New Laptop

[sirbleedsalot]

Thanks, I will stay clear of the zd8000. Is there a $400 difference between the hp zv6000 with 15.4" screen, Athon 64 4000+ CPU, and 128MB RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M video card. And the Sager np475-v, with the athon 64 3700+ CPU, RADEON 9700 with 128mb sdram, and 17" screen. The screen size does not matter to me, all I care about is performance and I know the smaller screen will boost battery life. If the only difference is in playing games then I might have to buy a 360 and switch over to counsel gaming.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by sirbleedsalot

Thanks, I will stay clear of the zd8000. Is there a $400 difference between the hp zv6000 with 15.4" screen, Athon 64 4000+ CPU, and 128MB RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M video card. And the Sager np475-v, with the athon 64 3700+ CPU, RADEON 9700 with 128mb sdram, and 17" screen. The screen size does not matter to me, all I care about is performance and I know the smaller screen will boost battery life. If the only difference is in playing games then I might have to buy a 360 and switch over to counsel gaming.

I would suggest this model over the np475-v unless you really want the Athlon processor.

The 9700 pro is almost two years old. It's still a pretty good card, but it's two generations behind the current PCI-E cards. The model I linked to features the second best notebook card ATI has out right now. It's also 17", but with a Pentium M processor. It comes out to right around $2000 from Sager. It's less from www.discountlaptops.com. About $1914.

If you want all out power, the same model, but with the brand new Nvidia go Gtx 7800 w/ 256mb comes out to exactly $2000 without a OS. (http://www.discountlaptops.com/index...&model_id=1302)