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Originally Posted by rajeshnsitian hey ppl plz compare
IBM R series,dell inspiron 6000,and sony B100B vaio
nithin n other ppl who have considered the above laptops,pour in with ur comments... |
see 1 thing when u ask ppl to compare something u need to specify as to what u r looking for exactly in a laptop, is it 3d performance, affordablity? dell 6000 is tops here, gr8 brand name, sturdy build qlty -ibm, or are u looking for something sleek and sexy-sony, i would close my eyes and select the dell(as i have indeed done
) but u might want a sony lappy to impress the girls
and u dont mind paying the higher price, so with that point out of the way...
ok i tried to configure all the 3 lappys with almost the same specs and see wat the final price came to, the specs were 1.6ghz pemtium-m, 1gb ram, 80gb hdd, cd writer dvd combo and ofcourse an 802.11 wireless card......
surprisingly the ibm r51 came to just 1248$ without taxes(cheaper than i expected), but it only had a 30 gb hdd so add another 100$ for the 80 gb hdd, again it only has integrated intel grafix chipset, so no gaming on this machine. another thing, the proccy in this ibm has a 400mhz fsb (there are newer one's with a 533 mhz fsb). and the screen is 14.1". so final price after upgrading hdd would be 1348$.
the dell inspiron6000d came to 1760$
, but there was a 20 or 15 %(not sure which 1) discount so the final price came to 1415$ b4 tax, abt 70$ more than the ibm, this one has a 80gb hdd, the newer 1.6ghz proccy with 533mhz fsb, 15.4" screen, 128 mb ati radeon x300 video card, a free color printer rest every thing was same. remember that dell keeps coming out with 600- 700 $ coupons apart frm the 20-30% discounts so generaly u can use a 600$ coupon and bring the price of ur lappy to abt 1100$, this is wat i meant when i said dell was affordable. build qly isnt as good as the ibm, so while it wont breakdown or nething, dont expect it to withstand too many shocks.
and the b100b vaio well.....
it came pre configured with a celeron proccy, 256mb ram, 30gb hdd, only a dvd rom no cd writer, no wireless all this for 999$ b4 tax, i decided to change the config selected a 1.6ghz pentium-m again its the 1 with 433 mhz fsb, 1 gb ram, 80 gb hdd, cd writer dvd combo, 802.11 wireless card, and a 6 cell battery (yup u need to separately select a battery as well) and the price came to..... hold ur breath 1940$ (i could buy a f*****g alienware lappy at that price !!! btw it has a 14.1" screen, imo simply too expensive and not really worth it.
again i need 1gb ram cause my usage will be multimedia heavy, am not too concerned abt the looks of my lappy, i need decent build qlty, and a good price performance ratio, sony gets the shaft cause its insanely expensive no justification for that high price, i did not expect ibm to be so competitive with dell in the price, i guess ibm is a good buy, but i think what clinches it for dell is that at a spec to spec comparison its clearly superiror to ibm-> the proccy(400 vs 533 mhz fsb), video card (integrated vs ati radeon), lcd screen 14.1 vs 15.4 and plus the dell 6000 is of widescreen format good for watching dvd's. and if u plan to do any gaming at all u simply cant igmore the grafix card in the 6000. plus the coupons actually bring the i6000's price below the ibm.
so according to me the dell 6000 is the clear winner, unless u have a girlfriend who works for ibm and u dont want to break her heart by buying from their rival.
end of report and am off to bed
. let me know if there are any mistakes in the prices or the configs that i have mentioned.
again do check out
www.notebookreview.com www.notebookforums.com for any laptop related queries.
Nithin
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