need expert help in buying a laptop

Hi
I'm badly in need of some expert help in buying a laptop for
my daily home and office use. Stumbled upon many brands and models
over google but unable to make a better choice.

Here am putting a list of my requirements.

I am basically a web appliaction developer:

1. screen width 14/15.4 inches
2. Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor
3. 2 gb Ram( 1gb + 1gb) or even 1gb Ram extendable to 2gb
4. 120/160 gb hard drive
5. dvd RW
6. built in webcam and speakers
7. graphics card Not a great player of games and dont have interest
in playing such
So opting Nvidia doesnt make sense to me
8. i can afford upto 42000/43000 INR

It would be of great hep if any one in this group please take the pain
of analysing my requirements and suggest me a laptop.

In
news:6cfd462d-27e8-4874-9970-,
converging rails typed on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:10 -0800 (PST):
> Hi
> I'm badly in need of some expert help in buying a laptop for
> my daily home and office use. Stumbled upon many brands and models
> over google but unable to make a better choice.
>
> Here am putting a list of my requirements.
>
> I am basically a web appliaction developer:
>
> 1. screen width 14/15.4 inches
> 2. Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor
> 3. 2 gb Ram( 1gb + 1gb) or even 1gb Ram extendable to 2gb
> 4. 120/160 gb hard drive
> 5. dvd RW
> 6. built in webcam and speakers
> 7. graphics card Not a great player of games and dont have interest
> in playing such
> So opting Nvidia doesnt make sense to me
> 8. i can afford upto 42000/43000 INR
>
> It would be of great hep if any one in this group please take the pain
> of analysing my requirements and suggest me a laptop.

One question, question #5, want a dual layer DVD RW or a single layer?
Also do you want DVD+RW or DVD-RW? Or both?

--
Bill
email: change kom to com

Hi converging rails,

You're sort of in luck, coz 'laptop recommendation' is my cup of
tea
Here are my thoughts.

1) Your requirements seem to suggest what is commonly called a 'thin
and light' notebook. That is, you need it for very decent processing
power, but it does not need to be so powerful as to play the latest 3D
games. Most of these laptops have 14 to 15 inch screens, Intel Core 2
Duo, 2 GB Ram and 100+ GB of hard disk space.

2) I would recommend anyone of the following laptops out in the market
right now:
- Lenovo ThinkPad T61
- Sony VAIO VGN-FZ280E
- HP Pavilion dv6675us

If you want to find out more, you can read also read an article I've
written:
http://www.best-laptop-guide.com/top...t-laptops.html


Best Regards,
Gary Hendricks
http://www.best-laptop-guide.com

On Jan 23, 1:26 am, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:6cfd462d-27e8-4874-9970-,
> converging rails typed on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:10 -0800 (PST):
>
>
>
> > Hi
> > I'm badly in need of some expert help in buying a laptop for
> > my daily home and office use. Stumbled upon many brands and models
> > over google but unable to make a better choice.
>
> > Here am putting a list of my requirements.
>
> > I am basically a web appliaction developer:
>
> > 1. screen width 14/15.4 inches
> > 2. Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor
> > 3. 2 gb Ram( 1gb + 1gb) or even 1gb Ram extendable to 2gb
> > 4. 120/160 gb hard drive
> > 5. dvd RW
> > 6. built in webcam and speakers
> > 7. graphics card Not a great player of games and dont have interest
> > in playing such
> > So opting Nvidia doesnt make sense to me
> > 8. i can afford upto 42000/43000 INR
>
> > It would be of great hep if any one in this group please take the pain
> > of analysing my requirements and suggest me a laptop.
>
> One question, question #5, want a dual layer DVD RW or a single layer?
> Also do you want DVD+RW or DVD-RW? Or both?
>
> --
> Bill
> email: change kom to com

I need a DVD reader and writer

On Jan 23, 4:17 am, gary_hendricks_m...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi converging rails,
>
> You're sort of in luck, coz 'laptop recommendation' is my cup of
> tea
> Here are my thoughts.
>
> 1) Your requirements seem to suggest what is commonly called a 'thin
> and light' notebook. That is, you need it for very decent processing
> power, but it does not need to be so powerful as to play the latest 3D
> games. Most of these laptops have 14 to 15 inch screens, Intel Core 2
> Duo, 2 GB Ram and 100+ GB of hard disk space.
>
> 2) I would recommend anyone of the following laptops out in the market
> right now:
> - Lenovo ThinkPad T61
> - Sony VAIO VGN-FZ280E
> - HP Pavilion dv6675us
>
> If you want to find out more, you can read also read an article I've
> written:http://www.best-laptop-guide.com/top...t-laptops.html
>
> Best Regards,
> Gary Hendrickshttp://www.best-laptop-guide.com

do they fall in my affordable price tag?
about 42000/43000 INR (1$ = 40 rs approximately)

If he's buying a new, current production 2008 laptop, it's going to have
a dual layer burner that does both + and - (and pretty much all other CD
and DVD) formats, because that's about all that is being made or used
today. If he's buying an older model, however, then that might not be
the case.


BillW50 wrote:
> In news:6cfd462d-27e8-4874-9970-,
> converging rails typed on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:10 -0800 (PST):
>> Hi
>> I'm badly in need of some expert help in buying a laptop for
>> my daily home and office use. Stumbled upon many brands and models
>> over google but unable to make a better choice.
>>
>> Here am putting a list of my requirements.
>>
>> I am basically a web appliaction developer:
>>
>> 1. screen width 14/15.4 inches
>> 2. Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor
>> 3. 2 gb Ram( 1gb + 1gb) or even 1gb Ram extendable to 2gb
>> 4. 120/160 gb hard drive
>> 5. dvd RW
>> 6. built in webcam and speakers
>> 7. graphics card Not a great player of games and dont have interest
>> in playing such
>> So opting Nvidia doesnt make sense to me
>> 8. i can afford upto 42000/43000 INR
>>
>> It would be of great hep if any one in this group please take the pain
>> of analysing my requirements and suggest me a laptop.
>
> One question, question #5, want a dual layer DVD RW or a single layer?
> Also do you want DVD+RW or DVD-RW? Or both?
>

Bill's question is still relevant; "DVD Reader and Writer" has, over the
past 8 years, encompassed about a dozen different devices. However, if
you are buying a newly produce 2008 product, you are going to get a "do
everything" optical drive. But if it's an older product, you might have
to answer the questions that Bill asks. "DVD reader and writer" doesn't
even begin to address all of the possibly almost a dozen different
formats that a given (DVD reader/writer) might or might not support.
It's FAR more complex than just "DVD reader and writer".


converging rails wrote:

>> One question, question #5, want a dual layer DVD RW or a single layer?
>> Also do you want DVD+RW or DVD-RW? Or both?
>>
>> --
>> Bill
>> email: change kom to com
>
> I need a DVD reader and writer