The Laptop Binge!

In the past 5 months, I've gone through at least 7 laptops with my company, not including maybe 3 netbooks, which I won't even tackle here, since netbooks belong to a different segment.

Anyway, by no means am I an IT dude. In fact, I'm just the company's geek freak who enjoys fiddling with mobile gadgets :) And isn't the company so lucky that their GM has now become their resident IT, albeit self imposed.

So what I've done is ..... I've made it a point to handle all the computing requirements of my peeps just to know what the best merchandise is and if they are suitable to the different personnel I've got in the company -- Does this machine fit the needs of a tech-person, or does this one match an account-person, etc.

The 1st one I handled was a Lenovo Y430. 14incher, Core2Duo 2gig processor, 2gb ddr2 ram, 250gb hard drive, semi-glossy shell. Quite expensive when we first got this earlier this year, at P49k. Very fast machine, suitable for my design & development creative director. It's shell is a finger-print magnet though.

The 2nd unit was a Compaq CQ40. 14incher, dual core 2gg processor, 2gb ddr2 ram, 160gb hard drive, glossy shell. Nice bang for the buck, at P27k. Dual cores are fast enough, and is the cheaper and slower version to the core2duo. My accounts guys use this. Good performance. And it's keyboard is rock-solid, one of the best in any laptop.

The 3rd unit I drove was a Lenovo G230. This is a gorgeous piece of machinery. Very small. 12 incher, dual core 2gg processor, 2gb ddr2 ram, 250gb hard drive, glossy shell. It costs around P35k. My head of accounts uses this. Very easy to lug around to presentations with clients. Black outside and silver inside. Really premium looking. Oh, and it's got a silhoutted LENOVO imprint on its cover. Really elegant.

The 4th unit is an Acer Aspire 4736z. Nice looking laptop for an Acer. Best bang for the buck I'd say. 14incher, 2gg dual core processor, 2gb ddr3 ram, 250gb hard drive, glossy blue shell, super surround sound, chiclet keyboard. This lappie is a steal! Only costs P27,000! The sound and the keyboard on this machine is the best I've tried so far! My design peeps use this.

The 5th unit is an Acer Timeline. My first descriptor is.....WOW....this is the sexiest machine I've handled so far. Super thin at 1-inch! And the battery life is unmatched! I've already gone through a couple of back-to-back presentations w clients that lasted more than 5 hours, and the batt just kept on going. Amazing. This is a 13incher, with an Intel core2 solo 1.4gg processor. It sounds slow, but it isn't. Quite fast actually, despite being a single core machine. Runs on 3gbs of ddr3 ram. Has 320gb of hd space. Has a great chiclet keyboard. And has a gorgeous matt shell that is immune to fingerprints. And it's HD camera is the best I have ever seen on any laptop. I really love this lappie! It's a CEO's laptop. But it is quite expensive at P39,900.

The 2nd to the last one I handled was an Asus K50ij. Dark brown printed shell. Really elegant looking. 15.6 incher, dual core 2gg processor, 2gb ddr2 ram, 250gb hard drive, huge keyboard with calc pad. This thing is HUGE! Perfect for design and development peeps. The keyboard isn't so great though...too plasticky. But at P27k, quite a good bargain.

The last one I've handled, and the one I will be sticking with for now, is an Acer 4736z Core2Duo. I picked this to be my main machine since I discovered that I am a function over form type of individual. I prefer power over anything else, with regards to computing that is. So I'm going with this acer. At only P33,500, and running on a 2.2gg core2duo engine, with 4gb ddr3 ram, with a 14-inch screen, and 320gb hard drive, this is by far the best deal in town. This is a winner!