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From: "Dinesh A. Joshi" dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com Subj: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: New Laptop ideas Date: Mon May 18, 2009 1:36 am Size: 1K To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in

Mehul Ved wrote:

Hi, I have no idea about the current available options. If you know about the available models which he can look for please reply back. Thank You.

Ask him to go in for a C2D Machine with 6-8 Gigs of RAM with a P8600 or better processor and an Intel GMA4500 chipset or better. This is a very power efficient and cool ( as in temperature ) platform. If he wants a more mature platform ask him to go in for a C2D with GMA X3100 chipset with 4 Gigs of RAM. This runs a bit hotter ( not so much though ) and is power efficient as well. With this chipset he should get a T8300 processor. It packs a punch.

Since he needs something portable and light ( and sturdy ) he should try lenovo ( Though my personal experience has been bad I'm still recommending it purely because I feel it was a one off incident ). If not, Dell would give him the best returns on his investment. If money is not a worry, he should go in for a Mac Book Pro.

Don't go for mac unless he is sure the specialised maths software he wants to use is going to run on mac os

- Dinesh