Tell me why I shouldn't buy this laptop (HP zv5000z)

[moondogg]

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1600x1200 resolution should be important to you too (you didn't mention what the max res was).

I don't know much about laptop pricing, so maybe that's not possible in a $1000 laptop.

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The max resolution is 1280x800.

I have a 2001fp. Currently, I 4-table on that, and then use the laptop screen for PT, 2+2, or a 2 or 3 more tables. It does me fine.

1600x1200 would be nice, but those pretty much start around $1600, and I'm just not going to get enough value out of it to justify it.

[Yobz]

I have an HP and although it has been pretty good to me recently, I would never buy an HP laptop (or desktop, but thats because I would build my own desktop)

[frank_iii]

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Don't ignore the HD speed, a 7200 rmp vs a 5400 in a laptop will make a noticeable difference because Poker Tracker is a HD resource hog especially if you have it set up to load HH every minute

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Second this.

I think you're significantly under-valuing disk speed and over-valuing CPU speed.

My Inspiron 9200 has a 1.6GHz cpu, 512MB RAM, and a 7200rpm hard drive and has no trouble with 4 tables + PT + PV + firefox + gaim.

[moondogg]

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Don't ignore the HD speed, a 7200 rmp vs a 5400 in a laptop will make a noticeable difference because Poker Tracker is a HD resource hog especially if you have it set up to load HH every minute

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Second this.

I think you're significantly under-valuing disk speed and over-valuing CPU speed.

My Inspiron 9200 has a 1.6GHz cpu, 512MB RAM, and a 7200rpm hard drive and has no trouble with 4 tables + PT + PV + firefox + gaim.

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Yeah, I do think that I will need to move to 7200 in the near future, but I did not want to disqualify this machine for that reason. Upgrading to a 7200rpm drive is not an option for this series, but if I need to I can probably swap in a 60GB 7200rpm for about $150.

Thanks for the info, I'm definitely going to look more into slower processer/faster HD.