When I first read the subject, I thought someone had programmed two machines to debate each other. LOL
--- On Thu, 5/20/10, Joel N. Fischoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Joel N. Fischoff <[email protected]> > Subject: [NF] Debating between two machines... > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 12:20 PM > Heya, > > So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two > machines. Both are > ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1. Both > machines use the > i7-720QM. Both max out at 8GB, but the G51 comes with > 6GB installed, while > the G73 has the full 8GB. nVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M > versus ATI Mobility > Radeon HD 5870. 500GB versus 1TB storage. > SuperMulti versus Blu-ray ROM > with DVD Burning. All that's fine. However, the > G73 lacks the eSATA port, > the Firewire-400 port, and the ExpressCard/54 expansion > slot that the G51 > has. Likewise, the G51 has several security features > (BIOS booting, HDD > User Password Protection, Kensington Lock Slot) that the > G73 doesn't. All > for a difference of about $300. > > The question is whether those things are really > necessary. I don't think > I've ever used eSATA or Firewire on my current machine, but > that may be > because my older machine didn't have them. I probably > could make use of > the Firewire at least to transfer data from my old laptop > (this machine). > But, I can always use USB sticks for data transfer. > > Chances are, the new machine will not be moved around a > lot, even though it > is a laptop. Primary uses will not be gaming, though > I do some > occasionally, but there are some processor-intensive > processes that I do > fairly regularly - video editing in this case. Most > of the work I do will > be online (browsing, e-mail, etc), office (Word, Excel, > etc), or > programming (Java or, unsurprisingly, FoxPro) related. > > Overall, I'm looking for a machine that's going to survive > a good long > time. That shouldn't be too hard. This one (my > HP Pavilion ze5470) is > still puttering along (though it can barely handle the > video editing) and I > bought it, refurbished, back in January 2004. So I'm > looking for comments. > Comments about ASUS machines in general, about either of > the two mentioned, > or opinions regarding which one y'all think I should get. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Joel > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/dbf45eeffe0c408b86799a449d58b...@notebook1 > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
