Finally taking the plunge..need ideas.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:32 am
So I'm finally commited to building my first notebook. I've built hundreds of PC's but never one of these so I'm excited about learning something new.
This notebook is going to be used for surfing the web from my couch, travel, and for writing articles. No gaming or very light at best (that's what the $3000 PC is for).
I just purchased an Intel 740, Dothan 1.73Ghz, 533FSB, a 40GB 7200rpm Hitachi Travelstar, and 1 stick G.skill 1GB 533MHz.
I bought a single DIMM so that I could upgrade in the future if I'm really killing the system, we all know how MS Office apps eat up memory.
So now I'm trying to figure out what chassis I'm going to purchase. Built in wireless would be ideal as I hate PCMCIA cards and really like having the antenna "stealthed." Thin and light are preferred, 15" SXGA screen would be perfect. Any suggestions would be great!
This notebook is going to be used for surfing the web from my couch, travel, and for writing articles. No gaming or very light at best (that's what the $3000 PC is for).
I just purchased an Intel 740, Dothan 1.73Ghz, 533FSB, a 40GB 7200rpm Hitachi Travelstar, and 1 stick G.skill 1GB 533MHz.
I bought a single DIMM so that I could upgrade in the future if I'm really killing the system, we all know how MS Office apps eat up memory.
So now I'm trying to figure out what chassis I'm going to purchase. Built in wireless would be ideal as I hate PCMCIA cards and really like having the antenna "stealthed." Thin and light are preferred, 15" SXGA screen would be perfect. Any suggestions would be great!