Is This Good Enough? ?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 10:42 am
i’m looking for a laptop.. what i would be doing on my laptop is play games(wolfteam,cs source,gunz,gunbound,o2jam,generals), watch youtube, watch videos, listen to music, download music, download movies, download psp games, chatting(msn,yahoo,internet), internet surfing, blogging, power point, word…
so would this laptop be good enough?
this is a laptop i am interested on buying….::::
Product Features
* Amazingly lightweight notebook with 10.6-inch LCD; ultra-low voltage 1.0 GHz Intel Celeron M 373 processor
* 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
* Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone, multi-format memory card reader
* Built-in 802.11b/g LAN, 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
* Windows XP Home edition, SP2
Processor, Memory, and Motherboard
* Hardware Platform: PC
* Processor: 1 GHz Mobile Intel Celeron Processor
* System Bus Speed: 400
* Number of Processors: 1.0
* RAM: 512.0
* RAM Type: DDR SDRAM
Special Features
* Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
* Platform: Notebook PC
* Expansion Ports: 1 – Type I/II PC Card Slot
* USB Ports: 2
* FireWire Ports: 1
* LAN Ports: 1
* Modem Ports: 1
* Audio Out Jacks: 1
* Microphone Jacks: 1
* VGA Ports: 1
* Processor Brand: Intel
* Processor Class: Celeron M Processor
* Processor Number: 373
* Processor Speed: 1.0GHz
* Processor FSB: 400MHz
* Memory Type: DDR
* Memory Size: 512MB
* Memory Speed: DDR333 (PC2700)
* Memory Slots (Total): 2
* Maximum Memory Supported: 2GB
* Capacity: 60GB
Hard Drive
* Size: 60 GB
* Manufacturer: Portable
* Type: IDE
Ports and Connectivity
* Modem: Fax / modem
Cases and Expandability
* Weight: 5 pounds
Wireless
* Wireless Type: 802.11G
okay…should i buy this laptop or not?if not, what should i be looking for in laptops??wat details..graphic cards, rams…memory..?
pls, i need those who know laptops and computers advice….
thanks
Category: Audio Surf
February 14th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I don’t think you would be happy with this one. For the type of usage you have mentioned, you are going to be doing things that require a significant amount of resources as they are fairly graphics intensive.
I just bought a new laptop after quite a bit of research reading computer sites, forums, and magazines. My old laptop had a processor that was faster than the one you are looking at (1.60 GHz) and also had 512 MB of RAM. It just didn’t cut it if I put much web surfing on it at all. It would slow down and choke and I kept getting a lot of errors where it had to close.
You don’t mention your budget, so I can only give general advice, but I would look for a faster processor, 2.0 is good, and avoid the Celeron (it’s now older technology). If you can afford the Intel Core 2 Duo, this is a good one. Look at the bus speed when you’re comparing specs. The data travels along the bus and the faster the better. And I would recommend a minimum of 2GB of RAM, expandable to 3GB or greater. My old computer’s RAM was DDR SDRAM, my new computer’s RAM is DDR2 SDRAM. Cache memory is also important. Cache is where the computer temporarily stores recently viewed pages so that they can be accessed faster than retrieving them again.
Unless you are considering purchasing a used or refurbished computer, you will most likely only find Windows Vista on anything new. A lot of people are wary of Vista. What I have found is that Vista is really very neat, but you do have to spend some time getting to know it. There are great color visual guides in the bookstores that make it fun and easy to learn, plus Vista itself has tutorials on it.
Regarding graphics cards, I didn’t research them specifically, but I did find that they also have different amounts of memory, again the more the better.
If you are going to store a lot of photos, videos, songs, etc. on your laptop, try to get 100 GB at least. And make sure you try out the computer in a store, whether or not you buy it there. You need to see how the keyboard feels, if you like the touchpad, the way the screen looks and listen to the speakers. An external volume control is very handy.
Are you sure you want to go with such a small screen? It’s not nearly as easy to read or work with as one that is around 12″ – 14″. I went from a 14″ to a 16.4″. If you will be carrying it around with you be sure your AC adapter is not too big and heavy. And find out about how long it will run on the battery before needing to recharge.
Finally, consider an extended warranty, but look at one available online from squaretrade.com. They are quite a bit less expensive and can be obtained on computers purchased from a number of different places.
Good Luck!
February 14th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
That’s great. If the Processor is higher a bit then that would be great.
February 14th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Games? That unit can play “Minesweeper” and that’s about it…
Games are your tough requirement.
Check the graphics chip type and ranking here:http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Grap…
For casual gaming, get NVIDIA 8600M GT or greater…
For real gaming, get NVIDIA 8800M GTX or greater…
Once you have your graphics chip picked out, the rest is easy…
1. the right graphics chip
2. any dual core CPU
3. 4 gig RAM since it’s so cheap
4. any 7200 rpm hard drive
Compare hard drives here:http://www.storagereview.com/php/benchma…
Once you have a laptop that can actually handle the software you want to use, then you can look at other factors like size and style…
February 14th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
That thing is almost backward in technology! Processors these days average at about 2.4 GHz, sometimes dual or quad cores. This thing only has 1? That’s almost laughable!
To play any games while using an operating system, you will need more power then that. Not to mention, the RAM on that would be filled 2/3rds of the way with just the operating system running.
I think you get the idea, this computer is incredibly slow and probably won’t do everything you need. But i guess its dependent on how much your willing to spend though…
My desktop computer (from 7 years ago) has a 2.2 GHz single-core. In seven years, that’s a guarantee you can get this much power in a laptop no sweat or money.