Which 2 Buy

[Anon_F]

OK after much searching it has come down to 2 possible Laptops, unless of course someone knows better!

Price difference is £100 between Toshiba & Novatech, with Novatech being more expensive.

So advice, views & comments all accepted

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 Processor (2 x 1.66GHz)
512MB DDR 2 RAM
60GB hard disk and multiformat DVD Dual Layer drive, Vista Ready
15.4" WXGA widescreen TFT Display, 1280 x 800 max screen resolution
Intel 945GM graphics - up to 128MB RAM, on board stereo sound
SD Card slot, Integrated WiFi network and Gigabit LAN
Microsoft Windows XP Pro installed
1-Year International Warranty
£599 (ex VAT £494)


OR

Novatech Orion Duo T2050 + XP Pro
Intel Core Duo T2050 1.66GHz 2MB Cache Processor
15.4" X-Brite Widescreen
1024MB DDR2 667MHz Memory
100GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
ATI M54 128MB PCI Express High Performance Graphics with DVI
DVDR Multi Burner
54g Wireless Enabled & Gigabit LAN
56K Internal Modem
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional pre-installed.
Extended 2 Year warranty @ £40
Total £720 (ex VAT £612)

 

[mudfrog]

Not sure about the reliability of the Novatech brand But it is a better spec machine than the Tosh.

The warrnaty seems quite resonable aswell at only £40.

If push came to shove then I would seriously consider the Nova if I heard good reports on reliability and service levels.

 

[Adywebb]

The Toshiba has the better CPU, but obviously less RAM and HDD - but you could always upgrade the RAM yourself ( around £50 from crucial for a 512MB module)

You should also consider this from Lenovo for £612 which has the T5500 C2D CPU and a larger 80GB HDD, but again you will need to upgrade the RAM from 512 to 1GB (£48.16 delivered from Crucial)

If you are going to choose between the Toshiba and Novatech - I would pick the Toshiba and upgrade the RAM - but personally I would pick the Lenovo + RAM upgrade



EDIT: THIS may help you to understand the differences between the various notebook CPU's

 

[Anon_F]

Thanks for the input
Will probably go for the Toshiba, But the Lenovo has put a small spanner in the works!

 

[Adywebb]

Remember Lenovo is the new name/manufacturer of the old IBM Thinkpads - top quality tough notebooks, just ask Quad

 

[Anon_F]

Yep i know that
My old laptop is Toshiba & still going strong so decided to go again for a make i know well.

 

[Adywebb]

No worries - Toshiba are good too

 

[Rush]

I have a (IBM)T23 ....1Gb memory running XP home...sweet as a nut

 

[Anon_F]

And a new machine to put BOINC on too