Is there a laptop with these specs?

[ATilaptops]

AMD mobile XP 2400+-2500+ or 1.3-1.4GHz P-M
15" screen
mobile Ti4200 gfx card or an M9 card
256MB-512MB RAM
at least a 5,400 RPM drive, preferably able to get a 7,200 RPM HDD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
PCMCIA slot
mini PCI wireless card would be nice
XP Home
dual boot with RedHat Linux (a bonus not a must)

Ok, if anyone knows where to get a laptop with somewhere close to those specs (notice I left a margin of specs) please tell me where and provide a link to the site or something. Also what do you think a laptop like that would cost? I am trying to aim at the $1000-$1500 range and the closer to $1000 the better. Thanks for the help.

[Recon]

bought my dell 8600 with a pm 1.6, ti 4200, 5400 HD, 512 DDR, DVD/CD Rw drive (free upgrade), 15.4 screen, its centrino so no need for PCI wifi card, cost about 1700 but if you knock down the proc you may reach 1500

[ATilaptops]

You know of anyone besides Dell? I hate Dell, but maybe they have what I want.

[coolqf]

Originally posted by Recon
bought my dell 8600 with a pm 1.6, ti 4200, 5400 HD, 512 DDR, DVD/CD Rw drive (free upgrade), 15.4 screen, its centrino so no need for PCI wifi card, cost about 1700 but if you knock down the proc you may reach 1500 Knocking on the proc will lot yield him the 1500....

[ATilaptops]

Yeah, I figured that out. Dell is overpriced and as far as I am concerned makes close to absolute crap. I mean look at my sig. I am not gona buy from them. Jetta makes a nice laptop. I just wish they'd let me get it without an OS so I could install Linux on it and get XP Home later on.

[Daywalker]

Originally posted by ATilaptops
Yeah, I figured that out. Dell is overpriced and as far as I am concerned makes close to absolute crap. I mean look at my sig. I am not gona buy from them. Jetta makes a nice laptop. I just wish they'd let me get it without an OS so I could install Linux on it and get XP Home later on.

Do you have any experience with a high-end gaming laptop like Recon and I own?

[ATilaptops]

Not really. This would be my first laptop purchase. I just don't like Dell and I've had friends who've had bad experiences with them.

[Daywalker]

Originally posted by ATilaptops
Not really. This would be my first laptop purchase. I just don't like Dell and I've had friends who've had bad experiences with them.

One of the purposes of this forum is to talk to people who have actual experience in your situation. I'm not a Dell fanboy, but I love my laptop. Recon seems to like his, also. Ask around for people who have other brands also before making a decision.

[Recon]

I shopped EVERY single brand for about 3 months, and you know what for a P-M and a removable Video card, dell is as cheap as it gets, I looked at Vodoo, Alienware, Sonic PC, HP, Compaq, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony, you name it.

best I could come up with for price with a widescreen was dell, and so far its run like a champ, played Max Payne 2 in Widescreen format with everything maxed cept AA

You can bash dell but Im telling you man I SHOPPED my *** off

[Recon]

oh BTW I hated buying a premade system, EVERY desktop I have owned since my 486/33 Packard bell has been handmade

[ATilaptops]

I know what you mean. I will never buy a computer I don't build myself again:D I wish I could build my own laptop and just buy the parts and stuff. Like a site like neweggmobile.com:) You can find all you need to build a laptop, even cases and stuff, it'd be challanging, but awesome! Totally custom laptop:)

Also, why are there no laptops with an Athlon XP mobile and a mobile Ti4200? I could live with something like that. Those 2 things a combo drive and a 15" screen. Prob be all I need. Wish it could be cheaper:( It's possible fo under $1000 at newegmobile.com!

[Recon]

for some reason I couldnt find many manufactures that use AMD's in thier lappies, the P-mobile has been sweet so far, the scaling is a life saver in 4 hour lectures.

Honestly if you using this thing for any amounts of time then i wouldnt go without the the P-M

I saw the build your own parts, but I have mechanics hands, and a mid size case feels small to me so **** trying to work in a laptop

[ua549]

The reason there are very few AMD laptop machines is directly related to battery life. The AMD mobile chips simply use too much power compared to the Intel mobile chips.

[Daywalker]

Originally posted by Recon
for some reason I couldnt find many manufactures that use AMD's in thier lappies, the P-mobile has been sweet so far, the scaling is a life saver in 4 hour lectures.

I force my CPU to 2.6 unless I'm on battery for any extended time. Unless you're gaming it's not noticeable - I think it goes to 1.2 or 1.7.

[Valkman]

ATilaptops

This notebook is a little above $1500 limit but if you can swing it it is a real nice laptop. They will also load Linux if you want.
http://www.powernotebooks.com/specials.php3?model_id=286
Here's another URL if you want to check Sager's
http://sagerforums.com/

Sager NP5680 ULTRA
15" SXGA+ TFT Active Matrix w/ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO w/128MB DDR
2.6GHz Hyper-Threading Intel Pentium® 4 Processor w/512k L2 Cache - 800MHz System Bus Speed
40.0GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive at 4,200 RPM
512MB (2 SODIMMS) PC3200 DDR400 Memory
Combo 8X DVD/24x10x24 CD-RW w/Softwares
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive - Swappable in Modular Bay
Built-in 56k V.90 Modem
Built-in 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet LAN w/RJ-45 Jack
Built-in IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
Free 3-CD Bundle - $389 Value
Smart Li-ion Battery
Cash Discounted Price
$1,555.00

I ordered a Sager similar to this last week.
Regards

[ATilaptops]

Yeah, that thing is nice, but what is the battery life? Like 30min? I'd probably rather go with a P-M machine but I'll keep that one in mind, maybe it'll turn out I don't need much battery life.

[melee]

I also hate dell. Yet, I still bought a dell lappy...

I mean, the thing about them is that, the laptops are not bad. They have some relly good people working on the hardware. There are two types of people that buy dell.

1. Average family, thinks the nvidia Vanta is Gods Gift to man cus junior can play jar jar binks teaches math on it. Threaten Dell Indian support because they can't figure out where all the old programs from they old computer went...
2. More Inteligent people buying solely for the hardware, get the most minial support available, installing linuix ETC...

If/Once you do get it, you have to reformat the thing becasue of all the *** stuff dell puts on it.

Its a quality laptop, lastest tech, just from a evil thriving company bent on destroying the world with there Indian tech support.

[ATilaptops]

Originally posted by melee
Its a quality laptop, lastest tech, just from a evil thriving company bent on destroying the world with there Indian tech support.

Exactly;) The thing is it seems to cost about as much at Dell for a P=M with a Ti4200 as it would for a P=M with 9600 at Jetta. In fact jetta would be less I think. If I could just get it without an OS I'd like them a lot more though.