Hi, I have no idea about the current available options. If you know about the available models which he can look for please reply back. Thank You.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aditya Sengupta apsengupta@gmail.com Date: Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:16 AM Subject: New Laptop ideas To: Mehul Ved mehul.n.ved@gmail.com
Hey Mehul, I'm considering getting a new laptop- small and light with a 2 to 2.5GHz processor, 3GB RAM and 250GB HDD. I might be doing some intense numerical work on it- MATLAB/SCILAB and such. I went over to a Croma outlet today to have a look at a few laptops, but every single one had Vista preinstalled. No option to get one with Linux or without an OS. Even Acer, which I had bought earlier with Linux preinstalled, doesn't allow you to buy one without Vista any more. At Croma at the very least. Is there any place that you, or your friends know of where I can look into for options on buying something along the lines of the config I've mentioned? Any store-names (in Mumbai)/websites would be helpful. I've Googled around a bit but I'm mostly just getting US specific results for Dell. Thanks Aditya
Mehul Ved wrote:
Hi, I have no idea about the current available options. If you know about the available models which he can look for please reply back. Thank You.
Ask him to go in for a C2D Machine with 6-8 Gigs of RAM with a P8600 or better processor and an Intel GMA4500 chipset or better. This is a very power efficient and cool ( as in temperature ) platform. If he wants a more mature platform ask him to go in for a C2D with GMA X3100 chipset with 4 Gigs of RAM. This runs a bit hotter ( not so much though ) and is power efficient as well. With this chipset he should get a T8300 processor. It packs a punch.
Since he needs something portable and light ( and sturdy ) he should try lenovo ( Though my personal experience has been bad I'm still recommending it purely because I feel it was a one off incident ). If not, Dell would give him the best returns on his investment. If money is not a worry, he should go in for a Mac Book Pro.
- Dinesh
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