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Need help buying a Laptop ?

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/need-help-buying-a-laptop.91273/

avi1708
avi1708 Original post #1
Jun 24, 2008 at 4:34 PM
i want to buy a laptop & have narrowed my search to these three:

dell inspiron 1420 (with discreet graphics option)
*www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1420?c=in&cs=indhs1&l=en&s=dhs

hp dv6600(with memory upgraded to at least 2gb)
*h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/in/en/ho/WF05a/1090709-1116637-1116665-1116665-1116665-80633101.html

hp dv6705 au
*h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/in/en/ho/W...116665-1116665-1116665-81136544-81665122.html

what are your views?? i like dell better but its got only 128mb graphics memory which is unlikely to be sufficient(considering future times = some light gaming). please help!



:(i wish inspiron 1520's were still available.
R
Jun 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Just a caution, I had purchased Lenovo 2 months back, after installing Vista, it started hanging, I found, Nvidia card in laptop doesnt support Aero theme of Vista. Please ensure laptop you purchase is fully compatible with Vista if u plan to install Vista.