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fairytale00 · Jul 7, 2010, 01:18 AM

What do you think about this Lenovo X201 Ultraportable Thinkpad ? I found it has got a lot of good reviews.

eidairaman1 · Jul 7, 2010, 01:53 AM

shoot for a core i series to work extremely well without throttling, it have to be utilized in a Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 1 chassis.

laxbumb198 · Jul 7, 2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _JP_

Those laptops are just plain useless. If you portability and work where ever you want, get a laptop (15.6'' max), if you want to play games and such, get a desktop. If you want to do heavy graphics designing everywhere, get a Clevo.

thanks for the advice but where can I buy a Clevo within my price range?

newtekie1 · Jul 7, 2010, 09:53 PM

ASUS Eee PC 1201N-PU17-SL Silver Intel Atom N330(1...

That would be my choice. If you aren't using it for gaming, you won't notice a performance difference between that laptop and a more expensive, heavier alternative, and it will give very good battery life and give you a fair bit of money left over.

techjunkie · Jul 7, 2010, 10:01 PM

how about the dell studio xps 16. It comes with a 1080p screen, decent graphics etc.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/noteb...s&cs=19&~ck=mn

Aleksander · Jul 7, 2010, 10:28 PM

This laptop is the greatest laptop i could find. It doesn't use the famous core i5, but this is a plus for real. It does not use as much energy as it should with that processor. It has Ati mobility 4250, even if its not a good card, it will open everything your school will need. 4GB ddr3 ram,
500GB 5400rpm, AMD Phenom™ II Quad Core Mobile Processor P920 and one interesting thing is the wireless b/g/n. It is 15.6"! So if you don't like it, i really think: Don't go to school!!!!
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=481435
If you only want core i5, go with this one:
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=480523

eidairaman1 · Jul 8, 2010, 12:40 AM

intel's usually run for a higher price so...

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Jul 7, 2010, 01:18 AM	#26
fairytale00 Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 131 (0.06/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 27 Times in 15 Posts	What do you think about this Lenovo X201 Ultraportable Thinkpad ? I found it has got a lot of good reviews.

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techjunkie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 173 (0.10/day) Thanks: 26 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts System Specs	how about the dell studio xps 16. It comes with a 1080p screen, decent graphics etc. http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/noteb...s&cs=19&~ck=mn

Jul 7, 2010, 10:28 PM	#31
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	This laptop is the greatest laptop i could find. It doesn't use the famous core i5, but this is a plus for real. It does not use as much energy as it should with that processor. It has Ati mobility 4250, even if its not a good card, it will open everything your school will need. 4GB ddr3 ram, 500GB 5400rpm, AMD Phenom™ II Quad Core Mobile Processor P920 and one interesting thing is the wireless b/g/n. It is 15.6"! So if you don't like it, i really think: Don't go to school!!!! http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=481435 If you only want core i5, go with this one: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=480523

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Processor:	Phenom II x4 B50
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper TX3
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Video Card:	PowerColor AX6770 V2.0
Hard Disk:	1TB Hitachi, 500 GB WD Blue
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Sound Card:	Integrated Realtek
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Software:	Windows 7 64-bit
Benchmarks:	Maybe it is time to benchmark :D

Jul 8, 2010, 12:40 AM	#32
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