ace_800
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I am pretty sure, but not positive that the power consumption of the i5 would be less. I would take the i5 hands down now a days. You may not need it now, but in the future you may want the extra power.
according to newegg, the i5 is a 95w cpu whereas the core 2 duo is 65w, so i'm still gonna hold to my argument. however, f1m is right about getting it. getting the i5 means having a more up-to-date motherboard (newer chipset) so you have more access to better stuff..
on a different note; alienware is a bit overpriced. you can find better. if you really want it to be alienware just get a sticker and put it on your laptop lulz
on a different note; alienware is a bit overpriced. you can find better. if you really want it to be alienware just get a sticker and put it on your laptop lulz
f1mclarenagr
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I believe those on newegg.com are for the desktop version of the processor. Even if the i5 consumed a little more power (there is no way Intel would make a new mobile processor that was extremely power hungry) it would **** the core 2 in the time to complete the task. Thus it may use a bit more power to get it done, but it would finish it faster resulting in less net power usage.
What's your budget? I'd avoid alienware personally and go with a good asus laptop. Much better quality, better warranty and much better bang for your buck. Dell (alienware) makes good stuff but asus is better IMO.
Not always true, depends on the chip and how it's setup, since they're both dual cores really wont make a big difference compared to dual vs quad, hell a lot of the newer duals (i5) actually take less power due to a smaller manufacturing process / higher efficiency.
After I checked the alienware site an I5 alienware laptop costs near 1k so I'm assuming that's your budget, here's a couple asus laptops:
Performance-based:
I5, 4gb memory and a nice 1080p display, however only 3h battery life
Newegg.com - ASUS N53JF-XE1 Notebook Intel Core i5 460M(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 500GB HDD 7200rpm BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
Since you said battery life is a big concern, heres a few for that:
1. Newegg.com - ASUS U30 Series U30JC-B1 NoteBook Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 310M+Intel GMA HD
2. Newegg.com - ASUS U31 Series U31JG-A1 NoteBook Intel Core i3 380M(2.53GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M + Intel HD
Main differences between 1 and 2 is that number 2 does not have a dvd drive but has a faster CPU/gpu and more HD space. Both will score around 6-8hrs+ of battery life though.
Let me know more of what you want and I can find something different if you need, however I can tell you from experience asus laptops are nicer and will probably net better battery life than an alienware.
Performance-based:
I5, 4gb memory and a nice 1080p display, however only 3h battery life
Newegg.com - ASUS N53JF-XE1 Notebook Intel Core i5 460M(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 500GB HDD 7200rpm BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
Since you said battery life is a big concern, heres a few for that:
1. Newegg.com - ASUS U30 Series U30JC-B1 NoteBook Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 310M+Intel GMA HD
2. Newegg.com - ASUS U31 Series U31JG-A1 NoteBook Intel Core i3 380M(2.53GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M + Intel HD
Main differences between 1 and 2 is that number 2 does not have a dvd drive but has a faster CPU/gpu and more HD space. Both will score around 6-8hrs+ of battery life though.
Let me know more of what you want and I can find something different if you need, however I can tell you from experience asus laptops are nicer and will probably net better battery life than an alienware.
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Well I have an asus Eee mini atm and its just too slow and I have no dvd drive. I know they are built to get more battery life with having less power, but its just too slow. Webcam locks up on me. I'd like to stay under 1K. I have an external dvd reader so thats not to big of a factor, just something that isn't going to slow down on me after 6 months. I don't have a **** ton of programs running either.
My wife wants a mac but I think they are way overpriced.
Edit: I know getting a SSD would help the battery life too, but the alienware only has a 256gb for $600!! too much
My wife wants a mac but I think they are way overpriced.
Edit: I know getting a SSD would help the battery life too, but the alienware only has a 256gb for $600!! too much
What're the specs on your eee mini? is it running xp or 7? I can tell you from my brothers newer asus it's pretty fast, but his has 4gb of ram and I think a core 2 duo.
If i'm not mistaken the one you're talking about is likely 1-2gb of ram and a pentium 4? processor, big difference in specs compared to the newer ones.
The ones I sent ya have 4gb of ram, core i3/i5's / etc, would be plenty fast to multitask do anything you need other than gaming, if you want a gaming one i can find ya one too. The slowing down after 6 months is really all maintenance, although windows 7 is awesome (arguably window's best OS yet) and is better about not slowing down after 6 months than windows xp was.
Macs are good, they are expensive but they usually last a while and hold up a better resale value. If you had asked me a couple years ago I would have dogged on them and given you the "price for specs" speech, but really it runs on a unix backbone so it doesn't need as much specs, doesnt get viruses (before someone flames me it can but you have to be a retard to get a virus on a mac), and typically wont "slow down" after 6 months. Being a certified apple technician I work on everything and kinda got pushed into working on apples at the store I was working at but I enjoy it now, but you'll never see me lose my windows 7 desktop.
I will say when it comes to battery life macbooks / macbook pro's get pretty good battery life too.
Like I said though if that laptop you have now is older than a year or two, any one of those 3 laptops will be likely a night and day difference in performance. The first one will perform the best but have the least battery life, but has some nice features. I'd probably get the first one, but I don't need an overly-high battery, it has ~3-4 hours supposedly.
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ace_800
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My Eee is an atom with 2gb ram, I'm not into gaming on PC. Only other thing with the MAC is all my programs I have for this and my desktop PC won't work on mac, correct? Actually it would really only be my movies and music. I know I can download a zune program for the mac correct? Would you suggest a mac over an asus/other for all specs and price of each?
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That really just depends man, what all do you use? Zune would work on mac but I'm not sure how well. They make office for mac if you need that and other than that just depends what you use. There are certainly pro's for switching to mac and a few con's. However if you ever do "Absolutely" have to use windows you can always put windows on your mac as a virtual machine (basically emulates windows in a window). Many people I know who have switched to mac don't regret it and very few ever do regret it. If you do get a mac I'd recommend a macbook pro for the aluminum body and it's certainly advisable to get applecare which is a couple hundred dollars extra, as if anything breaks in the macbook over time it will be balls expensive to get fixed (often times more expensive for the parts than to get a new mac all together).
Ya ANY of those laptops I recommended would run circles around that Eee. The I3 or I5 processor > any atom processor ever made. Add that to the fact that you'd have twice the memory (likely faster memory as I'd put money on the fact that yours is probably DDR2 and not DDR3) and you'll have a much happier experience with it.
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