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Originally posted by Paddy @Zokes: Those Hypersonic-pc's look amazing! I wish I had the spare cash now!
Me too, they are such sweet looking machines, not to mention powerful! I'd prolly end up cuddling with it at night, so I guess it's best I don't own one for now.
Titanium is the new bling!
(you heard from me first!)
how much does hardrive speed, ie rpm, affect battery drain/performance? anybody know. i see 4200rpm is std on most even if they are high performance models.. 5400 is a cheap upfrade but is it woth it for a laptop?
P4b@2.7, AOpen ax4spe max II, 4X Parhelia 128 with Zalman zm80c and fan -or- ATI Radeon X800GTO, 1024mb.
I don't know about how a faster HD would affect battery life, but I think you'd be creating somewhat of a performance bottleneck with just a 4200 rpm drive. Based on the laptops you're considering, you'd be getting a fast Dothan CPU, 512-1024MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (?), and a Radeon Mobility 9700 with 128MB of dedicated VRAM. All that balances nicely. But throw in a slow 4200 rpm HD, and like I said, it doesn't seem to fit. What capacity of HD were you thinking of getting? 60GB? 80GB? If it were me, I'd go with a 5400 rpm drive. But then, I care more about performance than battery life in a laptop. My laptop is hooked up to the AC power adaptor 98% of the time.
So, hopefully someone else will jump in and offer an opinion.
-- Jerry
Last edited by JerryMouse; 11 September 2004, 18:03.
4200 rpm drives can drain significantly less power. Not to mention they're quieter and cooler. But yes, also slower.
Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
i dont see much hard drive activity these days on my home box with 512mb compared to years ago. it seems for me the battery life would be the better way to go. i will have at least 512mb, and at least a 40gb drive.
P4b@2.7, AOpen ax4spe max II, 4X Parhelia 128 with Zalman zm80c and fan -or- ATI Radeon X800GTO, 1024mb.
Me too, they are such sweet looking machines, not to mention powerful! I'd prolly end up cuddling with it at night, so I guess it's best I don't own one for now
Nah, the wife can sleep on the floor!
The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England
i don't think i need any options above this base confiduration...
Go for the 1GB of RAM.
Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
i'll stick with the 512mb option as i have a spare 256 sodimm to add.
it doesn't look great you're right, but i'll be the only one staring at it!
will post my results with dc when i learn more.
was about $70 less than comparable sager (on same page) but also had twice the warranty. hope i'm ok with 2 years, could have had 5 years coverage for another $150 but display was not covered in some cases, that was even more money.
hypersonic was even more money but real nice to look at.
P4b@2.7, AOpen ax4spe max II, 4X Parhelia 128 with Zalman zm80c and fan -or- ATI Radeon X800GTO, 1024mb.
discount laptops has asvised me that there is an additional $65 fee for shipping to hawaii, this is over the $35 2 day fedex fee already charged last week when i placed the order. fedex says it ain't so! the 2 day air fee covers hawaii as it is the only way and that some "qualified partners" can ship at ground prices but receive air service. strike 1 for discount laptops.
it may seem trivial for a $1600 purchase but i still think a scam is a scam regardless of cost and i hate supporting it.
will keep you advised as requested but haven't agreed to the fee increase yet. it may all be over...
P4b@2.7, AOpen ax4spe max II, 4X Parhelia 128 with Zalman zm80c and fan -or- ATI Radeon X800GTO, 1024mb.
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