Hp zv5000z or Hp zv5000t or Toshiba A75 S206

hi all,
I am new here, and i am about to buy a laptop, i have narrowed my decision to these last three laptops. I only use the laptop for internet browsing, watching live sporting events(so i need a good video card) and gaming. I guess the main difference bwt these three are that 2 of them are P4 and the other one is a Athon 64. Can someone guide me thru the pros and cons of AMD 64 and P4.
Here are the specs of all three laptops,

HP Pavilion zv5000z series customize notebook
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
- AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ 2.00 GHz
- FREE Upgrade from 15" XGA to 15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
- 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go +1394 & 5-in-1
- 512MB DDR SDRAM (1x512MB)
- 40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
- FREE Upgrade from 8X DVD to DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
- 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
- Microsoft(R) Works/Money
- 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- hpshopping in-box envelope DP523AV
$1,249.00


HP Pavilion zv5000t series customize notebook
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3E GHz w/HT Technology
- FREE Upgrade from 15" XGA to 15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
- ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) 9000 IGP
- 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
- 40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
- FREE Upgrade from DVD to DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive!!
- 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
- Microsoft(R) Works/Money
- 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- hpshopping in-box envelope


Intel Pentium 4 Processor 518, 2.8GHz, with Hyper-Threading Technology, 512MB RAM, 60GB Hard Drive, 15.4-inch WXGA TFT Display, DVD / CD-RW Combo Drive, Windows XP Home ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9000
Shared Video Memory: 64 MB


Thanks in advance guys.

 

Oh yes,
The 12 cell is definitly worth the 25 bucks.[ ] Memory management is better in the zv5000z. Heat generation is much less.


Cheers,

Stevo

zv5000z: Ath64_3200+ (2.0GHz) - 1GB DDR - 80GB 5400rpm - 64MB GeForce4 440 - 15.0" XGA, harman/kardon speakers

 

The Athlon 64 has much better power management than the P4, it's ready for 64-bit WinXP (64-bit Linux has been out for many months), and it has Enhanced Virus Protection (hardware-assisted buffer overrun protection enabled by WinXP SP2). Definitely favor the Athlon 64.

The dedicated memory GPU in the zv5000z, while weak, is still far better than the shared memory video in the two P4 notebooks you listed. I strongly recommend the 12-cell battery upgrade ($25).

 

Hi guys,

I am seriously thinking about picking up an HP zv5000z. Everything fits my needs, but i had one question. How "weak" is the video card/graphics processing? I read that the gpu in this notebook is 3 yrs old? Does that mean some of the newer games can't be played on it? Can i play GTA San Andreas on it next week, for example?

thanks

 

You can play it, it just won't look very good. There are several other companies that build Athlon 64 notebooks with proper video chips, or wait for HP to release new notebooks (the zv5000z/R3000z series is 7 months old). Great notebooks for everything except gaming.