[desmondjy]

Which laptop to buy ? Was considering the below:

HP Pavilion dv6-1225tx --- S$2399

Processor type
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9600
• 2.80 GHz , 6 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB

Standard memory
4096 MB
Memory
DDR2 800 MHz

Maximum memory
Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory

System features
Internal drives
500 GB
Hard disk drive speed
5400 rpm

Optical drive type
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support

Display size
16.0" Diagonal High Definition HP Brightview Infinity Display
Display resolution
1366 x 768
Graphic subsystem name
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4650
Video RAM
1024 MB dedicated memory

External I/O ports
4 USB 2.0 (4th shared with eSATA port), 1 HDMI, 1 eSATA Combo, 1 VGA port, 1 RJ45, Expansion Port 3, 2 Headphone out, 1 Microphone in, IEEE 1394 Firewire, Consumer IR, AC Adapter, Integrated Fingerprint reader
Expansion slots
One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

Internal audio
SRS Premium Sound
Speakers and microphone
Altec Lansing® speakers

Or any better suggestion of laptops for graphic design and light gaming? Was thinking of a low end MBP(2.53ghz) but i tot it's too pricey for the specs or am i wrong? Please advise, i'm really not a tech guy Oh BTW, at 1366 x 768 resolution, will the image be stretched(This is very impt to me)??

The MBP specs --- Price S$2788
15-inch: 2.53GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB Memory
250GB hard drive
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

Thanks in advance

[iamroland]

MBP definitely expensive if you compare wth PC-platform notebooks spec-to-spec. But Mac users can tell you the benefits of a Mac over a PC which hardware alone cannot.

The HP notebook you mention is the high-end series, definitely good stuff. Great specs for gaming, something which Macs are not so good at. Will suffice for design applications like Photoshop.

1366x768 is the minimum resolution for true HD playback/support. Nowadays almost every notebook is widescreen form factor, no worries about graphics being stretched.