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Old 4th Jan 2006, 03:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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my cousin from Perth is here in Kuching for 2 weeks. he's intending to get a notebook for his work use (graphic design and architecture) which involves 3D studio Max, Autocad etc..his budget is between RM8,000 to RM10,000.

looking for some recommendations for a suitable notebook.

some specs :-
1. AMD 64 Turion / Opteron? (to support 64bit softwares in future)
2. 1GB RAM option to upgrade to 2GB.
3. preferably 17" screen.
4. Nvidia graphics card if possible.
5. DVD-RW removable.
6. the usual on board LAN, modem, audio, wifi, bluetooth.
7. international warranty.

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Wow...that would be a desktop replacement already...
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Old 4th Jan 2006, 05:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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yalor, but cuzzie wants a notebook.. he already got a desktop.. and it's cheaper to get one in Malaysia than in Australia..
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i think he would need a laptop with nvidia quadro if possible ...

dun think a 6800go is that good .. but maybe can also ..
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17"!?!? that wld be like 4 to 5kg weight?!

anyway, here's my choice:


Ferrari Acer with AMD Turion 64



Lamborghini notebook unknown spec, carbon-fiber body.



Sony vaio, Pentium M (Dothan), 2.26 GHz, 17" S$6000+!!!



G4!!
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my cousin from Perth is here in Kuching for 2 weeks. he's intending to get a notebook for his work use (graphic design and architecture) which involves 3D studio Max, Autocad etc..his budget is between RM8,000 to RM10,000.

looking for some recommendations for a suitable notebook.

some specs :-
1. AMD 64 Turion / Opteron? (to support 64bit softwares in future)
2. 1GB RAM option to upgrade to 2GB.
3. preferably 17" screen.
4. Nvidia graphics card if possible.
5. DVD-RW removable.
6. the usual on board LAN, modem, audio, wifi, bluetooth.
7. international warranty.

my dad has a laptop running at 3.7GHz it has 2GB of ram 150GB of harddrive nd its a windows xp home made by toshiba it was around 2-3k i can find more specs if u want
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my dad has a laptop running at 3.7GHz it has 2GB of ram 150GB of harddrive nd its a windows xp home made by toshiba it was around 2-3k i can find more specs if u want
yes more specs would be good. thanks.
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17"!?!? that wld be like 4 to 5kg weight?!

anyway, here's my choice:


Ferrari Acer with AMD Turion 64



Lamborghini notebook unknown spec, carbon-fiber body.



Sony vaio, Pentium M (Dothan), 2.26 GHz, 17" S$6000+!!!



G4!!
was window shopping yesterday, seems like the highest end notebook i can find in Kuching is the Acer Ferarri AMD 64 Turion's... retailing around RM7,999. but for that price, wouldn't it be better to get an alienware with Opteron processors? what you think? i'm so against ATi... only alienware has Nvidia...

no pentiums please.. they can't support 64bit yet..
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for that price, it's better to wait for the yonah platform.

dual core will speed up his apps.

PM (dothan) isn't really a workstation chip..
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but yonah does not support 64bit apps right? anyway, what's the best choice i could go for now? don't think he can wait till his next trip (5-6 years?) back to Malaysia...
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