I'm looking at buying a laptop, and I've got it down to these two sets of specs....any opinions would be welcome.
Option 1
Processor: IntelCore 2 Duo T9600, 2.8 1066mhz 6m L2 Cache
Ram: 6GB, DDR2, 800 Mhz 2 Dimm
Vid Card: 512Mb ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Hard Drv: 640 G (2x 320) 5400 RPM Sata Hard Drive
Screen: Hi Resolution glossy widescreen (1400x900)
3 Year Warranty
Cost: 1,269 (subtotal)
Option 2
Processor: IntelCore i7-720QM Quad Core Processor @ 1.6Ghz (2.8 Ghz Turbo Mode 6Mb Cache)
Ram: 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 1066 Mhz
Vid Card: 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Hard Drv: 250 Gb 7200 RPM Sata Hard Drive
Screen: HD+ (900p) Bright LED Display
1 Year Warranty
Cost: 1,264 (subtotal)
My primary uses will be 3d Modeling Apps such as Vue D' Spirit, Truspace and Poser, Video Editing, Gaming, Photoshop, Itunes, Watching Movies.
In the last decade, I've only upgraded twice, and didn't really need to know much about the machines as anything was an improvement over what I had before. Things have gotten much more complicated in terms of knowing which processors are better, etc.
It used to be simple...386 was better than 286, 486 was better than 386, etc. Ditto for RAM....
I'm leaning towards option two because the ram and vid card is better. But how does a 1.6 Ghz Quad Core with a turbo boost to 2.8 Ghz stand up against a 2.8 Duo Core?
The Duo Core price was with a 650 dollar discount....the Quad Core had no discount....it seems a little wierd to be getting a better machine for a few bucks cheaper. There's got to be a trade off in there...so where is it? Aside from the size of the hard drive, the processor is all I can see, but I just don't know enough about Duo Core\Quad Core. I've watched a couple of videos that explain the concept, but don't really tell me what I need to know in terms of how these particular two stand up against each other.
On option 2, I dropped the hard drive storage capacity in order to get the price down to my spending window. I prolly could drop it down a bit on option 1 and save myself some money, what with external drives being so much cheaper.
Again, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Option 1
Processor: IntelCore 2 Duo T9600, 2.8 1066mhz 6m L2 Cache
Ram: 6GB, DDR2, 800 Mhz 2 Dimm
Vid Card: 512Mb ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Hard Drv: 640 G (2x 320) 5400 RPM Sata Hard Drive
Screen: Hi Resolution glossy widescreen (1400x900)
3 Year Warranty
Cost: 1,269 (subtotal)
Option 2
Processor: IntelCore i7-720QM Quad Core Processor @ 1.6Ghz (2.8 Ghz Turbo Mode 6Mb Cache)
Ram: 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 1066 Mhz
Vid Card: 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Hard Drv: 250 Gb 7200 RPM Sata Hard Drive
Screen: HD+ (900p) Bright LED Display
1 Year Warranty
Cost: 1,264 (subtotal)
My primary uses will be 3d Modeling Apps such as Vue D' Spirit, Truspace and Poser, Video Editing, Gaming, Photoshop, Itunes, Watching Movies.
In the last decade, I've only upgraded twice, and didn't really need to know much about the machines as anything was an improvement over what I had before. Things have gotten much more complicated in terms of knowing which processors are better, etc.
It used to be simple...386 was better than 286, 486 was better than 386, etc. Ditto for RAM....
I'm leaning towards option two because the ram and vid card is better. But how does a 1.6 Ghz Quad Core with a turbo boost to 2.8 Ghz stand up against a 2.8 Duo Core?
The Duo Core price was with a 650 dollar discount....the Quad Core had no discount....it seems a little wierd to be getting a better machine for a few bucks cheaper. There's got to be a trade off in there...so where is it? Aside from the size of the hard drive, the processor is all I can see, but I just don't know enough about Duo Core\Quad Core. I've watched a couple of videos that explain the concept, but don't really tell me what I need to know in terms of how these particular two stand up against each other.
On option 2, I dropped the hard drive storage capacity in order to get the price down to my spending window. I prolly could drop it down a bit on option 1 and save myself some money, what with external drives being so much cheaper.
Again, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
