Silentsoul201
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Hey guys,
So I'm getting ready to buy a new laptop for college, and I'm not exactly sure what to go for. I'm definitely getting an Alienware, and price isn't too much of a factor (looking anywhere from $2,500 to $3,500). Of course, I need a rig that'll let me get my game on, but I don't know whether I should go for the desktop replacement-style pentium 4 area-51 m7700 or the lighter, more mobile, centrino-based pentium M area-51 m5700.
Here are my issues/question:
Obviously the P4 will be a more powerful computer, but I also hear that it tends to run hot, which I'm told can be a real issue with a laptop. Then again, can I solve that problem easily enough with a laptop cooler?
The P4 is heavier and the battery drains faster, but the question is, how much faster? I don't really think I'll be carrying it around very often, but if the P4 is gonna die in an hour or two and the Centrino is gonna last like 5 hours, then that would be a big enough difference to matter.
Is the P4 really going to be that much faster? Right now the P4 clocks in around 3.8GhZ whereas the Centrino has a max of 2.26GhZ. How much is that gonna hurt? Also, Alienware currently doesn't ship a Centrino model with a Geforce 7800 GTX, only with a Geforce 6800. I realize that's a pretty big loss, but do you guys think by, say, August, they'll have a Centrino with a 7800 in it? Dell currently ships a Centrino XPS with a 7800 GTX in it, but dude, there's no way in **** I'm getting a Dell.
Thanks for the input in advance!
So I'm getting ready to buy a new laptop for college, and I'm not exactly sure what to go for. I'm definitely getting an Alienware, and price isn't too much of a factor (looking anywhere from $2,500 to $3,500). Of course, I need a rig that'll let me get my game on, but I don't know whether I should go for the desktop replacement-style pentium 4 area-51 m7700 or the lighter, more mobile, centrino-based pentium M area-51 m5700.
Here are my issues/question:
Obviously the P4 will be a more powerful computer, but I also hear that it tends to run hot, which I'm told can be a real issue with a laptop. Then again, can I solve that problem easily enough with a laptop cooler?
The P4 is heavier and the battery drains faster, but the question is, how much faster? I don't really think I'll be carrying it around very often, but if the P4 is gonna die in an hour or two and the Centrino is gonna last like 5 hours, then that would be a big enough difference to matter.
Is the P4 really going to be that much faster? Right now the P4 clocks in around 3.8GhZ whereas the Centrino has a max of 2.26GhZ. How much is that gonna hurt? Also, Alienware currently doesn't ship a Centrino model with a Geforce 7800 GTX, only with a Geforce 6800. I realize that's a pretty big loss, but do you guys think by, say, August, they'll have a Centrino with a 7800 in it? Dell currently ships a Centrino XPS with a 7800 GTX in it, but dude, there's no way in **** I'm getting a Dell.
Thanks for the input in advance!