HELP ME choose my NEW LAPTOP!!!

ok so i need to know which laptop should i take between these 2 toshiba.

SATELLITE m30(2199$ CA) :
or

Satellite a70 (1999$ CA) :

i will mostly use the comp for gaming, so wich one is best???

thx

since you are going to use it for gaming, get a desktop, unless there is a very specific reason for getting a laptop. you get so much more power out of a desktop for so much little cost.

If not, i would probably suggest the A70

Adam TT

well i need a laptop because we need it for school. but i will play a lot on it. why would the a70 be better?

I would choose the m30 for the GeForceGo 5200 graphics card and the newer cpu technology.

Might want to find some benchmarks between the cpu's and video cards.

were can i find these benchmark between the cpu's?

i would personally get the a70. faster cpu and right now im stuck on ATi

why r u saying that the a70 has a faster cpu??? the Pentium M is the last technologie for laptop.

ok, just because I'm curious, why do you NEED a laptop for school? do they require that every student have a laptop?

Adam TT

yeah, im in a special program where each student have a laptop and we use the comp instead of books

ok, that makes sense then. I would still choose the A70 because you aren't going to get a large enough performance boost with the Centrino. basicly from what i've found out (and anyone correct me if i'm wrong) is that the Centrino series is simply a pentium 4 with a lower power consumption and heat buildup, requiring less power to run, thus longer life in the stand-alone battery. So... I would suggest getting the faster clock cycle frequency and just realizing that the battery will only really last you 4 hours of constant use (good enough to get you through a few lectures a day) and just plugging it in at night for a recharge. You'll get better performance in the long run.

Adam TT

but wich one is best for gaming??? if u forget the centrino and all. wich one is the most powerful?

and sry im VERY bad in english

well, considering the RAM speeds and sizes are the same, you aren't changing (at least i don't think you are) bus speeds or thus main boards, so just pick the faster clock cycle, the A70 is the obvious choice for gaming.

Adam TT

The pentium M is not the same as a P4. It is a new architecture designed specifically for notebooks, and coupled with integrated wireless and such makes up the vaunted "centrino technology".

A 1.6ghz Pentium M will perform about the same as the 3.06 P4-M, so your 1.5ghz Pentium M would be a hair slower. The fx5200 is the better graphics solution in this case (plus it doesn't share system memory), and in gaming, its the graphics card that is usually the most important. Since the a70 does use shared video memory, realize that while both say they come w/ 512mb of ram, you really lose 64mb to the video on the a70.

Taken overall, I think both will be very similar in gaming performance. If price is not a factor, I would get the m30 for its extra battery life, bigger hdd, and more features, since it will perform about the same for games.

Either will be more than enough for normal tasks. Neither will be especially good on modern games, compared to a desktop. Both will be similar in their gaming ability.

thx krash and adam. In reality ive already buyed the m30, but i wasn't sure about my choice, and i had 15day if i wanted to change it. well thx i think ill keep my m30. oh yeah btw the price of m30 is not 2100$ but 2300$