Re: AMD vs. Intel -- PCTECH

Your call.  I refuse to actually recommend a Compaq.  7200 RPM notebook
disks are listed at
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=11/popup6%5B%5D=2:
109/popup4%5B%5D=30:392 . I see a 100GB 7200 RPM Hitachi for just over
$150.  $130 for 80GB.

Try this: Buy the notebook ($700), the faster drive ($130), backup or
disk imaging software like Norton Ghost ($26 for 100% legal OEM version:
http://www.buycheapsoftware.com/details.asp?productID=1795 ), and a 2.5"
USB-powered external drive enclosure (maybe $25).  Install the fast
drive in the enclosure & connect to the notebook.  Clone the slow drive
to the fast drive & then swap the disks (or simply reinstall on the fast
drive).  Ending config: slow in enclosure, fast in notebook.  Now use
the slow drive to back up the fast drive periodically or as a general
purpose external USB-attached/USB-powered portable drive.  

Overall about $900 for the notebook with a fast drive + an 80GB slow
drive in an external enclosure.  Check the warranty, though.

If you or anyone else is seriously considering this, send me an off-list
email for the OfficeMax Friends & Family discount flyer PDF.  It's
necessary to get the notebook @ $700 ($200 off).  There's also a $30
MIR; original notebook price is $930.

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 2:50 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] AMD vs. Intel

On 6/16/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


If you know anyone at OfficeMax, they're having a Friends and Family 
discount sale today & tomorrow.  One of the featured items in the 
flyer is a Compaq notebook.  AMD Turion 64 CPU, 1GB RAM, 80GB drive,

15.4"

LCD, XP Home, Wireless, etc. for like $700.  Nice deal, really, until 
you dig a little.  I went to Compaq's site and saw the drive was, you 
guessed it, 4200 RPMs.  Totally spoils the potential performance of 
the machine.



For a deal like that, would it be worthwhile to buy one at that price
and just replace the HD?

- Dan
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