Which laptop

[marine1]

Hey experts,
My sister is looking for a laptop for work, starting a new business.
She is looking for something along the lines of Core 2 duo maybe, 160 gig hard drive and at least 2 gigs ram.
Maybe HP?

Thanks guys.
Any ideas?

 

[PostmanPot]

HPs are good. Their Core2 Duos (550 Series) are going for about R7500 now (their 530 Series Core2 Duos were about R6500 ).

Budget?

 

[marine1]

Budget about R 6500

 

[mercurial]

Maybe this will help -> http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=164772

 

[marine1]

Thanks guys, maybe HP is not the right one?
There is a nice AMD HP one

 

[PostmanPot]

She needs a little more for an HP with Intel Core2 Duo.

Otherwise there is a decent dual core AMD laptop at Hifi Corp (could be an HP) for R6k which she can get upgraded to 2GB RAM.

 

[marine1]

Thanks so much Postmanpot, I appreciate it.

 

[PostmanPot]

No problem.

Let us know what she does.

 

[marine1]

Will do thanks.

 

[marine1]

Which one would be better:
Which one is better in terms of processor and for her needs?
Thanks
Compaq Presario CQ60Z customizable Notebook PC
NK154AV

* – Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
* – AMD Athlon(TM) X2 Dual-Core Processor for Notebook PCs QL-64 (2.1GHz)
* – 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* – 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* – NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G with 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader
* – 15.6" diagonal High Definition HP Brightview Display (1366x768)
* – SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* – Microphone + Webcam
* – Wireless-G Card
* – HP Color Matching Keyboard
* – 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
* – 65W Adapter
* – Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
* – HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope


Or
Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 32

Processors available
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-70 (2.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache)

Chipset
AMD M780G
Specialized Design
HP 3D DriveGuard
Memory
Memory

2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Memory upgrade
Upgradeable to 8 GB maximum (4 GB SODIMM in slots 1 and 2)
Storage
Hard drive
160 GB 5400 rpm SATA II
Optical Drives
DVD/CD-RW combo
Graphics and Input/Output devices
Display size
15.4-inch diagonal WXGA anti-glare; 15.4-inch diagonal WXGA BrightView
Graphics
Integrated UMA graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 with maximum shared system memory using 2 GB SDRAM
Microsoft DirectX 10 capable
Integrated camera
VGA webcam

 

[PostmanPot]

The above option would be better with its slightly faster CPU.

Both graphics cards perform very similarly, the ATI is negligibly faster.

Which one looks nicer?

How much are they?

 

[marine1]

Not sure, she was told that the bottom one is better as it has a better processor.

 

[PostmanPot]

Comparison here - http://products.amd.com/en-us/NotebookCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=438&id=504.

Both have the same amount of cache, but the QL-64 is 100MHz faster. I fail to see how the RM-70 is the better CPU.

 

[marine1]

Thanks man, I will tell her.

 

[Monkey101]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+X2+Dual-Core+Mobile+RM-70

Edit: Looks like the QL-64 is better, The QL-62 is at the top, so i guess the QL-64 is better.