ATOT - please pick my new laptop, I'm tired of trying to decide

[lizardboy]

Tomorrow I'm planning to buy one of these notebooks, either through the Office Depot deal for the zv6000 or the Dell $750 off coupon. I'll be using this for surfing the web, watching DVD's and some gaming (UT (old version), Doom3, Far Cry). With tax, I'll probably end up spending around $850 on either one.

zv6000:
AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3200+
15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280x800)
128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)

i6000:
Intel Pentium M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ LCD Panel
64MB or 128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY? RADEON X300 PCI Express

I'll be upgrading either one with a 100GB Seagate Momentus (5400), and I'll upgrade the RAM to either 1GB or 768MB. I'd appreciate any opinions on why I should get one over the other...Thanks.

 

[amol]

Dell $750 OFF

 

[yoda291]

lapdance, scores.

 

[lizardboy]

Originally posted by: Amol
Dell $750 OFF

Why?

 

[Brackis]

How are you so sure that a loaded laptop like that can run only $850? With the video card, ram upgrades, etc... this will run you over your budget.
Why do you need to game on your laptop?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: lizardboy

Originally posted by: Amol
Dell $750 OFF

Why?

Because


Hey, it's not my fault you're not getting meaningful answers . . .

after all, as Nik would say . . .


WRONG FORUM!!

 

[b0mbrman]

Fleshlight

 

[lizardboy]

Originally posted by: Brackis
How are you so sure that a loaded laptop like that can run only $850? With the video card, ram upgrades, etc... this will run you over your budget.
Why do you need to game on your laptop?

Because I've configured both and know what price I can get them for - $850 is just for the laptop order. Either one will have the base 256MB, I'll upgrade through Newegg (or whoever).

 

[lizardboy]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: lizardboy

Originally posted by: Amol
Dell $750 OFF

Why?

after all, as Nik would say . . .


WRONG FORUM!!

100% correct, but I wanted to allow the ATOT'ers to choose. I'll even name the damn thing WTFBBQ in ATOT's honor.

MIKE

 

[amol]

if you're gaming, the ZV6000


if it was me, i'd get the Dell because of the awesome deal and te WSXGA+ screen

 

[Merlyn3D]

Every other laptop pales in comparison to the Thinkpad T series...that's my opinion

 

[RossMAN]

I was about to suggest posting on NotebookForums.com until I saw this.

Dell Inspiron 6000

HP ZV6000 (sorry ZV6000 reviews are scarce)