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  Help buying laptop

  Posted by David Erwin on November 18, 2008 at 7:02 pm

  I’m going to be editing on the road for the next few months, having to do same day turn around for web and broadcast. Looking at which laptop to select, here are the options I have chosen (** denotes what I have picked) – any better suggestions within this configuration? Any help greatly appreciated, I am more of a driver than mechanic, not strong on what goes on under the hood.

  ThinkPad W700 2757
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  Processor 1
  **Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2)

  Intel Core 2 Extreme processor X9100 (3.06GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2) [add $600.00]

  Intel Core 2 Quad Core Extreme Processor QX9300 (2.53GHz 1066MHz 12MBL2) [add $1,000.00]

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  Operating system 12
  **Genuine Windows Vista Business

  Genuine Windows Vista Business 64 [$0.00]

  Genuine Windows Vista Business downgrade to Windows XP Professional [$0.00]

  Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate 64 [add $70.00]

  Display type

  **17″ WXGA+ LCD 200NIT

  17″ WUXGA 400NIT TFT [add $225.00]

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  System graphics
  **NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 48-core CUDA parallel computing processor 512MB (dedicated)

  NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 128-core CUDA parallel computing processor 1GB (dedicated) [add $400.00]

  Total memory 8

  **2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)

  2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM) [add $30.00]

  3 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) [add $70.00]

  4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) [add $170.00]

  Pointing Device

  **Ultranav + Fingerprint Reader

  Ultranav + Fingerprint Reader + Pantone Color Sensor [add $70.00]

  Ultranav + Fingerprint Reader + Pantone Color Sensor + WACOM Digitizer [add $150.00]

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  Camera
  No Camera [subtract $30.00]

  1.3 Megapixel Integrated Camera

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  Storage devices
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  Storage subsystem 4 Help me decide

  Internal RAID – Not Enabled

  Internal RAID – Configured by Lenovo [$0.00]

  Primary Hard Drive Help me decide

  Non-RAID HDD, 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm

  Non-RAID HDD, 250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm [$0.00]

  Non-RAID HDD, 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm [add $80.00]

  Non-RAID HDD, 200 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm with Disk Encryption [add $135.00]

  64 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA [add $154.00] Save $250 through December 1, 2008.

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  Second Hard Drive Help me decide

  **None

  Non-RAID HDD, 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm [add $165.00]

  Non-RAID HDD, 250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm [add $165.00]

  Non-RAID HDD, 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm [add $245.00]

  Non-RAID HDD, 200 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm with Disk Encryption [add $300.00]

  64 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA [add $319.00] Save $250 through December 1, 2008.
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  Intel® Turbo Memory hard drive cache Help me decide
  **None

  Intel Turbo Memory 2GB [add $50.00]
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  Optical device 5
  **DVD Recordable 8x Max Ultrabay Enhanced (Serial ATA)

  ThinkPad Blu-ray Recordable Ultrabay Enhanced (Serial ATA) [add $450.00]

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  System expansion slots Help me decide

  **Express Card(54mm) + Express Card(34mm)

  Smart Card + Express Card(34mm) [add $10.00]

  Compact Flash + Express Card(34mm) [add $10.00]

  David Erwin replied 17 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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