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Need input on laptop. by albert on 07-27-2007 at 05:03 AM

You guys might remember that I had created a thread asking for some laptop suggestions for me, my criteria were for it to be ultra portable, and strong enough to do most things (including a bit of playing).

Well, my financial situation is finally lining up right, and I should be purchasing a laptop soon enough. So before I buy something which I'll regret, I'd really really need your best input on this, as I don't want to regret buying something of bad quality or something that won't satisfy my needs.

My pick is actually the HP Pavillion TX1220CA (known as the TX1220US mostly).
The laptop is pretty new, and runs on a Turion X2 64 bits processor.

Now I know that AMD's are usually known to have last less than Intel's, but I will buy an extra batterie which I will carry around.

I need this computer for a bit of everything : school documents, programming, a bit of gaming, a bit of photoshop, some downloads.. etc.

So here it is.. I want your most honest opinion, as I have read a few reviews and they seemed to all agree that the laptop is allright.

Specs

-Processor Type       
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-64
-RAM (Preloaded / Maximum)       
2048MB DDR2
-Hard Drive                                 
200GB 4200RPM
-Optical Drives     
8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer With LightScribe
-Graphics     
559MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
-Cache
512KB+512KB L2
-Network Card       
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
-PC Card Slots     
1 ExpressCard/34
-Pointing Device     
Touchpad
-Preloaded Operating System     
Windows Vista Home Premium
-Processor Speed     
2.2GHz
-Removable Storage     
5-In-1 Integrated Digital Media Reader
-Screen Type
WXGA Hi-Def BrightView Touch Screen

Everything for 1599$ CAN

Link

Folks, please, your input.


RE: Need input on laptop. by prashker on 07-27-2007 at 05:21 AM

Overpriced, check out Tigerdirect.


RE: Need input on laptop. by Volv on 07-27-2007 at 05:49 AM

It doesn't have in-built wireless?


RE: Need input on laptop. by albert on 07-27-2007 at 06:28 AM

It does have wireless, I just suck copy/pasting features.