I currently have a HP ze2000 Athlon XP laptop. It still works great, but one of the USB ports doesn't work and rather than have it repaired, I was considering giving this to my stepfather so he can play Poker online from his "Man Cave". I will have to boost the WiFi signal but that's for another thread.
Anyway, I am an AMD supporter for mostly to stay far away from Intel Graphics...
I was thinking HP/Compaq again, but we had problems with a Compaq desktop recently so I'm not too sure. I've had Dell's before and get a whooping 7% discount through my job.
I cam away with the idea of buying two since I also use Virtual DJ on this laptop.
Some type of Netbook just for VDJ, maybe some 16-32 Emulation when bored and the internet is not enough to hold my attention. Plus with long battery life, I should be able to play video, emus, etc for most of a long international plane flight.
For the heavy lift, I wanted to get a 17" monitor based Laptop, which would replace my desktop which is basically a Media Center PC these days and I rather do my video editing without sitting at my deck working on a video and have Live/Recorded TV in a Window. Leave the Media Center full screen (24") and just do my editing on the laptop.
So I guess I'm looking for a Dual Core AMD with either Nvidia or ATI chipset for the desktop replacement and the net book, I know dual core Atom's are coming but I don't think I need that much power and that will drop the price of current netbooks to below $300 before Christmas.
Just looking for suggestions, I am trying to stay under $1,000 for both, closer to $700 the better and I'll break up the purchases if needed.
Thanks.
Anyway, I am an AMD supporter for mostly to stay far away from Intel Graphics...
I was thinking HP/Compaq again, but we had problems with a Compaq desktop recently so I'm not too sure. I've had Dell's before and get a whooping 7% discount through my job.
I cam away with the idea of buying two since I also use Virtual DJ on this laptop.
Some type of Netbook just for VDJ, maybe some 16-32 Emulation when bored and the internet is not enough to hold my attention. Plus with long battery life, I should be able to play video, emus, etc for most of a long international plane flight.
For the heavy lift, I wanted to get a 17" monitor based Laptop, which would replace my desktop which is basically a Media Center PC these days and I rather do my video editing without sitting at my deck working on a video and have Live/Recorded TV in a Window. Leave the Media Center full screen (24") and just do my editing on the laptop.
So I guess I'm looking for a Dual Core AMD with either Nvidia or ATI chipset for the desktop replacement and the net book, I know dual core Atom's are coming but I don't think I need that much power and that will drop the price of current netbooks to below $300 before Christmas.
Just looking for suggestions, I am trying to stay under $1,000 for both, closer to $700 the better and I'll break up the purchases if needed.
Thanks.