April 3, 200916 yr Both laptops are within $10 of each other and of the same brand and similar model. Laptop 1: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T6400 ( 2GHz 800MHz 2MB ) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz Laptop 2: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7350 ( 2GHz 1GHz 3MB ) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz The rest of the specs are either the same or don't factor into my decision. Do I go with the faster FSB but slower Ram and 32bit Vista or do I go with slower FSB but faster RAM and 64bit Vista? Or spend $100 more and get the faster FSB, faster RAM, 4 gigs of ram, and 64-bit Vista?
April 3, 200916 yr C Have your cake and eat it too. The fact that my OS is 32 bit is the main reason I want to upgrade the OS, limited to 2.75 gigs of RAM is poop.
April 3, 200916 yr I agree with DF. If you can swing it, spend the extra $100. You'll thank us later.
April 3, 200916 yr Noting the type of graphics that are in the laptop would help a bit. Generally speaking, if it has an nVidia chip, your laptop will be awesome for roasting marshmallows.
April 3, 200916 yr Just don't get a Sony. Whatever they are, I don't care as long as it isn't a Sony--that company is sooooooo anti-consumer it makes me sick.
April 3, 200916 yr You'll notice the extra RAM and the native 64bit support more than you'll notice a faster bus.
April 3, 200916 yr Author Noting the type of graphics that are in the laptop would help a bit. Generally speaking, if it has an nVidia chip, your laptop will be awesome for roasting marshmallows. They both have NVIDIA GeForce 9300M 256MB. At $769.00 both laptops are about $100 more than I wanted to spend, so the extra $100 on top of that makes it a pretty big jump. These are both Lenovo Ideapads with 15.4" displays.
April 3, 200916 yr Author Can I tell you that I also hate this whole widescreen craze. I want a standard ratio, 15" screen with 1400 x 1050 resolution. I hate widescreen like 68 hates b-pillars.
April 3, 200916 yr Think of it as an investment, it means it will last longer before needed to be upgraded/replaced.
April 3, 200916 yr Author Think of it as an investment, it means it will last longer before needed to be upgraded/replaced. Can I use the same rational for buying a CTS-V over a CTS?
April 3, 200916 yr Option C as DF said. I am with you on the wide screen. But the manufacturers see saving of money for putting wide screen as it has less acreage than the regular screen while giving us a BS of "better picture" and thus able to charge more.
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