How good a laptop is this?

mark35 · 22 Jul 2006 at 17:48

Xtreme CTX Core Duo T2500 (2.0GHz), 1GB / 100GB / DVD Writer & 17" TFT

(RAM - 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM,
HDD - 100GB (7200rpm) SATA HDD,
WARRANTY - 3 Years Collect & Return,
OPTICAL DRIVE - 8 x DVD Dual Layer
(WIRELESS - Intel Pro Wireless A/B/G, Card
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900GTX 256MB,
TFT SCREEN - 17" WUXGA X-Glass TFT Screen (1920 x 1200 Res),

£1700

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2006 at 17:56

Looks pretty good. Expensive though :\.

Stephen B · 22 Jul 2006 at 18:26

Phnom_Penh said:
Looks pretty good. Expensive though :\.

agreed, I would expect to be able to source that spec for a max of £1200 inc vat

Carl · 22 Jul 2006 at 18:29

As said... Good spec, high price.

masterk · 22 Jul 2006 at 18:33

Very good quality laptops.

mark35 · 22 Jul 2006 at 18:49

£1200?

masterk · 22 Jul 2006 at 18:53

mark35 said:
£1200?

I put my doubting hat on when that was mentioned, cant see getting a laptop of that spec for such high quality for £1200.

Its custom pc's elite laptop.

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2006 at 19:02

masterk said:
Its custom pc's elite laptop.

Nah the CT is their elite laptop

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Stephen B · 22 Jul 2006 at 19:15

ok maybe a tad ambitious

, but within a few mins found the above spec [17" glass screen 1920 res 7900gtx, 100gig hd etc]but with just a dothan chip for £1250 inc vat and del

I'm pretty sure a good saving could be had by shopping around tho, and I would never dream of using my own money for a top end laptop, however if you are getting it bought for you go for it

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2006 at 19:21

I've never seen much point in having dual core on a laptop

masterk · 22 Jul 2006 at 21:10

Phnom_Penh said:
Nah the CT is their elite laptop .

Nope its the CTX, do you have the latest issue?

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2006 at 21:15

masterk said:
Nope its the CTX, do you have the latest issue?

Says CT on their site (linky) *shrug*.

UKTopGun · 22 Jul 2006 at 22:56

Phnom_Penh said:
I've never seen much point in having dual core on a laptop

Why's that?

Dual-core laptop + 2GB ram = Great for photoshop.

My brother personally needs the mobility of a laptop and then when he goes to work / comes home he just connects it to a 21" TFT.

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2006 at 23:04

UKTopGun said:
Why's that?

Dual-core laptop + 2GB ram = Great for photoshop.

The memory's usefull, but Photoshop won't use more than one core (afaik anyways)

masterk · 22 Jul 2006 at 23:58

Phnom_Penh said:
Says CT on their site (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/custompc/reviews/elite/) *shrug*.

Looks like they havent updated their site to match their latest mag. But either way they are both top notch.

UKTopGun · 23 Jul 2006 at 08:45

Phnom_Penh said:
The memory's usefull, but Photoshop won't use more than one core (afaik anyways)

Sorry I should have phrased it with more detail.

He uses Photoshop + After Effects + 3dsmax all at same time. So basically if he was on all of them on a single core work would be a lot slower. I meant he can still use Photoshop while using other resource hogs (once your rendering) I just forgot to mention them

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Although I agree Dualcore isnt much used on a laptop if your doing that sort of work on the normal screen but once you connected one to a larger monitor todo work it's just like having a PC.

benjo plz. · 23 Jul 2006 at 15:44

UKTopGun said:
Sorry I should have phrased it with more detail.

He uses Photoshop + After Effects + 3dsmax all at same time. So basically if he was on all of them on a single core work would be a lot slower. I meant he can still use Photoshop while using other resource hogs (once your rendering) I just forgot to mention them .

Ah, now that's quite a different story

. I'll point out that your average joe won't be doing that much, if atall

. But it's usefull who those who will use/need it, but for the general public it's pretty pointless.

UKTopGun said:
Although I agree Dualcore isnt much used on a laptop if your doing that sort of work on the normal screen but once you connected one to a larger monitor todo work it's just like having a PC.

Well it's more the memory thats a problem unless you have a decent graphics card cause the gpu and cpu share the memory on cheaper models. The dual cores probably just as helpful in both situations I'd imagine.

mark35 · 23 Jul 2006 at 16:54

im will to spend round the £2000 mark would this be a better laptop?

Xtreme 64 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 1GB / 200GB / DVD Writer & 17" TFT /NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 256MB
£1822

benjo plz. · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:05

That's some beast for a laptop, how do they plan to get 200gb of storage in it :\.

mark35 · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:11

its a big laptop