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    HP DV1000 Laptop which config to get - Advice

    Discussion in 'HP' started by webmonkie, Apr 11, 2005.

  1. webmonkie

    webmonkie Newbie

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    Here's my dilemma. Both laptop's have the same specs except for the CPU and Memory.

    1st Config

    HP DV1000 Series Laptop NEW (1 Year Warranty by HP) with a Pentium M 1.7GHz w/ 512MB PC2700 (2 x 256MB SO-DIMM)
    Price: $1188.99 After $50 Mail-In Rebate


    2nd Config
    HP DV1000 Series Laptop Refurbished (1 Year Warranty by HP) with a Pentium M 1.4GHz w/ 2GB PC2700 (2 x 1024MB SO-DIMM
    Price: $1330.00 No Rebate

    Laptop will be used for web development and small work amount web design.
    Applications that will be use: Visual Basic .Net / Photoshop CS / Flash MX 2004 / Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Microsoft Word, Excel, Access 2003 Edition

    Any advice on this laptop config?
    P.S.: I'm looking for this laptop to last me about 2 years


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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    I cannot see you using 2G of Ram. If I were in your shoes I'd go for the first because it is new, faster, and in case you need 1G of Ram (which is a reasonable amount) the upgrade will cost you between $150-190

    Mind you I have no idea about HP to recommend configs, I am just talking about which specs I find are better for the price

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  3. webmonkie

    webmonkie Newbie

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    I see your point, one of my concern why having more memory was that the 64MB video is shared and I'm running Windows XP Pro. Also Photoshop takes lots of memory. Mainly I would like to know if theres much difference in 1.4GHz and 1.7GHz Processor.

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  4. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    I guess you will feel the difference between 1.4 and 1.7, after all it is a 21% increase in speed!

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  5. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Photoshop is memory intensive, but 1 gig will be just fine, it will run very smoothly. 2 gig I think is overkill. You'd be better off using that money to buy a fast RPM hard drive for Photoshop.
     
    Rahul, Apr 12, 2005
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