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    which laptop would you recommend?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by djjimmy2k2, Sep 16, 2004.

  1. djjimmy2k2

    djjimmy2k2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ive been looking at a few Fujitsu Siemens laptops and i just wanna know which one you guys would recommend me getting:

    Amilo A 1630B

    AMD Athlon™64 3400+
    512MB DDR
    60GB
    DVD-RW+ & CD-RW
    LAN/56k Modem
    802.11g Wi-Fi
    3 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/SD/MS)
    15.4" WXGA
    128MB ATI Mobility™ RADEON™ 9700
    Windows XP Home
    1.5 hour battery life

    £ 1029.72

    Amilo D 1840A

    Intel P4 2.8GHz
    512MB DDR
    60GB
    DVD-RW+
    LAN/56k Modem
    802.11b Wi-Fi
    3 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/SD/MS)
    15.4" WXGA
    128MB ATI Mobility™ RADEON™ 9600
    Windows XP Home
    2 hour battery life

    £ 978.09

    Amilo M 1420A

    Intel® Pentium® M 1.6GHz (2MB)
    512MB DDR
    60GB
    DVD-RW+ & CD-RW
    LAN/56k Modem
    802.11g Wi-Fi
    3 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/SD/MS)
    15.4" WXGA
    128MB ATI Mobility™ RADEON™ 9600
    Windows XP Home
    3 hour battery life

    £ 1026.35

    all of them come with a free software bundle including Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Works 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Money 2003 std, Microsoft Encarta 2003 std, Microsoft Picture It! 7.0, Microsoft Autoroute 2003, Microsoft Works Clipart, Adobe Photoshop Elements.

    ill be using the laptop mainly for university work (using programs such as dreamweaver, flash, photoshop etc), but ill also be using it for watching dvds, the internet, emailing family and friends back home, playing games. ill also be using it on the move so portability is an issue, about 2 hours battery life would be good but i could settle for the 1.5 hours of the Amilo A 1630B. my budget is about the same price as they are (£1000-£1050) so if you wanna suggest another laptop then keep that in mind.

    so what do you suggest?
     
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  2. Clearday

    Clearday Notebook Evangelist

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    for a little more power take first...
    1-Amilo A 1630B
    2-Amilo M 1420
    3-Amilo D 1840

    for a little more battery take first...
    1-Amilo M 1420
    2-Amilo D 1840
    3-Amilo A 1630B

    for a little bit cheaper and well enough performance take first...
    1-Amilo D 1840






    Fujitsu Amilo M 1420-1.7 Dathon,1gb(333mhz),Ati 9600Pro 128
    15,4 " crystal view WXGA (23 million),7200 rpm,DVD+RW+R
    M 1420 photo
     
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  3. djxtamster

    djxtamster Notebook Consultant

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    I say go with the Amilo M 1420A just the fact it is a Pentium M processor, saves power, performance is up to par with with the P4 and Athlon 64, and larger cache usually helps too.

    Fujitsu S6210: PentiumM 1.6Ghz 1GB DDR333 RAM 7K60 Hard Drive
     
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