My Toshiba Satellite just died on me so now, I'm looking for a replacement. I already have an Acer Aspire One netbook which I bring with me everyday, but I need something slightly bigger and more capable for at home use and the occasional long trip.
Need something in the 13~14" range with good battery life. Prefer something with Windows XP pre-installed. Much as I like Windows 7, Windows XP is just much easier to deal with productivity-wise. Budget is $1,000 max. Looking at Dell Vostro 1320 and HP dv3 initially.
Thanks!
looking for ultra-light laptop
looking for ultra-light laptop
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Re: looking for ultra-light laptop
I'm still using the MSI X340 we reviewed here: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1066/1/
While it came with Windows Vista, I have Windows 7 Professional RTM installed on it now and love it. I would be interested in finding the 8-cell battery as I only have the 4-cell right now and could use the extra battery life.
While it came with Windows Vista, I have Windows 7 Professional RTM installed on it now and love it. I would be interested in finding the 8-cell battery as I only have the 4-cell right now and could use the extra battery life.
Re: looking for ultra-light laptop
How does the MSI X340's Core 2 Solo CPU compare to, say, a Celeron 430 (Conroe-L) at 1.80GHz or a Core 2 Duo T7200 (Merom) 2.0GHz?
Addendum: Optical drive is a requirement. DVD is fine.
Addendum: Optical drive is a requirement. DVD is fine.
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Antec 300 / Corsair 520HX / Abit AB9 Pro / Celeron 430 @ 1.80 / Kingston ValueRAM 2x1GB DDR2 667 / ATI Rage XL / Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB x9 / unRAID 4.3.3
Antec P182 / Corsair 550VX / Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R / Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53 / Wintec AMPX 2x2GB DDR2 800 / Sapphire 100233L Radeon HD 3450 / WD Caviar SE16 750GB x3 / WD Caviar GP 750GB / Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7190A x2 / XP Pro SP2
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Antec 300 / Corsair 520HX / Abit AB9 Pro / Celeron 430 @ 1.80 / Kingston ValueRAM 2x1GB DDR2 667 / ATI Rage XL / Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB x9 / unRAID 4.3.3