Ok so first off I've had a HP laptop since October 06 (2-1/2 yrs) a few months after I got the speaker went out (covered under warranty), then I had to use an "airblower can" to get my built in memory card reader to work... No last night my laptop screen pixelates and I pull the battery, turn it back on and only the keypad lights up not the screen, tried a regular monitor doesn't work!! (What could be wrong with it?) Anyhow the comp was $750 it has XP Media Edition, 120GB HardDrive, 1Gig system memory, LightScribe, DVD/CD burner, AMD Turion 64 X2 processor: 1.6GHz and NVIDIA 6150 up to 128mb video memory 15.1 screen bluetooth.... The pc is the HP Pavilion dv2125nr model... (How much should I ask for this particular broken laptop if I want to sell it???)
Since I've had such bad luck w/HP I was going to go w/another brand, Toshiba I was told it was good, and wouldn't break the band like a Sony would.
A lot of people tend to perfer intel processors over amd turion, even though some turions may be faster they say the intels run cooler, what's your guys opinions??
So I looked at 2 pcs that caught my eye:
Another HP $549 HP Pavailion dv4 1313dx
AMD Turion X2 2.2GHz 6cell battery
w/250gb HardDrive 4gb memory, webcam, 14.1 HD brightview screen vista home premium 64-bit (no bluetooth) less than 5.5lbs.
VS.
Toshiba Satellite for $600 w/ Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz 15.4 trubright screen 3gb system memory 320gb HardDrive 9cell battery harmon/kardon speakers vista home premium more than 5.5lbs (no bluetooth)m
Seems the extra $50 only gives me a stronger battery more harddrive memory which "I" won't need, slower but better processor(???), less system memory(3gb instead of 4gb???)
My main question is what brand should be more reliable my last HP shouldve lasted more than 2 1/2yrs, the extra $50 seems worth it for the stronger battery just wonder w/less system memory and slightly slower processor how much slower it will be??
I'm looking at opinions on reliablity from brand and best bang for the buck!!!!
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