Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:10:55 09/23/03
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On September 23, 2003 at 07:29:18, Anatoli Sirota wrote: >Dear Chess Friends! > >I am looking for a new notebook and probably I'll buy a bit closer to the New >Year eve. Yesterday I received the latest Australian Computer Magazine and they >advertised 2 differant laptops from Dell. Please have a quick look at them: > >Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Prosessor 3.06 Ghz, 512 DDR SDRAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, >32 MB DDR ATI Mobility Radion 9000 AGP 4X Graphics, DVD +RW Combo Drive ( >Burn DVD and CD), Modem, 15" SXGA+ TFT Display (1400 x 1050 res.) Cost - >AUS$2999. > >And another one: >Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Prosessor 2.6 Ghz - Ì , 512 DDR SDRAM, 80 GB Hard >Drive, 64MB DDR nVidia GeForce 4 4200 Go AGP 4X Graphics, 15.4" Wide-Aspect >UltraSharp etc. Cost- AUS$3999 > >Which one is most suitable for chees ? Does it make any sence to pay extra $1000 >for the second laptop ? I see that it has a bit better graphic card, a bigger >HDD and a wider display. But does it cost $1000 ? > >Thank you, > >Best wishes >Anatoli Sirota I, also, have been looking at these very same laptops. The thing that strikes me most is that the advertised prices are very misleading. If you use the "customize" feature provided by Dell, and if you select the best of everything, your price approaches $6000. That is a lot of money for the average person on the street, like me. So the questions for me become: "Can I do without this?" My first instinct is to get the most RAM and the fastest processor. I also want the best of everything else too. The truth is that I do not "need" a laptop at all! The new desktop is good enough. What you will want will depend on how much you would be using your laptop. If you would be using it many hours per day, a nice display might be important. A slow processor would be an irritation so speed would be good too. If you plan to use it primarily for analysis, processor speed should be top priority. If you play to use it primarily for playing games and if you are not a strong IM or GM, then maybe a less expensive slow processor might be good enough. The amount of RAM needed depends on whether or not you plan to simultaneously run several programs or not. Multiple programs mandates lots of RAM. My personal scenario at my desktop is that the computer is solving chess problems [analyzing positions] in the background while I do non-chess tasks. Etceteras. Bob D.
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