New Laptop

[dom]

and, did you look at any laptops with screens larger than
12.1"? it just seems so damn small T_T i thought the
standard nowadays was 15.4", most people i know have
either 17" or 20" notebooks.

For size compare:



The bigger one I bought in ~ January 2007, if I remember right it's a 17 or 19 widescreen, I gave it to my dad when I bought my smaller one in ~ September 2007.

Here's another size compare, with my 22 monitor



It is small, but it still holds a 1280x900 resolution, more than manageable.

[Key-J]

wondering is this convention in Toronto?

No, it was here in Jakarta. Hahaha soz.

N cin, the prices vary

The T2010 was about $1,900
The T4220 was about $2,000
and i currently cant find the price for the HP XD

But you know, its my dad that wants me to get the Digitizer, personally i don't really mind, and you know im not really for it nor against it, i just need to know if its worth it, i mean. If it is, then ill buy a digitizer, if not then ill just get a good normal laptop

[cin]

1.9~2k for a 12.1"?

i'd so go for a regular notebook then.
buy a tablet to go with it, you can make notes with those too right?

[Key-J]

Man i just dont know, cuz i want to be able to game, and looking at those things it doesn't seem like they will be able to handle most high end games...

<Sigh>.. Why can't i just take my PC with me

[cin]

a proper regular laptop will cost you somewhere between 1 and 1,5k.
that one would have a 17" widescreen, 2gb memory, 120+ hdd, 256mb ded.
videocard minimum. that will be able to play most games. seriously,
i'm thinking why would you spend soooooo much money on a tablet pc
when the graphic cards are shit? T_T is like, tablet pc's are mostly
used by graphical designers n stuff afaik. you'd want something better
than an onboard card or nvidia geforce GO 6 series right? >_<

[Priam]

macbooks ftw. Cost a bit, but are perfect for anything.

[Key-J]

Ewwwwww Mac. I detest macs.

Im windows for life bitch!

Hahaha, (o god i hope someone doesnt quote that).

N i don't know if i should get a tablet, my dad is the one that wants me to get it Cin, personally i'd be fine with a simple laptop.

I dono, ive tried to push for just a normal laptop, but he keeps saying get a tablet get a tablet. Arg...

[cin]

well first, you can simply dual boot your mac to windows+mac, so that's
not a problem ;]

second, does your father work with a tablet pc much? i'd like to know
why he's pushing it so hard T_T. i mean, if he's paying for it, sure
a tablet pc would be fun and all.. but for gaming, imo its a big nono
looking at the gfx specs.

[dom]

but for gaming, imo its a big nono
looking at the gfx specs.

laptops for gaming are a huge nono. Don't buy a laptop in accordance with it's graphics capability, you're making a big mistake. Buy a laptop for school work, and then worry about if it can run games. You will be able to play most games, you will not be able to handle Crysis, COD4, etc. but then again, even more expensive laptops cannot handle those, they need a real dedicated graphics card, not simply dedicated memory.

[Bounzzer]

Out of those 3 laptops I would choose the HP couse the grapic card;)