which would you choose and why?

[jimrawr]

Which would you choose
Both are the same price, which would you choose and why? Would you want a faster laptop with less ram and harddrive, or slower laptop with more memory?

Dell 2650 laptop
Pentium 4 1.7ghz
20 Gig HD
256 DDR Ram (2 dimm)
24x CDRW
15" TFT LCD
16MB geforce2 Go


Or

Dell 2650 Laptop
Celeron 1.6Ghz
30 Gig HD
512 DDR Ram (2 dimm)
24x CDRW/DVD combo Drive
15' TFT LCD
16MB geforce2 Go

 

[XZeroII]

The PIV definatly. Celerons are terrible.

 

[SoylentGreen]

2nd one
DVD
10 gig more
256 more

 

[cessna152]

2nd One

More battery life in addition to what was posted earlier.

 

[SoylentGreen]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
The PIV definatly. Celerons are terrible.

Why? My celeron 500 lappy plays even the newest DIVX flawlessly.

 

[Aceshigh]

Originally posted by: Kiyup
2nd one
DVD
10 gig more
256 more

Celeron's seem to work fine for me.

 

[notfred]

Celeron, definitely. DVD and HD space. It's not like the difference between the P4 and Celeron is going to matter on a laptop w/ a 16mb GF2Go card.

 

[DAM]

i would probably go with the p4, specially for the same price, besides its a lappy hd size shouldnt really be an issue.



dam()

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
The PIV definatly. Celerons are terrible.

Details please? I've got a Celeron 1.5 laptop and have no complaints at all.

 

[CraigRT]

Celerons do suck, but it has alot more memory, and a bigger drive... sadly. would probably be better. Also, battery life is probably better.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Yield
Celerons do suck, but it has alot more memory, and a bigger drive... sadly. would probably be better. Also, battery life is probably better.

Once again, explain please.

 

[jimrawr]

Ok, I will add this

Its a desktop replacement for me. Battery life isnt a big issue for me, either is the DVD player. I watch all my DVD's on my home entertainment setup.

The reason im leaning twords the P4 is because, the ram and harddrive can be easily upgraded later on.. the CPU cant.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: jimrawr
Ok, I will add this

Its a desktop replacement for me. Battery life isnt a big issue for me, either is the DVD player. I watch all my DVD's on my home entertainment setup.

The reason im leaning twords the P4 is because, the ram and harddrive can be easily upgraded later on.. the CPU cant.

I'd go with the celeron/dvd one simply because you will regret it in the long run when you are traveling and want to watch a movie. Believe, I know from experience.

 

[jimrawr]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: jimrawr
Ok, I will add this

Its a desktop replacement for me. Battery life isnt a big issue for me, either is the DVD player. I watch all my DVD's on my home entertainment setup.

The reason im leaning twords the P4 is because, the ram and harddrive can be easily upgraded later on.. the CPU cant.

I'd go with the celeron/dvd one simply because you will regret it in the long run when you are traveling and want to watch a movie. Believe, I know from experience.

I have another laptop with a DVD player, so I could use that one for long trips ect.

So, would you still choose the celly?

 

[sparkyclarky]

You need to hit up the hot deals forum

 

[jimrawr]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
You need to hit up the hot deals forum

I have been

I dont see anything except for the dell deal right now, but its really not that cheap right now, and they arent shipping for like 3 weeks

 

[BatmanNate]

#2 definately, you'd have the DVD, 50% more HD space, and double the ram. What are you going to do on a laptop that will make a noticable difference between a celeron and P4 anyway?

 

[Kyteland]

first one

15" TFT LCD

second one

15' TFT LCD

how would you carry that screen around?!? :Q

 

[jimrawr]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
first one

15" TFT LCD

second one

15' TFT LCD

how would you carry that screen around?!? :Q

Well, its a desktop replacement... its not going to be moving around that often

 

[gooseman]

1st one. P4

 

[Dufman]

Originally posted by: Kiyup
2nd one
DVD
10 gig more
256 more

 

[rgwalt]

1st one. I don't use tons of HD space, and you can upgrade your memory.

Ryan

 

[xirtam]

I'd go with a second one, for the mere reason that I've never seen a laptop with a screen that size.

 

[Nitemare]

the P4..reason it is not a celery

 

[dethman]

second one definitely.