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About Karl Zick
Expertise
I am very familiar with all brands of computers and computer components and the best places to purchase them. Can also provide a lot of help to the 'build your own PC' folks.

Experience
over 20 years experience as a computer systems consultant and PC builder/user/trouble shooter.

Education/Credentials
BSEE from VMI and CIS degree from El Camino.

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Buying a computer system - Notebook suggestion

Expert: Karl Zick - 7/25/2009

Question
Which of these two notebooks is better for general use on Windows XP? (internet, watching movie, adobe photoshop)
MSI VX600X 15,4/T3400/3GB/320GB/HG3410/FreeDOS
http://www.global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodtmpspec&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=418&c...
or
Fujitsu-Siemens ESPRIMO V6545 15.4/T4200/4GB/320GB/HD3450
http://sp.ts.fujitsu.com/dmsp/docs/ds-esprimo-mobile-v6545.pdf

I wanted model with matte display, both these models have WXGA Matte.
Those two are very similar. Fujitsu-Siemens have shrinked down size keypad, which isn't very good. The MSI VX600X has a better Video Card, 512Mb versus 256Mb on the Fujitsu. Fujitsu has a better NIC (1Gigabit) and 4Gb RAM. Fujitsu has better price: $706 versus $783 MSI

Answer
Hi Alex,

Before I answer your question, do me a favor and check out the Lenovo (IBM) selection and the Toshiba Satellites. I have seen both of these as low as $370 at Newegg.com (free shipping and no sales tax) - and their specs are very impressive.

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