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How is this laptop for 21000

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kumarmohit
kumarmohit Original post #1
Apr 3, 2008 at 9:17 PM
*www-604.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...686018425096210&productId=4611686018425480895

It is new and avilable for 21000 Rs, should it be purchased?
DigitalDude
Apr 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM
it has a celeron processor and no OS is bundled...

take that into consideration


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Pathik
Pathik #3
Apr 3, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Bad. Rather get a Acer 5315.
saqib_khan
Apr 4, 2008 at 12:09 AM
instead get a zenith director for 25000 Rs.
*tinyurl.com/32sbkv
kumarmohit
Apr 4, 2008 at 10:20 AM
it has a celeron processor and no OS is bundled...

take that into consideration
He needs it for typing and surfing so celeron would not be an issue.
As for the OS, As long as it can run Fedora or any other decent distro, That wud not be an issue.

Bad. Rather get a Acer 5315.
And Acer looks fugly!

instead get a zenith director for 25000 Rs.
*tinyurl.com/32sbkv

The person is on a tight budget, so every penny he can spare, the better it is.

The question is, at the price of 21000, how wud you rate it for value for money on a scale of five.
saqib_khan
Apr 4, 2008 at 1:47 PM
But, what's the use in buying an outdated thing???
Celeron, in today's era is a way too outdated man, just forget to buy that.
Sourabh
Sourabh #7
Apr 4, 2008 at 2:06 PM
But, what's the use in buying an outdated thing???
Celeron, in today's era is a way too outdated man, just forget to buy that.

Celeron M is not a product but a product family. Celeron offerings from Intel improves as we progress from Yonah to Merom to Penryn. Who knows one day we will even have quad core versions in Celeron family. So, it's not a question of what's in and what's not. It depends on what you need it for.

What you mean to say is, for an extra few grands, you get a nicely spec'd laptop. That's fair enough. But when you want something cheap and don't have the luxury to buy a reasonable laptop (which is a bit more expensive), you make a few compromises. The good part is as Celeron M processors evolve, they are more than capable enough for normal computing tasks on a laptop. The new batch of Celeron Ms are even 64-bit capable.
kumarmohit
Apr 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM
This one is capable of MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Intel 64 (Intel's x86-64 implementation), XD bit (an NX bit implementation). It is based on Merom - L.
saqib_khan
Apr 4, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Sourabh , whatever u say, celeron is the lowest end processor in the whole intel family.
Can u say which processor is the slowest in speed in intel?? It's celeron.
uppalpankaj
Apr 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM
How is the AMD 1100 LE processor????
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acewin #11
Apr 5, 2008 at 1:55 AM
very good for mobility, because for standard document viewing and browingit would be real good, but you cant run heavy apps, and neither open 10 apps same time.
The person needs to be careful alot otherwise cerleron procy will certainly freeze on him, what is the weight of this. anythin near 2.5 Kg will make me give 4.5 and if its 3+ then less than 3. because just for suggested purpose it would be damn heavy thing to carry.
kumarmohit
Apr 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM
The weight is 2.2kg, maximum 2.4!
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acewin #13
Apr 5, 2008 at 7:40 PM
even better. 2.2 KG for laptop is very good.
praka123
praka123 #14
Apr 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM
eeepc anyone? :D
saqib_khan
Apr 6, 2008 at 12:11 AM
He needs it for typing and surfing

Please no EEE PC, he said , he will use it for typing , so typing would be a great problem in eee pc.
The keys r also very small for typing, u can also read the review made by some member in this forum of EEE PC.

But, to u i say NO EEE PC.:)