I'm looking at buying a laptop but I've still got a few questions I haven't worked out. Right now I'm looking at buying an HP because I want it AMD-based. Anyone happen to know of another manufacturer that sells AMD laptops that you can customize? Sure, I'd like an Acer Ferrari but I'm not dropping 2k for a laptop just now.
Assuming I get the HP it'll be comming with a Radeon Xpress 200M with hypermemory. Judging by the different models I'm assuming there are some that only used shared memory and some that have dedicated memory and can also use shared. Anyone know if this is true? I'd be getting the one with 128M dedicated. I realize this will be no gaming monster but would it at least make recent games playable?
Another question I have is about the wacky names given to different screen resolutions. I emailed HP to ask what resolutions correspond to which name (i.e. xga, wxga, etc.) but the email I received back differs from the information found on the website (was told wxga is 1280x768, says 1280x800 on the webpage). Anyone have a good breakdown of the resolutions. Also, is TFT a process that can be applied to any screen (can there be a TFT version of every screen resolution) or is it a feature of only certain screens?
In trying to decide between A64 and Turion, the A64 is the one that comes with what I'm assuming is dedicated memory for the GPU. The Turion seems to come with a Radeon that only uses system memory. What I'm wondering is if the A64 is going to have a significantly shorter battery life. I doubt I'll be doing much game playing but I will be watching movies, doing Photoshop and the usual office-type applications. Also, would the A64 feel like I've got a lap full of charcoal?
I've tried emailing HP most of these questions but the response time is terrible (5 days or so) and the answers I've gotten so far haven't been too helpful, so any help would be appreciated.
Assuming I get the HP it'll be comming with a Radeon Xpress 200M with hypermemory. Judging by the different models I'm assuming there are some that only used shared memory and some that have dedicated memory and can also use shared. Anyone know if this is true? I'd be getting the one with 128M dedicated. I realize this will be no gaming monster but would it at least make recent games playable?
Another question I have is about the wacky names given to different screen resolutions. I emailed HP to ask what resolutions correspond to which name (i.e. xga, wxga, etc.) but the email I received back differs from the information found on the website (was told wxga is 1280x768, says 1280x800 on the webpage). Anyone have a good breakdown of the resolutions. Also, is TFT a process that can be applied to any screen (can there be a TFT version of every screen resolution) or is it a feature of only certain screens?
In trying to decide between A64 and Turion, the A64 is the one that comes with what I'm assuming is dedicated memory for the GPU. The Turion seems to come with a Radeon that only uses system memory. What I'm wondering is if the A64 is going to have a significantly shorter battery life. I doubt I'll be doing much game playing but I will be watching movies, doing Photoshop and the usual office-type applications. Also, would the A64 feel like I've got a lap full of charcoal?
I've tried emailing HP most of these questions but the response time is terrible (5 days or so) and the answers I've gotten so far haven't been too helpful, so any help would be appreciated.
. Just buy extra laptop ram and install it yourself.
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