The Lincoln Log

There are many factors involved when deciding to buy a laptop. As many know, laptops are pretty expensive, and everyone wants to get the most out of their investment since that laptop will stick with you for many years to come.

There are two processor brands everyone of minimum knowledge of laptops knows about, AMD and Intel. First off, I would recommend you buy a dual core processor since, as the name applies, there are two cores. Obviously, one reason is the fact that it runs faster then a single core. Most, if not all, new processors are dual cores and if you’re buying a laptop off any cheap website, you should check the specs; single cores are usually at least 40 percent slower then that of dual cores. Second of all, you should check the RAM and hard drive space since it tells of the model’s maximum capability as well as built-in processes and available space. The rest is up to you; trivial matters such as laptop size, LCD size, etc.

Here are a few laptops that I compared and where you can get it:

h1. Gateway MX6453

[Found on tigerdirect.com]

Specs:

h3. Pro

• AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 Dual-Core 1.6GHz (Processor Speed and type)
• 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD (RAM (enables more programs to run at same time), hard drive space)
• Cheap

h3. Con

• Windows XP (Old compared to Window Vista)
• Online shopping
• Used

  h3. Price- $599.97

  It’s a good laptop at a reasonable price if you’re not dying for Windows Vista. Score-8.5/10

  h1. Visionman 19” 3D CAD Laptop

  [Found on tigerdirect.com]

  Specs:

  h3. Pro

• AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 Dual-Core 2.0 GHz
• 2GB DDR2, 160 GB
• Dual Quadro FX 2500M 512mb (video card)
• Windows Vista

h3. Con

• Price
• Online shopping
• 19 inch LCD

  h3. Price – $4,699.99

  I highly recommend no one to buy this; I’m just showing you some high costing laptops that can be bad investments. Score-1/10

  h1. Acer Aspire 9410-2597 Notebook

  [Found on compUSA.com]

  Specs:

  h3. Pro

• 120 GB
• Window Vista
• 1 GB DDR2-SDRAM

h3. Con

• Pentium Dual-Core T2060 1.6 GHz (since the newest is T5XXX as well as Pentium Dual-Core’s below T5XXX series are missing a lot of features)
• Hard to find

  h3. Price – $599.99

  Pretty bad choice for an Intel laptop, though I can’t disagree on the price (I’m all neutral on this) Score-7.5/10

  h1. Toshiba Satellite A205-S4587

  [Found at Circuitcity.com]

  Specs:

  h3. Pro

• Pentium Dual-Core T5300 1.73GHz
• 120GB hard drive
• 1GB DDR2-SDRAM
• Windows Vista

h3. Con

• Mail-in rebate ($100)

  h3. Price – $799.99

  If you’re looking for an Intel processor this one is definitely worth checking out. Score-8.5/10

  h1. Apple Macbook

  [Found at store.apple.com]

  Specs:

  h3. Pro

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz unknown TXXXX guessing 5XXX
• 1GB DDR2-SDRAM

h3. Con

• 80GB (Hard drive space)
• Price (2.0GHz+ cores on laptops are still to overpriced)

  h3. Price – $1099.99

  If you’re dying for a Macbook which there aren’t many, and any upgrades give it a minus 0.25 due to price yeah. Score-7/10