Acer Ferrari 4000

I am going to be a college freshman, and need a good notebook. Price not a huge deal, but I dont want to spend too much over 2000. I want portability, but also ability to play decent games and a nice sized screen. I think the 15.4 is perfect, and I have arrived at two options (as mentioned in post title ), in addition to the Acer 4000.Configurations for the other two.....

dv4000 - $1947

XP Pro
1.86 pent 750 M
Integrated 900M graphics (128)
256 ram
1 GB ram
80 gb 5200 rpm HD
x8Lightscribe DVDRW
2 year warranty w/ accidental care (doubled to 4 years with card)
two 12 cell batts
integrated wireless w/bluetooth
All in one printer
Quickplay
15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)

Dell Inspiron 6000 - $1810 (w/ 750 coupon)

Xp home
1.6 pent 730 m
2 GB ram (upgraded via crucial.com so not dell original)
128 x300 ati graphics card
60 gb 7200 rpm HD
integrated Wireless + bluetooth
x8 dvd burner (not lightscribe)
2 year accidental care (again, upgraded to 4)
all in one printer
6 cell + 9 cell
15.4 inch UltraSharp WUXGA LCD Panel (1920x1200)




OK, so my question is, is the Acer 4000 ferrari worth paying more for over these guys? games are not the biggest deal, but id like a computer that will last for a while. 64 bit seems pretty important. thanks for any advice

 

I would recommend the Acer Aspire 1694 for long battery life and some gaming or if you have the coin the TM8104. The 8104 gives you 128MB x700 card and a 1600x1050 res, 5400rpm drive, ABG wireless card and few more things.

1694 is about $1930 CDN
8104 should be around $2600-2700 CDN.

If your price on the HP is CDN then that's one sweet deal. 2 two 12 cell batteries. Nice laptop just needs a better video card.

The Ferrari is not a comparably laptop. Your going to pay for look/name and your not going to get the same battery life/performance out of it like you would from a centrino. Not sure when a 64bit PM will be available, I personally don't see where people need 64bit procs, more then half the apps out their don't even use it, and never will. Think about it, do you really think a 64bit proc of today will be anything like a 64bit proc in 2 years, maybe the itanium will finally get the respect it deserves. It could just be the feeling that we're final where SPARC, Alpha and PPC have been for the last 10 years or so. Then again I'm an Intel fanboy.

Just my $0.02

 

The WUXGA screen on the Dell is going to be awfully small. If you can get a look at one before buying, I'd recommend it. The Acer is a good choice. I'd also toss in the Asus Z71v with the Nvidia 6600 go card.

http://www.discountlaptops.com/index.php?section=specs&model_id=1141&category_id=39&category_theme=c1

If you want to go a little lighter to be more portable, tha Acer TravelMate 3204 or Asus W3v would fit. I wouldn't worry too much about 64 bit. It is going to be a while, probably after you get rid of this laptop, before the world moves over to 64 bit. Good Luck.






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