I got 2 quick questions

1. If they have the exact same specs which is better the Studio 15 or the Studio 17. Pretty much is it worth spending the extra bucks for a bigger screen and full keyboard.

2. Which of these set ups are faster 2.4ghz processor with a 2gb RAM or a 2.1ghz processor with a 4gb RAM.

 

Get the 2.4ghz one and upgrade to 4gb of RAM

 

1) I belive the studio 17 can come with a better graphics card. And will you be taking the notebook with you? then get the studio 15 if not and it sits on your desk then get teh 17 incher

2)get the 2.4 and upgrade the ram later for only 70$ off www.newegg.com you can upgrade to 4gbs

 

1) Depends on your preferences. If your not gonna lug the notebook around then a bigger screen is better.

2) Go with the 2.4ghz 2gb ram, you can always upgrade the RAM later. CPU's are hard to upgrade and will void your warranty.

 

There is no answer to this, it depends on your needs and preferences.

 

Thanks for the help with the first question i guess ill go with the Studio 17 and with the second question I guess I should have been clearer with it. The computer with the 2.4ghz and 2gb is the new desktop that my mom bought. I just wanted to compare the speed between it and the 2.1ghz and 4gb to see if I need to spend the extra money to get the speed I want in the laptop.

 

get the 2.4ghz, you cant use the full 4gb in vista 32bit. and if you want more, u could always upgrade later.

the 17" also allow for a cooler component since there is more surface area to dissipate heat. it will be harder to find space to put it though. but if that is of no concern, 17" allow for more comfortable working.

 

If by 2.1 your talking about the T8100 and 2.4 you're talking about the T8300 go for the T8100 and 4gb of RAM. You won't notice a difference with 300mhz more processing power, the T8000 series is already a high end peformer. I don't think people understand what processors do exactly. Click here for a great thread that was posted on the NBR forum about CPUs

RAM is what you'll need most, with 4GB Vista recognizes around 3.6GB and will use around 25% of it at all time. When you start using and opening more programs that % will go up. So if you have 2GB of RAM, around 40-50% of it will be in use at all time.

This is why I chose my setup (see signature)

 

Same exact setup as me

Except the color of course.

 

uuugh i should have ordered the LED screeeen

 

Boo Yeah! It's a pretty great laptop isn't? I almost chose the orange but I don't regret the black one bit, really looks fancy. I like how there's no aluminum siding on the top cover of the notebook, like with the xps. To me that was a bad design option. It looks even worst with the xps 1530 because it's not aligned with the monitor.

 

I haven't seen the LED in person, but I think UXGA (True Life?) display is fantastic. I usually keep the brightness low anyway, so I'm not sure the LED upgrade would have benefited me, aside from a lower power consumption.

 

thanks thats exactly what i wanted to know

 

you might also want to know that the t8100 and t8300 only have 3mb of L2 cache. there is a higher end one with 6mb L2 cache.

how much will the cpu or ram upgrade cost?

 

Yeah man, I just posted in another thread about how the whole laptop is black with no two-tone. I really like that about it. Sleek as hell.

 

The upgrade is around $50 for each extra 1gb of RAM and the upgrade for the 8100 to the 9300 is around $200. He doesn't need 6mb of L2 cache, only a small percentage of applications require that much memory, most of them you'll never use. Again people are mislead into thinking that more is better and in this case 6mb is overkill.

 

I was wondering, is it really overkill to have 6MB cache if you plan to have the computer for a long time? I just purchased the highest of everything available because I plan to keep this sucker for as long as possible. My last laptop was an Inspiron 8000 that I bought in 2001 and it's still in fairly good condition. Do you really think 6 is too much?

 

MS info on 64 bit Vista info. If you have your 32 bit key, you have an opportunity to order 64 bit upgrade Vista DVD.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/64-bit.aspx

Buzz

 

The way I see it is if you've never heard of cache memory before and don't understand its concept you don't need it. Some people say you'll need it for gaming but really that's what the video card is there for. Also with the Studio I doubt you're planning on running the newest game at max. For this laptop it's not worth the $200 upgrade, get the LED and full RAM with the money you save.

 

Thank you very much for the reply. You've given me something to think about. I may not need that much after all and it would save me a lot of money in the long run.