Laptop Suggestion

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ankit_niitian

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Thanks Ashu, Shri and bounda. I have now made my mind not to take Dell 1525. I will most probably go for CQ50 but I will also take your advice Shri and give a visit to the nearest Acer dealer. By the way how is the performance of your Acer shri?? Are you satisfied with it?? My friend is having a Compaq lappy for the past 6 months and he is quite happy with it. The only problem he is facing is with the battery backup. Let's see what is the final result...
 
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I dont have the laptop with me right now (my sis took it). But its great. Good screen. Didn't try out any games though.
About the battery backup: Its about 1.5 to 2 hours.
 
IronManForever

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^^ Battery backup of 4530 is very disappointing. Apart from that; its a really good Acer Lappy. Perfect VFM. Though I do feel that Compaq has better build quality. I dont know; but the Gemstone design of Acer looks cheap and weak. Maybe its only the design.

BTW, shri, when you get the lappy back; please do post a review in the reviews section of the forum covering the important aspects with benchmarks and pictures. Will you? Its a nice laptop but people are not very sure. So to spread the word, you gotta write a review... :)
 
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There is already a review in the review section. After reading that I bought the acer.
The author is shantanu. Thank him. The sad part is no one has even posted a single thing in that thread (even me. Will post a thanks there now :)) )
Check it out here: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102831
 
ashu888ashu888

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bounda said:
Well I just registered on the forums JUST to reply to this topic that i saw while browsing reading about the CQ50.

Recently, I ordered a cq50 off the HP website, and because i live in the states i cant give a number in the currency you guys are saying, but for me it was about 430$ without tax.

Though I havn't received it yet, i believe the CQ50 will outperform the 1525.

The CQ50 has a better gpu, the 8200m is much better than the x3100 even though neither are amazing.

Also, I wouldn't worry about ram because 3 gigs is more than enough to run photoshop and all of the programs you are stating.

Personally, I'm going to dual boot myself windows xp for better performance, as I dislike vista.

I actually had to choose between the two also, and i decided to order the compaq because overall, I would rather have it built by hp than dell, and it had higher specs, for a cheaper price.

Also, I wouldn't worry about the amount of time it lasts, because if you are able to keep it clean, and treat it right, it should last you a while.

When i get mine in, I can tell you what i think about it and how good it actually runs Counter-Strike: Source which is mainly what i play.

I hope i was of some help, and will check up on this topic now and then.

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Well ofcourse ur reply was valuable alot to us buddy, thanx again for taking time and posting this reply for us.. :)

Infact I will be really hoping tat u post a small review of ur compaq CQ50 lappy once u get it delivered at ur home.. :) as it will help the other user (ankit_niitian) to make his choice..

How long hv u waiting for the lappy to be delivered at ur door step ? :)

ankit_niitian said:
Thanks Ashu, Shri and bounda. I have now made my mind not to take Dell 1525. I will most probably go for CQ50 but I will also take your advice Shri and give a visit to the nearest Acer dealer. By the way how is the performance of your Acer shri?? Are you satisfied with it?? My friend is having a Compaq lappy for the past 6 months and he is quite happy with it. The only problem he is facing is with the battery backup. Let's see what is the final result...
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Yaar, see, if Dear bounda gets his lappy in the next 4-5 days, then he will be in a really good position to post screenshots as well as his own personal review of the CQ50 wich (i think) will be a huge vital point in helping u decide and stamp a more firmer authority in buying the CQ50.. :)

Also, u SHUD check out the Acer lappy too (as adviced by shri too..) :)

As is it i hv said above (making a request to Bounda) fora review.. so lets see.. if our new friend replies wen he gets his lappy.. :)
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It should be in this week as I ordered it on Wednesday last week. The HP website stated it would be 5-7 days.
 
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Thanks a lot everyone. I'll better wait for 4-5 days for Bounda's lappy to come to him. I'll read his review. Bounda this is a request to you that if you have any latest games, plz run them on your lappy and post your experience.

Thanks again...
 
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nothing still

shouldve been in on friday last week

ive heard real horror stories about HP's shipping, but it's the holidays, so that may be why it's taking so long
 
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bounda

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the earliest ill prolly be able to get you my opinion of it is christmas (the 25th), but i shouldnt really be the deciding factor in this, you should choose the one you want.
 
IronManForever

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ashu888ashu888 said:
yup, right thing said...btw he is also considering an INDIAN brand, an Acer lappy..
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Acer an Indian brand? :lol: ROFLMAO..

HCL, Zenith, ACi(This one forked out from a bigger company, also named ACI) are the Indian brands that I know of. And the laptops they offer are, one word, crap! :neutral:
 
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well the cq50 is pretty much amazing. last night i installed counter-strike source and was able to get 80-100 frames constant on d2 with some tweaking. on all high settings it would get about 50-60 constant. the entire laptop is lightning fast and im thinking about whatll hapen if i install xp on this baby

according to this conversion, the cq50 laptop cost me 21065 rupees (rs) or 430 USD
 
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ashu888ashu888

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^^

thanx for the update mate.. :)

btw, plz install sum other newer games on ur lappy, and tell me how they fared.. :)
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i tried left 4 dead and it played smoothly, but im unsure what the framerate was because i only played it a few seconds to see how it ran.

ima be playing more tonight ill post back when i can
 
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