The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    presario M2000 or R3000z

    Discussion in 'HP' started by milank, Mar 21, 2005.

  1. milank

    milank Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Please help me do decide which notebook to buy

    R3000Z

    AMD Athlon(TM) XP-M 3000+ (1.60 GHz/256K L2 cache)
    15.0" TFT XGA (1024 x 768)
    64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go + 1394
    512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
    40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
    DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
    Built in 56K Modem+10/100 LAN
    8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

    or M2000

    Intel(R) Celeron(R) M 370 (1.5 GHz) 1MB L2 cache
    15.0" TFT XGA (1024x768)
    512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
    40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
    DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
    Intel Extreme Graphics 2
    Integrated 56K Modem + 10/100 Ethernet LAN
    6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

    Both are 800$ in this configuration .M2000 is new model and better looking in my opinion The difference is in processor and graphic card on first look.
     
    milank, Mar 21, 2005
    #1
  2. Andrew Baxter

    Andrew Baxter -

    Reputations:
    4,365
    Messages:
    9,029
    Likes Received:
    55
    Trophy Points:
    216
    the R3000 has been out for some time so you know that it's a mature product that shouldn't have any problems, it also has a dedicated graphics card rather than the integrated card that the M2000 has. The R3000 wins the specs game, you should focus on what seems to have a better build, keyboard and usability factor...all very important points that are generally overlooked. Check out existing reviews for such information, I've had no experience with either laptop.

    DigitalCameraReview.com | BargainPDA.com | TabletPCReviewSpot.com
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Feb 2, 2015
    Andrew Baxter, Mar 21, 2005
    #2
  3. Quikster

    Quikster Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    181
    Messages:
    1,637
    Likes Received:
    44
    Trophy Points:
    66
    I would also suggest you hop over to your local laptop resellers (i.e. bestbuy, circuit city, staples, compusa, etc) and see if you can find similar models and compare them side by side.

    zx5000 :: 2.4M :: 512 DDR :: 40gb 4200 RPM HD :: 15.4" :: Radeon 9600 Mobilty M10 :: Aquamark3 22,856
     
    Quikster, Mar 21, 2005
    #3