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How long should this laptop last me?
I've done a lot of homework and I'm about ready to purchase my first laptop configured like this...
HP dv8000t
Win XP home
2.0 GHz core duo
1.0 gig ram
80 GB HD
Lightscribe
Ultra BrightView
It will be used as a desktop replacement and will hardly ever travel with me. I will mostly use it to run Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Quark Xpress. It will be my only home computer.
How long should I expect this to last? I know that computers are outdated the second you buy them, but all else aside what's your opinion?
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i don't think your computer will become outdated until 64-bit software takes over. however, they do speculate that it is possible to replace the core duo with the merom...but would rather not get into that discussion. anyway, i suspect it will take at least 2 years for 64-bit to really become important....but you never know.
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If you take good care of it there is no reason it shouldn't last 3-4 years. You'll probably want a new notebook by then anyway.
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I think 3-4 will be a good time frame. Just don't drop it and keep the dust off of it.
Tim
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tyou should get it from circuit city and take advantage of the extended
warranty they offer
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Dont know about going to circuit city to buy a laptop, you can get really good deals from their website and can configure whatever you want on your laptops.
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The ability to swap in a Merom is dependent on Intel not changing socket/motherboard/chipset design requirements and on HP adding BIOS support for it. It might happen, but...
Now they're saying the Turion X2 will launch this month:
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20060511A2005.html
I don't know what's going to happen but if you think there's any chance you'll want to run Windows Vista in the future (or Linux today), wait a few weeks for the Turion X2. The apps chris listed will probably go 64-bit very quickly.
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So what does it mean on the HP site where it says this machine is "Windows Vista compatible"?
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when the new os, vista, comes out, it has all the proper components to run it.
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So what does it mean on the HP site where it says this machine is "Windows Vista compatible"?
Not much. There will be one 32-bit edition of Vista, so just about any modern machine can technically run Vista. If you want to run 64-bit Vista, and if you're going to upgrade at all you do, you're going to need a 64-bit capable machine and right now only AMD has 64-bit notebook CPUs.
Having a GPU that is DirectX 9 hardware capable is a good idea too, otherwise you won't get all the new Vista eye candy. All the current ATI and nVidia GPUs will do. Intel's GMA950 is supposed to be capable, if slow.