New Laptop

tms7 · 07-16-2008, 07:00 AM

Hey poeple,

im goin to university next year and was getting a new laptop. im gonna be going into civil engineering and will be using AUTOCAD and so will need a good graphics card.

heres the laptop im thinking about:

TOSHIBA A300-15D
2.5 GHz
640 GB HD
3 Gig RAM
512 dedicated graphics memory
15.4 inch screen

any other suggestion?

thanks.

Madcatz · 07-16-2008, 02:52 PM

I do alot of work for toshiba, IBM, and HP business laptops. I'd honestly say to try and stay away from the toshiba "A" series. the U305's are pretty good, along with the tecra's and portege's.

But in terms of reliablity, the HP business line and IBMs are excellent laptops and recommend those over toshibas any day.

~~Systems_Analyst~~ · 07-16-2008, 10:08 PM

The computer specs are pretty good and should good enough for what you do, someone correct me if I am wrong here. I am also going to recommend IBM laptops too since I have plenty of experiences in working with them. In addition, their customer service is great, IMO.

I am not going to say stay away from toshiba since I had good experiences with some of their models as well. Overall, the specs of the computer is good.

**magnethead** · 07-16-2008, 11:38 PM

I'm going for MEch engineering at Univ. Tx. Arlington, and will be doing much same as you. I chose an HP dv 9815nr with the nvidia graphics card.

07-16-2008, 07:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
tms7 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7 OS: xp sp2	New Laptop Hey poeple, im goin to university next year and was getting a new laptop. im gonna be going into civil engineering and will be using AUTOCAD and so will need a good graphics card. heres the laptop im thinking about: TOSHIBA A300-15D 2.5 GHz 640 GB HD 3 Gig RAM 512 dedicated graphics memory 15.4 inch screen any other suggestion? thanks.

07-16-2008, 02:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,387 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: New Laptop I do alot of work for toshiba, IBM, and HP business laptops. I'd honestly say to try and stay away from the toshiba "A" series. the U305's are pretty good, along with the tecra's and portege's. But in terms of reliablity, the HP business line and IBMs are excellent laptops and recommend those over toshibas any day.

07-16-2008, 10:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Systems_Analyst~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: New Laptop The computer specs are pretty good and should good enough for what you do, someone correct me if I am wrong here. I am also going to recommend IBM laptops too since I have plenty of experiences in working with them. In addition, their customer service is great, IMO. I am not going to say stay away from toshiba since I had good experiences with some of their models as well. Overall, the specs of the computer is good.

07-16-2008, 11:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,568 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: New Laptop I'm going for MEch engineering at Univ. Tx. Arlington, and will be doing much same as you. I chose an HP dv 9815nr with the nvidia graphics card. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System