Which laptop

elmers · February 12th, 2006, 01:13 PM

...would you get?

a) Sony - small and very light, but no digitizer, and the keyboard is very small (and I have very large hands).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834117101

b) Toshiba m200 - best screen of the lot, but heavy, and large. Hate the black outline of the screen.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834114180

c) Lenovo X41 This is the current favorite, small, light, but with a full size keyboard. Only (1024x768 tho).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834146116

Price is not important, I just want a nice, small, light, long battery life laptop. I have had a IBM R40 for a few years now, and it's breaking my back carrying it around every day. I won't game on this pc.

Suggestions?

**GroundZero3** · February 12th, 2006, 01:16 PM

i noticed you have two tablet pc listed. Is that a desired function?

duckhunter-deux · February 12th, 2006, 01:21 PM

I'd probably get the Sony. I'm not too big a fan of tablet PCs, so that's my main reason for going with the Sony. Although if you want a tablet I'd get the Portege. It seems to be an all around faster laptop than the X41 at a cheaper price.

elmers · February 12th, 2006, 01:26 PM

GZ: It could be, but I've never used one before. I thought the convertibles in tablet mode would be better for reading ebooks in bed, and casual surfing.

Dux: But the x41 is much lighter, and I plan on getting the bigger battery, so it should have longer batter life.

EXreaction · February 12th, 2006, 01:52 PM

Bah, way to espensive.

The E1705 is what I would get...along with a core duo cpu...and if you love gaming you can even get it with a 7800 Go graphics card.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

elmers · February 12th, 2006, 02:02 PM

Nope, no gaming whatsoever.

EXreaction · February 12th, 2006, 02:05 PM

Then you can just get it with the Intel 900 graphics...

The core duo in the dell will blow everything else away...

duckhunter-deux · February 12th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Haha I'm used to lugging around a ~9lbs laptop so both of those seem much lighter to me, even if there is a 1 lbs difference between them. If you want a really light tablet then you should get the X41, just make sure to get the bigger battery. One reviewer said they were getting 1.5 hours of battery life when word processing.

LaptopExtreme · February 12th, 2006, 02:35 PM

As for Tablets, HP and Acer's TravelMate series are pretty light also. I think Acers got a pretty good screen too. Out of the 3 you listed, I'd get the Toshiba. I think you cancelled the Sony out since its so small.

elmers · February 12th, 2006, 07:13 PM

Thanks for the replys guys, I'm prolly getting the x41, with the extra large battery. Lightweight and a full size keyboard, yay!

Unfortunatly where I live I can't buy an Acer, I do like how their screen folds up tho.

I might look into getting a toshiba m400, which is supposed to have a dual core proc. But I don;t think its available here. :[