Paradox1
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Everything I find under 700 dollars has this Intel GMA X3100 card, and everything that has anything else (be it nVidia, or ATI) costs 999, It's like there IS no in between there. The things that actually DO cost about 800 have a dedicated card that (apparently) would put you better off with the integrated crap.
I want to Photoshop, AIM, Use WMP, and Firefox with about 10 tabs all at the same time. I do that with the P4 of my parents that I can get on sometimes and it locks up every time. What do I need to look for that will give me 4ish hours of battery life, and still run all of that when its plugged in and not have a seizure, without sending me into a thousand dollars of debt? I have 2 hours and 45 minutes every day of waiting in between class so 2 hours of battery life will murder me by the end of the semester.
What I'm pretty much finding is at the bottom. By the time I find something good and think it may be the best deal i'm going to find, someone tells me that that particular model/brand sucks and theres some reason not to get it. it just pisses the fire out of me becaue I dont want to just wait forever to get the damn thing, when i finally got a good sum of money to buy it.
Gateway
$699.99
Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0g
Radeon x1270
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250gb
6cell battery
Acer
$699.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
160gb
6cell battery
Gateway
$799.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
4Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
120gb
6cell battery
Toshiba
$799.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250gb
6cell battery
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Asus
$899.99
Turion 64 X2RM-70 2g
Radeon HD 3650 (512mb)
3gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250Gb
6cell battery
Asus
$999.99
Core2 Duo T5750 2g
Radeon HD 3650 (1024mb)
3gb RAM
14" 1280x800
250Gb
6cell battery
Acer
$999.99
Core2 Duo T7500 2.2g
nVidia Geforce 9500M GS (512mb)
3gb RAM
16" 1366x768
250Gb
8cell battery
I want to Photoshop, AIM, Use WMP, and Firefox with about 10 tabs all at the same time. I do that with the P4 of my parents that I can get on sometimes and it locks up every time. What do I need to look for that will give me 4ish hours of battery life, and still run all of that when its plugged in and not have a seizure, without sending me into a thousand dollars of debt? I have 2 hours and 45 minutes every day of waiting in between class so 2 hours of battery life will murder me by the end of the semester.
What I'm pretty much finding is at the bottom. By the time I find something good and think it may be the best deal i'm going to find, someone tells me that that particular model/brand sucks and theres some reason not to get it. it just pisses the fire out of me becaue I dont want to just wait forever to get the damn thing, when i finally got a good sum of money to buy it.
Gateway
$699.99
Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0g
Radeon x1270
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250gb
6cell battery
Acer
$699.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
160gb
6cell battery
Gateway
$799.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
4Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
120gb
6cell battery
Toshiba
$799.99
Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0g
Intel gma x3100
3Gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250gb
6cell battery
~~~~
Asus
$899.99
Turion 64 X2RM-70 2g
Radeon HD 3650 (512mb)
3gb RAM
15.4" 1280x800
250Gb
6cell battery
Asus
$999.99
Core2 Duo T5750 2g
Radeon HD 3650 (1024mb)
3gb RAM
14" 1280x800
250Gb
6cell battery
Acer
$999.99
Core2 Duo T7500 2.2g
nVidia Geforce 9500M GS (512mb)
3gb RAM
16" 1366x768
250Gb
8cell battery