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[Galant]

Laptops:

Number 1

Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4ghz
1MB L2 Cache
1 Gig DDR SD RAM (2x 512)
80Gig 5400rpm HD
128MB ATI Radeon Mobile Express 200...??? (Dedicated)
DVD+/- W/RW CD-RW Combo Dual Layer

Around $1700

Number 2

Athlon 64 3700+
1MB L2 cache
1.0GB PC2700 DDR SoDIMM
100.0GB hard drive
ATI Mobility RADEON 9550 graphics with 64MB video memory; S-video TV-out
Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support

$1,549.99 (+ tax, I think at 7.5%)

Not the greatest difference but the second one's stock and the first one's built a la carte!

Also, does anyone have a clue what the options are on extra batteries etc.?

[nvening]

If you are worried at all about battery then mabe they are not the best choice.
What are you using this laptop for? Max buget?

[Galant]

Video production and some audio also.

Maybe the odd DVD but that's miscellaneous.

Would not want to go much above that 1700. US Dollars that is.

[nvening]

Well, what you want relys on the CPU so the first one. Mabe you should consider a pentium for editing as they are better. Personally I like pentium Ms. I must say though, that price seems very cheap for the spec.

[Galant]

Hmmm, what about spare batteries, I'm not really in the laptop realm much, are there any big ones out there, or pretty much the same across the board?

[nvening]

Hang on, are you getting this built for you or what brand is it?

[skuzgib]

If it's mainly for encoding, go for a P4. P-Ms are cool and use less power, put aren't as good as P4s for encoding due to, amongst other things, its short pipeline.

A64s seem to be better at encoding than P-Ms, but still not as good as P4s

[Galant]

Number one is via Circuit City and will be built as we choose, number two is one from Best Buy, pre-made.

My brother will be making use of it, he does a lot of video production - from commercials to humorous short movies.

[nvening]

linky

[Galant]

Bad link.

[nvening]

lol, i was asking for one.
This is the second one its a gateway yes?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1109938021195
If you want spare batterys they i suppose you will have to get it from gateway.
can u give us a link to the other one, just the build page of the site, i couldnt find it.
Thanks