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    cant choose!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ppieri, Nov 18, 2004.

  1. ppieri

    ppieri Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi again! sorry for being boring! but i have a major dillima here. i planning to buy a notebook for the first time and i really need your opinion.i am a student of architecture and i need a fast powerful notebook.i need it for running applications like autocad 2004 and archicad 8 mostly 2D but i the future i will do 3D as well. im beetwen nx7010(1.7 centrino 512ram 9200 ati radeon 60GB hard disk 15.4 screen) and zd7360(pentium 4 3.2 512ram nvidia geforce fx go 5700 100GB hard disk 17" screen).
    which one do you suggest. dont mind being heavy coes i wont tread it like portable, but i wont it to be.
     
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    rjharper Newbie

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    My brother is an architect also. He runs a 17" P4 notebook with the ATI 9600 128MB video card, and a 7200rpm HDD. He bought it specifically for its AutoCAD abilities. He tells me its lightning fast on complicated 3D renders. I run a zt3000 with the ATI 9200 64MB video, and he boasts than mine would be left behind!

    So, based upon my brothers advice, if portability and battery arent too important, choose P4 over centrino and the best, highest memory card you can get.

    "There are few problems in life that cannot be solved by the suitable application of high explosives"
     
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    ppieri Notebook Enthusiast

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    what about the video card? is fx5700 as caable as 9600?
     
    ppieri, Nov 18, 2004
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