and has served everyone who owns it well, and the owners never complain about the quality or service. Although ASUS is a nice notebook, I don't think all of the owners there can say the same.

Basic photoshop editing does not take that much CPU power, even less graphics. I assume that this is not going to be a gaming machine, nor 3-D rendering, so the 9700 will be overkill. Trust me, if you are in college or grad school, the most important thing is going to be reliability.

You don't want to have a major problem with your notebook when the due date of a major project or paper is looming (unless you have a second PC), for paying a little more for an IBM, you will be buying a peace of mind and the security you would not have with other brands. And a thinkpad with extended battery will easily give you 6-7 hours. They are light, durable, and extremely well built, and very easy to service yourself, and is a joy to own. The same is not true with ASUS or CL. Why not sacrifice a little performance (which you do not need), or a little more money (which you possibly can afford), and get a much better quality machine which will last you much longer on average life span.
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post #10 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:30pm
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Now that is what I call a reply!!!!

thanks man, I'll start looking through the IBMs
thanks for the help
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post #11 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:34pm
the asus m6 isn't light, durable, or well built? it's all of those things...well, it's light for a 15" screen, anyway...and anyone who knocks asus quality is in disagreement with about 95% of the computer world, and quite possibly delusional...not to mention the fact that your claims about the t42 never having issues is completely absurd...
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post #12 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:39pm
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hmmm....
so what I assume you enjoy the asus?

I was figuring that having on board video other than that intergrated crap would be very helpful.
I also figured why not go with an asus cram as much hardware on there as I can and get a nice battery life.
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post #13 of 17
2/5/05 at 8:41pm
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Originally Posted by Zem Frim-Bott
the asus m6 isn't light, durable, or well built? it's all of those things...well, it's light for a 15" screen, anyway...and anyone who knocks asus quality is in disagreement with about 95% of the computer world, and quite possibly delusional...not to mention the fact that your claims about the t42 never having issues is completely absurd...
How about this, we run a poll in this forum, and see which brand would be more reliable and has more trust in the people who really know laptops?
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post #14 of 17
2/5/05 at 9:08pm
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well that will be interesting......


doesnt really show which hardware is better, but will show who is represented more

EVERYONE GO VOTE!!!!
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post #15 of 17
2/5/05 at 9:13pm
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Originally Posted by HardBall
How about this, we run a poll in this forum, and see which brand would be more reliable and has more trust in the people who really know laptops?
that's awfully scientific...but i voted anyway...

i wasn't saying the ibm was crap...just that it's ridiculous for you to claim that the ibm is infallible, and to imply that asus quality is suspect...asus is pretty reknowned for their quality...
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post #16 of 17
2/5/05 at 9:15pm
I think IBM is great if you are a business owner and get the business warranties - but if you have a regular warranty they're just about the same as anyone else.
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post #17 of 17
2/6/05 at 6:03am
An even cheaper place for asus notebooks is istnc.com . Talk to their people via live chat and you'll see they seem to be on top of things. By far the cheapest out there, and seem to have good customer support. They offer the m6ne barebone for $820 (m6bne $845), and their component pricing is very reasonable, in some cases cheaper than newegg. Check them out.
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