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Subject: Re: Laptop specifications
From: "Kevin Amery" <kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:52:13 -0500

Additionally, just to future proof yourself, I would make sure it has a dual
core processor that is 64 bit capable (an Intel Core Duo 2 should do it -
I'm not sure if AMD is shipping a Turion that has those yet, but if not they
should soon I would imagine). You may not need 64 bit now, but some time in
the next 3 years you might, and the cost difference between 32 and 64 bit is
negligible these days. All of the OSs and many of the apps you're likely to
use are also multi-threaded, so it doesn't make sense NOT to get dual core.

HTH.


On 11/6/06, Barry Campbell <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:


On 11/6/06, Ubax Ahmed <ubaxha -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I am shopping around for a laptop. Other than the normal personal usage,
I
> would like to do some freelance web development work. Can I get
suggestions
> as to what I should look for when shopping for a laptop. i.e brand
> comparisons how they stack up against one another. RAM etc

I prefer Apple MacBook (or MacBook Pro) laptops, especially since I
can run my choice of operating systems on them (Mac OS X, Windows XP,
or basically any Linux flavor); on the PC side, I have had very good
luck over the years with Hewlett-Packard products.

Whatever you choose, buy all the RAM that you can afford; at least
1GB, or preferably 2GB or even more, especially if you buy a machine
that you intend to run Windows Vista on, and especially if your
"freelance web development work" will involve heavy manipulation of
graphics.

It is often cheaper to purchase a stock configuration from the
manufacturer and add the RAM yourself later; I saved $300 by adding
third-party RAM to my MacBook (Apple wanted to charge $500 for 2GB of
notebook RAM, whereas excellent quality RAM was available from many
vendors for about $200.)

Many but not all laptops these days have a hardware configuration that
makes installing your own RAM relatively easy (on my MacBook, I had to
remove the battery, four screws, and a bracket; on my wife's HP
laptop, we just had to remove two screws and pop a little door open on
the bottom of the machine.)

There are many review sites on the Web; for laptops that will be used
for business applications, you could do worse than eWeek's:

http://buyersguide.eweek.com/eweek/desktop.asp?sitename=eweek_desktop

- bc

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Laptop specifications: From: Ubax Ahmed
Re: Laptop specifications: From: Barry Campbell

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