| So do you prefer to call them laptops or do you | | | | notebooks that come with an integrated |
| prefer to call them notebooks. I am partial to | | | | WebCam. This HP laptop sure has one of those. |
| notebooks as I never keep them on top of my | | | | In the absence of such a webcam, attempting |
| lap. Jokes apart, purchasing a new notebook | | | | Video IM becomes a serious pain. |
| computer is really tough. | | | | Second let us consider the Sony VAIO |
| If you were to read the ads then each computer | | | | VGN-FZ140E/B. This laptop too is powered by a |
| sounds better than the cat's whiskers. But when | | | | Duo Processor, in this case the Intel Core 2 Duo |
| you look close, they all look similar. At least the | | | | Processor T7100. It beats the HP one in terms of |
| similarly priced ones tend to be similar. So, is there | | | | RAM, as it comes with 2 GB RAM. Its hard disk is |
| really a difference between one laptop and | | | | bigger at 200 GB. So, if Freud was right and size |
| another? Or should I say one notebook and | | | | does matter then, well, this one has the bigger |
| another? | | | | Hard Drive. The duo-core multithreading micro |
| To answer this very question, I am going to look | | | | processor will deliver performance similar to the |
| at three popular computers that are currently on | | | | HP machine. This laptop comes with Microsoft |
| sale and compare them. The read can then take | | | | Vista Home Premium. |
| this to be the starting point and evaluate many | | | | Finally let us look at the Compaq Presario F572US. |
| other options to find the one that works best for | | | | Like both the previous machines, this one too has |
| them. | | | | a 15.4" screen. Though it has a dual-core micro |
| First of all, let us consider the HP Pavilion | | | | processor, the Compaq uses the AMD Athlon 64 |
| DV6426US, a machine that I powered by the | | | | Processor TK-53 and not an Intel based |
| Intel Core Duo Processor T2450. This | | | | processor like the other two I wrote about. Also |
| multithreaded architecture based micro processor | | | | it has 1 GB RAM like the HP machine. Where I |
| is well optimized for multi-tasking based | | | | think it scores lower is in its hard disk capacity, a |
| performance. The fact that this notebook comes | | | | mere 80 GB. It also comes with the Microsoft |
| installed with 1 GB RAM should help run many of | | | | Vista Premium. |
| the contemporary popular applications at a good | | | | All in all, the machines have pros and cons. I have |
| speed. It has a 160 GB Hard Drive which is | | | | not listed prices here, as they would change |
| nothing spectacular, but should do the trick in | | | | faster than I could type them out. But, make |
| most cases. And the bundled operating system is | | | | sure to look at the prices too. |
| the Microsoft Vista Premium. And I really like | | | | |