3 Notebooks left in the BW list..........please help?

superluminova · Post by **superluminova** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:27 pm

Ok guys i got my wanted notebooks down to a final 3 now i need your help as i don' have a clue whice one to choose???

please help?

1: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D8830

http://www.nice-pc.co.uk/bestbuyfujitsu ... zDVDRW.asp

2: Evesham Voyager CineBook

http://www.evesham.com/

3: Sony Vaio PCGZ1SP

http://products.sony.co.uk/productdetai ... 10_27_2724

PLEASE HELP AS I REALLY DO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CCOMPUTERS

Post by **fac51** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:51 pm

can u cut and paste all the specs for each one.. cant get the second link to work..

superluminova · Post by **superluminova** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 3:10 pm

http://www.evesham.com/PCs/Info.asp?e=C ... DFAD4CABE2

heres the spec for the evesham one ed

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 3:35 pm

Barry,

have managed to look at all of them bar the sony, and can suggest 2 things.

1. The 3gig Fujitsu siemens is fine for replacing a desktop let alone being a secondary system, only downside is that cos of the P4 it will have a battery life of about 10 mins, and will produce enugh heat to cater for a 3rd world country. Other than the 2 negative issues, buy buy buy

2. The Voyager is 1500 Mhz SLOWER (not good if your gonna be doing any gaming or video editing etc on it, as my old XP2000 (1.67 Ghz) died when trying, and this ones slower. Might be wrong tho as its the M version (if i read correctly) and im not sure how they perform in comparison to normal cpus. Good thing about it being an M series CPU is the fact that its designed for use in a laptop, meaning that it will have good battery life.

Hope this helps mate

superluminova · Post by **superluminova** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:01 pm

cheers andy so p4's not great for battery life i might have alot of shopping about still to do

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:06 pm

I think the best thing to do would be to think about what your going to be using it for, then look for suitable equipment. Im happy to help if you get stuck :-)

I would recommend the M series processors for a lappy, i just bin reading some comparison charts and battery life seems loads better than the Pentium equivalent

superluminova · Post by **superluminova** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:16 am

CAD Rendreing and word processing and using adobe programs alot, and watching the odd dvd and your help is most welcome mate

Post by **fac51** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:51 am

i would go for the fujitsu personally. best spec and surely the p4 would be a mobile p4 and therefore better battery life? anyway that has the best spec. forget the sony imo - tend to pay for the name. the evesham looks ok but expensive

superluminova · Post by **superluminova** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:06 pm

thanks for the help guys i've just been and looked at all the laptops and there not really as good as the sound on paper so it looks like its back to the drawing bored for me any sugestions?

Pino · Post by **Pino** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:12 am

sorry can't help you, I hate notebooks

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:18 pm

It depends on how much CAD work you do really, as CAD absolutely eats graphics power and memory. My mate has resorted to fitting a CAD card to his desktop, and it works fine now, but it was dying a painful death before.

Like pino, i prefer good old desktop bound boxes of fun, as the components arent necessarily that expensive, and you can cater for your needs.(or be a ponce like me and buy stuff cos its cool)