Need all of your help :)

Last edited by S.W.E on Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:03 pm; edited 1 time in total

yeah it looks like it will be a good choise for what your looking for thats probably what i would go with.

Last edited by ChrisMG on Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hate to bump this thread, but I changed my choice on laptops.

I'll probably go with the Compaq Presario V5000Z now.

WinXP home (which I'll just format and put Pro on)
Turion 64 ML-32 1.8ghz
15.4\" WXGA w/Brightview
128M Radeon Express 200M w/hypermemory (128 dedicated, up to another 128 shared for a total of 256M if needed)
256M DDR (just going to buy two 512M from Crucial for 1Gig)
60GB 4200 HDD.  (Hate 4200, but oh well)
CD-RW/DVD combo
54g 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

End price: $808 after rebates.  Plus whatever the gig of Crucial is.

Not too bad, a little bigger than the 2000Z, which I don't like, but it offered the much better 128M dedicated video memory (would like the X700 even more, but way too much).  That was a plus because I suspect I'll be doing some gaming, or trying to at least.  It's heavier than the 2000Z by over a pound, but oh well.  I'd like the Turion with 1mb of L2 cache, but brought the price up too much.

Wow that definatly a good price Chris good hunting and it a nice setup also.

BTW what was you budget for it?

My budget is about $900.

I may be able to stretch it to $1000, but I'll need some for insurance on it since there will be sand everywhere and I'll basically be in a combat environment.

yea 900$ well yu did good and how much does insurance cost?

Like $300 for total protection.

hmm well yea you will definatly need it i have a brother in the army 101st airborne division hes a sergant and hes been in some really hairy situations in the urban enviorments.