What laptop do you use and how does it fair day to day

[doom102938]

Personally, i am a student and i am using a Acer Aspire 5920G. I absolutely love this laptop! Specifications wise is almost the same as the MacBook Pro but the MacBook Pro has a 50% premium over the 5920G.

Specifications are as follows:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0Ghz,800Mhz FSB,4MB Cache(Woots cheap and fast processor. very very decent speed
Ram:2Gb DDR2-667(No Comments)
Graphics card:Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB with turbo cache(SUPER graphical capability for a laptop.)
Hard Disc:160Gb(No comments too lol)

Thats the main specs. However something i hate about this laptop is the poor screen quality and poor screen lighting. The touch sensitive buttons at the side is also irritating as you sometimes accidentally press them and something pops up.
Batter life however is EXCELLENT for a laptop of this size. With balanced mode in windows vista it can last almost 4 hours of wireless surfing.. if everything is off and laptop is idle.. it can last around 5.5 hours lol.. gaming drawn in about 3 hours. And i am using the standard 6 cell battery. Theres a 8 Cell option for added juice.
The key board also is good in a sense that the key stroke is pretty long. meaning it feels like a destop's keyboard.
Downside is the enormous weight. the laptop itself(with battery) is a little over 3.2kg. with its power brick and accessories it can easily top 5kg. add in the bag.. omg lol.. 6-7kg for the laptop.. with the books.. its really unbearable over 1 hr of carrying. back packs are recommended.

SO what about your laptop?

[Bl4ck^!]

HP Pavillion DV6510ew , 15.4" , Turion X2 (0,65nm) 1800Mhz, nForce520, 2x1gb DDR, 120gb 8mb sata2 Toshiba hdd, GeForce 8400GS 128mb DDR3, real good piece of hardware, i have it since 6 months now, and it's good piece of hardware.

[NRGRaVeR]

ive got a dell XPS 1710...
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33Ghz (fast enough :))
MEM: 2x 2GB 667mhz
GPU: Geforce Go 7950 GTX 512MB (Love this Card :yepp:)
HD: 160GB (little low, but got 500gb external :p:)

[MarlboroMan]

Asus A8M

CPU: Turion X2 TL-56 1.8Ghz
HD: 120Gb hitashi
Chipset: Nvidia NF4
GPU: 6150 GO 192MB dedicated and 64MB shared

Its a nice lappy and cheap... You can play UT2k4 at 1280x800 smooth...

[icon57]

dell xps 1530, 2.2 cpu, 4 gb ram, geforce 8400, 160gb hd, its ok, has vista utlimate, prolly faster is it was running XP

[RunawayPrisoner]

ASUS Eee PC 701 non-surf. Battery life is about 3 hours on heavy web-surfing + music listening, or 2 hours on very extreme gaming. Not too bad for having a four-cell battery pack. It weighs in only at 1kg (seriously, maybe even less), and has one nifty feature that I consider awesome: insanely fast Windows XP boot time. It takes only about 15-20 seconds from the main screen (Eee PC BIOS splash and all that) until you can start poking around inside the computer. Only downside is that the case is not mirror-finish, I guess.

[[XC] NetburstXE]

IBM Thinkpad T40. 1.6GHZ Pentium M, 1 GB RAM, 80GB HDD. About 2.4 KG, battery life is at this point around 2h15 under normal use, 1h25 when running WCG

[AnXioZ]

HP Pavilion DV6000T here.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83GHz)
RAM: 4GB (the chipset supports up to 3.2GB but eh)
HDD: 80GB 5400RPM Hitachi
VGA: Nvidia 7400GO 256MB Shared (Poor presenter when it comes down to new games though :()
Battery: 6 cell standard

I absolutely love the design on this thing. A couple of downsides though.

The laptop gets relatively hot on the bottom and some times I find it pretty irritating to use it on my lap.

I also found that a 15.4 inch seems like a bad choice for a student that commutes all the time. Don't get me wrong though. 15.4 inch display is a drool when it comes down to games and watching movies :D. The screen is also very crisp and I haven't noticed any blurring when playing games.

A HUGE downside though is battery life. If you think that you can check life scores and write in Word at the same time and get more than 1Hr and a half battery life think again. I believe that the new Pavilion life has better battery life now.
Right now I feel like selling it and getting an EEE PC or MSI's Wind notebook. I can definitely benefit from the smaller screen size and lighter weight, and even save some greenies :rolleyes:

[MINIz guy]

Gateway P-6831FX
Intel T5450
3GB DDR2 667MHz @ 5-4-4-14
WD Scorpio 320GB 5400RPM
nVidia 8800M GTS

Runs on Vista Home Premium 32-bit and I love it. Plays Call of Duty 4 at full resolution (1440x900) with over 40 FPS, which is better than my desktop. I get 2 hours surfing the web on this with the battery, so I no problems with this laptop. Next think to get on this will be a new processor once Monteniva comes out and Penryn prices drop.

[[XC] gomeler]

Apple Macbook Rev 1

Processor: Good question, 2.13GHz Core Duo I believe?
1GB DDR2-667
Seagate 120GB
GMA950

I bought this solely so I couldn't overclock it. I need a computer that is 100% stable for my daily activities. More often than not this thing saves me when benching with drivers and such :yepp:

[Hockster]

I've got an Acer 7720. C2D 1.5, 2GB, 8400GS, 17" screen (1920x1200). 3-4 hours battery, unless gaming, I love it.

[afireinside]

Dell XPS M1210
12" 1280*800
T5600 1.83ghz 2mb cache merom
2GB ram
80GB 5400rpm hdd
7400GO
Vista home premium

Keyboard feels great, laptop looks great, feels solid. Battery life WAS great at around 3ish hours on the 6 cell before it died, now i get <5 minutes. Going to order some cheap ebay 9 cell batteries I think. With a 9 cell, my CPU undervolt, and my GPU underclock I should be good for 5-6 hours :D I wanted to get one of the gateway FX lappys with an 8800M GTS for 1200 at bestbuy but I found out I'll have an 11 hour day at school next year. 2 hours of battery life won't work. Maybe a loaded XPS M1530 with the 1920*1200 screen :slobber:

[inCore]

Dell XPS M1210
12" 1280x800
T7200 2.0 GHz
1 GB of RAM (that was a dumb move - need to buy some more - get 2 GB of RAM people)
120 GB HDD
7400 GO
Vista Home Premium
9 Cell battery, around 4.5 hours of battery life

Good laptop actually, very sturdy (not very small but extremely solid feel), awesome keyboard (I hate most laptop keyboards but this thing is seriously great to type with), fast for most applications except gaming, the 7400 GO just isn't good enough for that.

HOWEVER, the paint has started to come off around the screen (this has been reported with others too) and my screen has broken. It flickers all of the time that it is often and makes a frying noise. After a while it often turns off (the screen) until I reboot. Then it flickers for a while before it turns off again. I'm about to send the laptop back to Dell, still under the 2 year warranty.

This laptop has hated me and I've sometimes hated it, often due to what I've done myself. After too many reformats and dual boots, I now have a constantly full 10 GB Vista partition and two other, unorganized, partitions. Once Dell gives it back, it will be given another GB of RAM and it'll be back to it's glory.

Now that I think about it, it's such a pain having a glossy screen sometimes too.

[Envydia007]

Ive been using thinkpads, this is my 4th thinkpad, T42p. and when I get my rebate I will buy X60s. My first thinkpad was T30 in 2002 it just died after 6 years.

[JamesBong420]

asus g1s
t7500 2.2ghz
2x1 gb mem
160gig
8600m gt 256..
15inch 1680x1050 AMAZING SCREEN!!!!

well it knocks all the games out right now @1680x1050(ut3,cod4,css,etc..) and i will start to see what she can do oced... love it, just wish it had a nice docking station..

:up::p::cool::D

[sephiroth8748]

I have a Sager NP2090

C2D T7250 @ 2.0Ghz
8600m GT 512mb
2gb ddr2-667
100gb 7200 sata hdd

I got it for $1300 flat last august. I thought I got it for a steal but powernotebooks.com has the penryn version with better specs than mine for 1200.

C2D T9300
4gb ram
8600m GT
200gb hdd
http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=566

technology improves too fast :rolleyes:

[MentholMoose]

I've been using a Thinkpad T42p, for about 3 years. This replaced an A31p that I used for about 3 years. I am itching to upgrade (to another Thinkpad, of course :) ), but I have about 2 more years on the EzServ warranty, so I'll be waiting for a while longer. The specs are:

CPU: 1.8GHz Dothan
RAM: 2GB DDR333
VID: ATI FireGL T2 256MB
LCD: 15" 1600x1200 S-IPS
WIFI: Intel 2915ABG
HDD: 100GB Hitachi

This is my PC for work, school, and personal use, so I use it A LOT. I have a docking station at work. The laptop is in good condition, considering how much I use it. I've used the warranty once, when a key on the keyboard broke off... they sent a replacement by next-day DHL.

There are three issues that require sending in the laptop, which I haven't taken care of yet. 1) The NIC is a bit flaky, 2) the LCD had some dust inside it, and 3) the palm rest has some small cracks. The issues are relatively minor (to me), which is why I haven't had them fixed.

[doom102938]

yeah personally i think that the balance between battery life,screen size,weight and price point is a major challenge. mine is good battery life.. good screen size and price point.. weight and screen quality is kinda horrible lol.. i am sooo thankful i did not buy the 17 inch monitor laptop..

[hillywav]

i currentl use joybook s41

BENQ joybook S41 :D

Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz (4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
160GB
DDR2 1GB
14.1" Wide Glare WXGA 250nits
nVidia Ge Force 8600M
4xUSB 2.0 / 1xVGA, etc, etc (lots)
Lithium-Ion -about 2.5 hours <normal use>
Weight: 2.6kg
Black Cassis

good lapie i guess.., the keyboard bit sucks...

but it's only +-1000 bucks :D, can't complain any XD

[MaSell]

Dell D620

CoreDuo T2400 (Yonah 1.83GHz 2MB L2)
2GB D9 :D + 512MB Infineon
Quadro 110M (7300GO)
60GB HDD
14' 1280x800
3h+ battery

Enough to surf, watching movies or play old games ;)

[gs274]

Upgraded from a Lenovo T61 to a HP DV2700Tse

T9300
4gb DDR2-667
128mb 8400m GS
200gb 7200rpm
802.11a/g/n
Bluetooth
DL-DVD-R/RW
Vista Ultimate 64

Keyboard is not as nice as a thinkpad but, build quality is better and no cpu squeal like the 2 T61's I had.

[kodiak kid]

I use 3...

Dell E1505 @ 2.0ghz, 2 gigs, 256M Nvidea (not sure the actual model)
Dell Inspiron 8600... PentiumM @ 1.6. 2 gigs, 64M vid card (~4 yrs old)
Ibuypower CZ8 Ultra. T9300 2.5Ghz 6megs L2, 2 gigs mushkin ram, Nvidea 8600m gt, 7200 rpm HDD <--personal favorite of the 3! Only paid $1484.00 to my door!

[KiD0M4N]

Just got a fully loaded XPS M1330. configured at the dellwebsite (incl of taxes and everything approx) = Rs 1,02,000 which comes to around $2500 but didn't pay that much :P

configuration:

T9300 2.5Ghz 6MB L2
320GB 5400 rpm Samsung
13.3" WLED screen (damn its so thin)
4GB DDR2-667
Wireless-N lan
8400GS 128M GDDR3 (a big bottleneck, scores 4.1 in Vista performance test)
Dell Bluetooth Stereo Headset
Dell Bluetooth mouse
6 cell battery

Did a battery test the other day in Vista... lasted about 2hrs 45mins with me surfing the internet, and voice chatting and using the Bluetooth wireless mouse.

Best part, the looks (ZOMG... I got the tuxedo black version) and the light weight.... its under 2kgs.

Karan

[geoffsthaboss]

dell xps 1530
t7500 @ 2.2 ghz, 3 gigs ram, 120hdd, 8600mGT running vista ultimate nicely

its really beautiful and games great
being about the thinnest 15.4'' non-mac laptop out there it is pretty portable but going class to class sometimes ive wished for the 13'' xps 1330..
battery life kinda sucks, id say maybe over three hours if im lucky

[Kabauterman]

ASUS Z53Sv:

Core 2 Duo T7500 2,2 GHz
2GB 667 CL5 Mem
GeForce 8600M GS 256 MB DDR2
160 GB 5400RPM SATA HDD
DVD 8x-DL-Burner
15,4" Display 1440x900 glare

realy nice Notebook, perfekt for working
and realy quick in Windows XP Pro

[Anemone]

ive got a dell XPS 1710...
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33Ghz (fast enough :))
MEM: 2x 2GB 667mhz
GPU: Geforce Go 7950 GTX 512MB (Love this Card :yepp:)
HD: 160GB (little low, but got 500gb external :p:)

I have one of these two, much like the above but a 7900 GTX Go and 100g HD. Works well but it's getting time to upgrade. Thinking about a quad core "mobile" :)

[Asgard_thor]

:-/ Rig in my sig...depressing I know. Close to top of the line 3-4yrs ago

[Boissez]

I still use an indestructible Toshiba R100 - Pentium M 1100 Mhz with 1,3 GB RAM, crummy specs but it runs Office and Photoshop CS2 fine and coz its weighing only 2 lbs I get to have it with me all the time :D

Oh yeah and it's tiny... about 1/4 the size of a regular 15,4" lappy.
http://www.report.at/report/media/apic/a_4962_4.jpg

[grimREEFER]

alienware m5500
t2300(yonah@1.66ghz)
geforce go7600
2 gigs of ram
9 cell battery
vista home premium
my brother has a dell xps m1330, i really like his more than mine( i did suggest that model to him), but my alienware is fine for what i use it for. just wish it didnt get so ridiculously hot.

[bt_medic04]

Toshiba Satellite P105-S9337

Core2Duo T7200 (2ghz 4mb L2 667mhz fsb)
2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 667
Geforce Go 7900GS 256mb
200GB 4200RPM HDD (WTF RIGHT? im looking at 7200RPM HDD's)
17" widescreen LCD 1440x900
Vista Home Premium.

great laptop with great specs, toshiba just needs to update the graphics card drivers >.<

[DEVIL K-ce]

Dell D600

Pentium M 1.7GHz
1024MB DDR 333MHz by Micron
WD Scorpio 80GB
Radeon 9000 32MB
14.1" SXGA+ 1400 x 1050
~ 3h with battery :)

[Mats]

HP nx9420 (http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3624): 17" 1680x1050, T2300, ATI X1600, 250 GB WD Scorpio, 1.5 GB RAM, <4 h battery

It's maybe the best prebuilt computer I've ever bought. Low price, pretty low weight for it's size, decent GPU back then (been playing everything on it), one low noise fan with separate HS for CPU and GPU (http://www.notebookreview.com/picture.asp?f=21684).

The good things about HP's professional laptops are:
- Well built with a magnesium frame, but not really like their competition Thinkpad (I think).
- Low prices, lower than Thinkpads. The nx9420 cost almost one third of a similar Apple.
- Easy to get service manuals from HP.com, easy to open the laptop and remove EVERYTHING. I need only a T8 screwdriver for the whole machine.:D
- Easy to order parts, and they have ok prices. (like the base enclosure for $40, mobo not cheap tho:rolleyes:)
- Many models (including mine) works with that fruit OS.:yepp:
- Eer. . the calculator button!:clap: At least some 17" have a button above the num pad that starts calc.exe! Not necessary but very handy!:D:D

The successor to this model is the 8710p (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-Compaq-8710p-Notebook.4456.0.html), but it costs a bit more mostly because of the higher end 8700 GT.

For those who need a reminder: Those tiny heatsinks fills up with dust pretty fast. I opened my HP for the first time after 16 months, and I couldn't see through the CPU HS!

[Mats]

Boissez: I like the R100, looks serious!

[rommel]

Dell Inspiron 8600

Frequent overheat errors upon boot, annoying F1 to continue on boot
Otherwise great for work/personal use, no gaming, not even CS 1.6
Intel Pentium M 1.7
2 Ghz Ram
2 removable hdd cages (100GB 7200rpm Vista32/ 60GB 7200rpm XP Pro)
ATI mobility 9600 Pro Turbo 128mb

[Sparda]

Here my notebook. Currently have a bad mobo on main rig.

Notebook: Samsung Q35-T2300 Cotezaa
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg

Pro
-Battery life 3-4 hours with battery saving mode and office mode. 2 - 2.5 hours with wifi on.
-Cheap nowdays.
-Fairly quiet. Can control the fan to idle with some hotkeys.
-so far quite satisfied because of it battery life , screen , quietness , size and weight.
-vista capable

Cons
-only xp home delivered
-only has one slot ram and other one 512mb is integrated.
-the idle fans hotkeys that doesnt work sometimes.

edit : Btw there a cheap solution for old timer on laptop. You all can play old dos games , old NES, even arcade games on MAME emulators. It just for a little bit fun on small laptops.

http://www.abandonia.com/
http://www.emulator-zone.com/

[Mats]

abandonia.com is nice, but just a warning: Wings of fury is very addictive! :D

[stocius]

I've got a Toshiba A205 Sat Pro

2 GHz AMD x2
2 GB RAM not sure of the speed
ati x1200

It works for the office and I like it.

[down8]

XT5000T.

Was cheap, and has a huge screen. If not for the IRQ sharing bug, and the heat, it'd be perfect.

-bZj

[Boite de P4]

I use a DELL Vostro 1400 since July 07, I really like it,

I've done a complete review on it (French link but i think you can translate it :))

http://www.jmax-hardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=1

[jcool]

IBM X60. Can't beat that for work. Small, light, powerful, good-looking, indestructible and runs 6 hours easily on battery.
12" display, T2400 (1,83Ghz @ 0,975V), 2GB MDT PC667 CL4, Seagate Mom,entus 7200.2 160GB, wlan/BT/fingerprint scanner, 8cell battery and the last to be optimized for Win XP Pro (thank god).

True, I did pimp ram and HDD (original HDD was really slow, only negative point about it really) but now it just plain rocks, never let me down and prolly never will.

However, I heard that all the "new" IBMs that are now made by Lenovo have rather suffered in quality... the X60 was one of the last series to be labeled Lenovo but still produced by good old IBM. Shame really :(

[l33t p1mp]

Finally got a new laptop from tigerdirect to replace the Pavilion dv2000 that I fried. It is a Compaq Presario E700. Nice little machine.

[Papu]

rig in my sig ,
since i sold my rig ive been using it 24/7 for almost 3 months now and i havent had a problem when i go out i shove in the 9cell battery and get about 4 maybe 5 hours out of it with tweaked power settings.

[racergr]

Toshiba Satellite M30X-118

Pentium M 735 @ 1.7GHz
Radeon 9600/9700 series 64MB AGP
2x256MB Infineon 2.5-3-3-7
60GB HDD
15.4 1280x800 Glossy

[fragmasterMax]

I have dell ultra portable m1210 t22 something 1.6ghz core duo from 'way back'. The gpu is a 7400 go which is anemic though it gets the job done. This laptop all in all was a great deal, i found it in craigslist for 300 bucks! It has great battery life (8+hours) and is everything that i wanted in a ultra portable.

[teat]

I have the Asus F5VL. Specyfication:
Pentium Dual Core t2330(1.6ghz)
2X1gb DDR2 ELPIDA 667mhz
ATI X2300@3xwr in 3d mark in hwbot.org
160GB sata

[Emerica]

Dell Latitude D610

Pentium M - 1.86ghz
1GB RAM DDR2
Integrated Intel graphics
40GB HD
14" LCD

This laptop is awesome and super reliable, I just get tired of the 1024x768 resolution.

[C3]

Dell XPS M1330

Core2Duo T7500 2,2GHz
4GB DDR2-667 memory
nVidia GeForce 8400M GS 128MB
13,3" LED-Display
Fingerprintreader,BT etc.
6+9Cell Battery

I simply love it. Its so small and powerful :D

[Blackstare]

Dell Inspiron 1420, Core 2 Duo 1.5Ghz, 4GB ram, 160GB HDD, Crappy intel graphics lol, Useful for college :)

[masterpain]

ibm r52 15"
1,73 ghz dothan
1,5gb ram
40 gb hdd
GM915

i will switch to the new x300 or the d630, dunno which one.
i love this laptop, but its getting old. :-D three years in everyday use has left its marks

[Galaren]

Lenovo Thinkpad T61
14.1" 1440x900
T7300 2.0GHz 2Gb Ram
Nv Quadro 140M 128Mb
80Gb HDD

I got this one for free so i absolutely love it

[chinaguy]

A 5 year old Toshiba Satellite 2450, 2.4ghz P4. Its given me years of perfect use, only now am I having to get a new battery! I had it loaded with 1GB of Ram and changed the hd to 80gb. Fitted a NEC DVD burner as the original was only CD/DVD.

Still boots up faster then my new IBM Laptop!!!!!

[k i iV]

a 17 inch MacBook Pro 2.4ghz, 4Gig RAM, 8600m @ 1920x1200.

[CCC]

Dell XPS 1730

2500mhz dual core
2 x 8800mgtx's in sli

great lappy for gaming.. i love being able to sit in the recliner in my home theatre room and play crysis while watching a blu-ray move ;)

It scores right around 12k in 3dmark 06


Definately the 1 drawback i have is it really gets hot, Enermax just released a new laptop cooler with a 250mm fan that im going to buy soon and see if that helps

[eknny]

I'm using a ASUS W7J

1.66GHz intel core duo
2.5GB ram (512MB onboard)
Geforce 7400
13.3" screen

Runs fine for my needs, can do the occasional gaming on it if I really need to.
Only downside is that the fan is somethings quite loud

[mrlader]

I use a Lenovo 3000 v100.

Core2 t5200
2gb ram
120GB HD
12in. screen

I love this thing. It's pretty light and with the optional 6 cell battery (some models standard) I get about 3.5 to 4 hr. out of it. Picked it up from microcenter last summer for $699 after a rebate. Can't beat that for it's specs and size/weight.

[theonetruewill]

I use my good old Gateway MX6640b
Pentium M 1.86 @ 2.25 GHz (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6379&d=1171824248)
X600se Mobility 358/279 @ 477/318 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6381&d=1171824801)
80GB Fujitsu
2x 512MB Cas4.
15.4" 1280x800

SuperPi 1M 33.110 (link1 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6056&d=1170625304),link 2 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6061&d=1170629267))

(Here's (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25716) my experiences and others with overclocking laptops)

Used to play BF2142 on it but had to scale down to 800x600 to get playability. The graphics overclock is necessary as the X600se is 64bit not 128bit, which is annoying. Love it to bits though - temps are good doesn't really go above 60*C - used to be lower but age seems to have put a dampner on that. Although I regularly clean it out.

[conzymaher]

m1530 on the way :)

T8300 2.4ghz Penryn
4gigs 667mhz ram
320 gig 5400rpm HDD
8600m GT
1680*1050 screen
9 Cell battery
etc

Will post impressions when it arrives :)

[Gamer]

An upgraded Inspiron 9400.
It had a X1400 and T2400 when I bought it, but upgraded it to in steps :

T2600 - T7400 -T7600
7200rmp 160GB HDD
7800GTX -7950GTX Go 512
4GB ram
WUXGA+ screen.

to bad the 7950 died on me, but I put a 7900GTX 512 in it.

[bot@xs]

i use

IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad R61
Intel T9300 2.5GHz, 6Mb Cache
4Gb Corsair DDR2 800MHz
Intel x3100
120Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD

i am not gaming on it, so no need for fancy graphics but it's raw power.
3.5 hours battery life with the six cell pack (standard), hdd shock protection
runs vista nice and smooth but i still use xp on it(can't take a chance with compatability issues when i am on the road). nicely sync's with home pc and network via bluetooth and wifi.
love it

[Duh]

medion 5400

p4 2.5 ghz
256 mb memory ( need an urgent upgrade)
40 gigs hdd
geforce 4

[Donster]

How do the top of the line gaming laptops compare to a top of the line gaming pc?

Regards

[doom102938]

How do the top of the line gaming laptops compare to a top of the line gaming pc?

Regards

Lots of difference. Firstly.. the laptop has very very little space compared to destop computer. this small amount of space would restrict pure computing power cus cooling and the amount of heat the cpu and gpu produce are much more limited than the gaming pc..
the very best gaming laptop would compare to a mid-high end pc..
of course the laptop is portable.. but anything over 15 inch(by my defination) is already a destop replacement.

[RunawayPrisoner]

How do the top of the line gaming laptops compare to a top of the line gaming pc?

Regards

How do you think?

PC:
Dual 4.5GHz 45nm quad-core
16GB of RAM
Quad-SLI 9800GX2

Laptop:
Single 2.5GHz 45nm dual-core
4GB of RAM
SLI 8800GTM

[MINIz guy]

There have been a few laptops that have broke 10k in 3DMark06. My current one with a crippled CPU pulls 6.8k and with a decent CPU, should pull around 8k-9k.

[heanwi]

Asus A8js, 14", XP
Intel T7200 @ 2GHz
nVidia GO 7700
2gb ram
120gb HDD

Use this for my daily surfing. Lovely screen size and resolution.

[ben rogers]

ive got a dell inspiron 1501

turion tl52 1600MHz dual core
1024MB DDR2
60gb sata2
dvd-rw
15.4" display

have had it for nearly two years I think but it still does the job, for what i use it for (not a lot really) just the odd browse of internet.

[Bobsama]

Celeron M-ULV 900MHz
1024MB DDR2 667 @100MHz
4GB SSD + 8GB SSD
8.9" display (1024x600)
WinXP Home

That's my EeePC 900--it's a nice tiny laptop.

[Intern]

HP Pavilion dv9575

T7300 @ 2GHz
Geforce 8600m GS
2GB DDR2 @ 677MHz
2x 160GB
17" (1440x900)

[lowfat]

MacBook Pro
2.2GHz
2GB ram
120GB 5400rpm
8600M GT 256mb
15.4 1400x900 LED backlit

I use it about 95&#37; of the time I use computers a day. Although I have it hooked up to external display,mouse, keyboard,etc.

[Lestat]

Dell Inspiron 1520
15.4" 1440x900
2.2ghz C2D
2gb Ram
8600M GT
2x 80gb 7200prm hard drives (i swap drives every so often one has XP on it the other has vista and Ubuntu)
external 100gb 7200rpm 2.5" hard drive in a mini usb enclosure (extra storage)
802.11g wifi (gunna grab an Atheros N card soon)
Logitech Alto laptop stand when i have it in my PC room otherwise its on a stand in the living room.

i use rightmark cpu clock utility to drop the vcore way down and lock it at 2.2ghz 1.1v and i use I8kfangui to lock the fans at 100&#37; the CPU is on fire if i do not use those two programs to keep the cpu cooler
Rivatuner to overclock the video card to 565/1250/530 can go higher but the performance yield is very low for stressing the card that much more

[-Acid-]

Dell C400
P3 1.2m
512mb pc133 ram
ati pro rage 2
80 hd
Xp pro @ lunix dual boot
lunix happy wifi card and preN class xp wifi card (one for lunix for special tasks & one for Xp range and speed)

battery life 7-8 hours

its an ultra light 12" screen about 2" thick and around 2kg (uprated battery makes it twice that weight and adds another inch)
I have it as i have a motorbike and it easly fits in my backpack and due to uprated battery it can last longer than any other laptop i have tryed ( the battery is half the laptops size adds another inch to it and 2kg ) it can do most tasks well (no games but thats not why i got it for)

[Cassell98]

Dell D620
Core Duo T2400@1.83GHz 2MB
2gb@667 Corsair
Quadro 110M
60GB HDD 5400rpm
14' 1280x800

[THX1138]

Dell Vostro 1500
Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00 GHz
2gb @677
8600M GT
100 GB HDD 5400rpm
15' 1280x800
I like it I, just use it for checking email,videos,DVD's and surfing the net.

[oohms]

Acer aspire 4315

Celeron 540 (upgraded to T7300)
512mb ram (upgraded to 2gb ram)
80gb hdd (upgraded to 320gb hdd)
14" 1280x800 screen
linux (upgraded to xp pro)
GMA X3100 (plays old games fine)

etc

I basically bought the cheapest new laptop i could find and upgraded the parts to make it a lot more useable on a day to day basis (except for gaming). Its also the pc that loads windows the fastest in the whole house (under 15 seconds)

[Shogan]

Asus EEE PC 701 4G (Non surf) - white
2GB DDR2 RAM @ 667
4GB SSD - windows xp boot time of 17secs to perfectly usable :)
8GB Class 6 SD card
Custom 300mb XP installation.

My work one is just a Centrino Travelmate 4150, with 1.5GB RAM, and crappy onboard gfx.

Then my previous two acers were better - one was a Core Duo 1.86 with Geforce 7600 integrated gfx, 17" LCD. The more recent one was also a travelmate, but with an ATI X1400 and 15" LCD. I was quite surprised, I was at JHB International airport the one day, and played Crysis on medium on this one - ok res was at 800x600, and I was only getting around 18fps, but it was playable. Oh and the battery only lasted 30minutes :/

I don't really need my EEE PC anymore, so will probably try flog it on Ebay I guess, but otherwise day-to-day my EEE PC has been awesome. The battery life as someone above stated is awesome. Wireless card is really good too.

[P8baller07]

Sony Viao VGN-S460
2gb of ram

Ubuntu 8.04 with VMware Server running VMs of XP.

I use it all day at work and at school -it works great.

[WaterFlex]

I don`t have laptop :(

[MarlboroMan]

Asus A8M

CPU: Turion X2 TL-56 1.8Ghz
HD: 120Gb hitashi
Chipset: Nvidia NF4
GPU: 6150 GO 192MB dedicated and 64MB shared

Its a nice lappy and cheap... You can play UT2k4 at 1280x800 smooth...

now i changed my lappie :D

Asus F9Sg
CPU: Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz
RAM: 2Gb nanya (667 at 5-5-5-12)
HD: 160Gb
Chipset: 965M
GPU: 9300M G 256MB

Running Slackware 12.1, just a bit hacked by now. VMWare installed to run WinXP. And some occasional gaming.

[Bobsama]

Asus EeePC 900 12G XP

CPU: Celeron M-ULV 353 @ 630-900Mhz
RAM: 1GB A-Data? (200 at 3-3-3-9)
HDs: 4GB SSD for OS + 8GB SSD for storage
Chipset: i910GML
GPU: GMA900

Running WinXP. It works well--I've been trying some... creative... partitioning, so that Windows doesn't expand beyond about 75% of the C: drive. Current setup is 6GB storage partition (I've been considering weening it down to 4GB) plus 1.5GB (the rest of the drive) mapped to C:\Windows\Installer. Battery life is extraordinary--and screen brightness is good. I've used it a few times in airports. Most often, the chargers close to seats (at gates) are along the walls, so you almost always have a window behind you. For afternoon browsing (and picking up airport Wi-Fi), I just use eeectl to bring screen brightness up to 100%. The screen's a bit small and so is the keyboard, but it ends up being fine.

[Moneyless]

Dell Inspiron 1525

T2330 Merom 1.66GHz 1MB L2
2.5GB DDR2-667 (2GB Corsair Value + 512MB Quimoda)
Intel GMA X3100
Seagate Momentus 120GB 7200RPM
15.4" 1280x800 LCD
TSSTCorp 8X DVD±RW
"Street" Pattern
Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy

[Savuti]

Another one for a Dell XPS M1210 with T5600 and 7400 GO, with 6 cell for now.

It strikes a balance between portability, power and provides good mobility with its battery life. The more I use it with its 12" display the more I've grown to like it. While not approaching the portability of true ultra portables or netbooks weight wise, its relatively small foot print makes it easy to use in cramped spaces. More importantly it provides adequate processing and graphics acceleration power for a range of tasks, making it a decent desktop replacement should my main desktop goes out for extended periods of time or should I decide to forgo with it. This notebook handles modern games in the span of two or so years before the 7400 was introduced with ease.

The ironic thing is, before, I had thought of doing away with this notebook and replacing it with one of those newer netbooks. I'm glad that I didn't because if I ended up being without a main desktop I would not have been able to do with ULV ultraportables much less with netbooks the stuff that I could foresee doing with this notebook.

[Roliath]

In Sig?

It does very well for me, great keyboard response, gorgeous screen (lg wuxga), gaming performance isn't really that great i mean its good. but not crysis good.

For work use, its way more powerful than i'll ever need. But the screen real-estate makes working much easier.



Overall, its great for its age.

[jaredpace]

dell vostro 1400
t7100 @ 200 x 10 2Ghz
2gb ddrII 667mhz 5 5 4 10
8400mGS 600/800/1200
14.1" 1280 x 800 XGA
120gb 7200RPM

[KennyC]

Dell XPS M1730 - Smoke Grey
Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 (2.6GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
4GB DDR2 667 Memory
2x200GB Seagate HDDs / 7200RPM / 16MB Cache / RAID 0
Dual 512mb NVIDIA SLi GeForce 8800GTX
Ageia PhysX 100M Processor
Blu-ray Disc Combo

I pulled an 11759 3DMark06 under XP SP3 and a 11529 under Vista Ultimate SP1 both 32bit with it with no O/Cing or tweaking what so ever. Loaded drivers and ran it. I got the laptop with a 3 year complete care warranty, spare AC Adapter and backpack bag for 3k delivered. I got it off of the dell outlet site. The only difference is it came with a 200GB single drive and I added the 2 seagates for RAID 0. For the money it is absolutely unbeatable. I considered Sager and Alienware but where are you going to get a laptop like this with that warranty for under 3k? I was worried about buying a refurb but after tons of research and of course the security of the 3 year warranty I grabbed it and man am I glad I did.


I suggest the www.delloutlet.com to anyone looking for a laptop.


http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2472/3dmark200611759rk0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1314/3dmark11529qx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Th3MadScientist]

HP DV2120US
Slipstreamed Windows strictly for BitTorrent, does a great job.

[Jake_1]

Dell Inspiron 9400

Intel C2D T7200
2GB DDR2 Memory (Not sure of speed)
160Gb 5,400RPM 2.5"
ATi Radeon X1400, havent oc'd it yet:)

Runs brilliantly, nice 17" Screen.

Great for school work, Pshopping, and rendering in revit architecture.

Woop my first post:)

[slim142]

ASUS G1S-B1

2.4Ghz Core 2
2Gbs 667 5-5-5-15
8600M GT
Intel PM965
Bluetooth, Wireless N blah blah blah

Got 4010 in 3dmark06 last time I ran it on Vista 32bit with 169.09 I think. It now has Windows XP SP3 with 177.73 so the score should be decently higher :D

Really good laptop btw

[EneergE]

Currently, Dell Inspiron 5100:
- Desktop Pentium 4 CPU @ 2.66ghz
- 512MB RAM
- 32MB ATI Mobile 700 Video
- 15" 1024x768 Res
- Windows XP

Runs OKAY, but definitely out of date. It's been a very good laptop. The battery even still works up to an hour and a half! Only moderately used it on the battery, though. It remains hooked to the AC most of the time. The touchpad stopped responding once after I "banged" it a little bit, but was able to find a replacement palmrest with touchpad and now it looks like brand new laptop. However, it gets a little warm and my hands are sweating atm while I type on it.

I just ordered an ASUS G50V-A1:
- Intel Montevina T9400 @ 2.53ghz
- nVidia Geforce 9700
- 4Gb RAM
- Dual 250GB SATA hard drives w/ Hardware Raid Support
- Small OLED Display built-in that can run custom Linux applications (AFAIK)
- 15.4" 1680x1050 Display
- ASUS custom 8-second boot-up application to give access to webbrowsing and other small tasks.

I was either going to order this one or the ASUS M50VM-B2 which basically has the same specs, except a slightly weaker video card, no OLED display, and different aesthetics.