And it starts in my toes, Makes me crinkle my nose, Wherever it goes, I always know.
Laptop (or rather notebook) Hunting!
and no the titles above does not apply to the notebooks they’re rather nice lyrics as always.
So I don’t get to do this really often in my whole life, come to think of it this’s the first time I’m supposed to do it alone. Have to get this right and stick to it for the next 5-6 years (at least!) so let’s meet the contenders worth getting noted down in this very post, shall we?
Headline: Dell vs Hp
Dell XPS M1530
-Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz,4MB Cache,800MHz FSB)
-Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
-Tuxedo Black LCD Display with integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam
-15.4″ Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) display with TrueLifeTM
-2GB (2×1024MB) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
-200GB SATA 7200RPM Performance hard drive
-Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layerwrite capabilities
-128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GS
-Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/g Mini Card Wireless
-Bluetooth® 2.0
-6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
-Fingerprint Reader and other default specs bla bla bla.
Online pricing RM4993.00
HP Pavilion dv2616TX Special Edition
*note credit to Bk. even if the brochured specs were not okay when you first showed me but I managed to find the specs I wanted bundled with the shell even. hehe.
-Intel® Centrino® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
-2048MB (667MHz) / max to 4GB* DDR2 Memory (1024 x 2 pcs)
-250GB HDD 5400rpm
-14.0″ TFT WXGA high defination widescreen LCD panel with 15:9 aspect ratio with brightview technology
-DVD +/- RW Double Layer Drive with LightScribe
-NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS discrete 64MB with up to 831MB total graphics memory with 4096MB system memory
-2 Altec Lansing branded Stereo Speakers
-802.11 a/g/n
-6-cell Lithium-Ion (4.4Ah) – provides up to 4 hours and 16 mins of battery life
-HP Pavilion webcam with integrated micrphone, VGA, HDMI, 2 USB 2.0, RJ-11, RJ-45, 2 stereo headphones, external microphone, IEEE 1394a, Consumer IR, AC adapter, S-Video-out, expansion port, Kensington lock, HP Fingerprint reader and other default specs bla bla bla.
Online pricing: RM 5499.00
Consumerism process?
To Hp:
- Verve too pretty to resist!
- Altec Lansing Speakers !?! =O
- Bigger hdd but relatively slower rpm
- Glossy finish
- 14.4″ means don’t need to carry Dreadful Embarassment =P compared to dell’s 15.4″ (seriously cannot fit into considerable embarassment . drats.)
- Weighs around 2.4kg relative to dell’s Certainly much more than 2.62 kg
To Dell (Sien has xps m1330 but wait she’s in London lol):
- Cheaper (duh)
- Smaller hdd but 7200rpm (although it’s 200gb but i Do have a 320 external. ho hum.)
- 2 megapixel Webcam *Shakes head to Hp’s Vga*
- Metallic Finish
- 128mb nVidia relative to hp’s 64mb? whatever that means >.<
- Did i mention cheaper? lol.
* I’m asking for it, ain’t I? tsk tsk tsk.
p.s. opinions and votes? please? (omg muka tembok mafan-ness)
