psilord80

I finally will be getting my laptop tomorrow after I get my refund and I have my eye on two machines. One is a HP Pavilion thats $999 and it has:
# 14.1"-diagonal widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) BrightView LCD screen
# AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-62 operating at 2.1GHz
# 1MB (512KB+512KB) L2 cache
# Up to 1600MHz frontside bus
# 3GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory (on 2 DIMMs)
# Maximum memory capacity: 4GB (
# 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
# LightScribe SuperMulti DVD drive with Double Layer support (reads/writes DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R Double Layer, CD-R/RW)
# ExpressCard/54 slot: also supports ExpressCard/34
# 802.11b/g wireless LAN
# nVidia GeForce Go 7150M graphics with up to 1071MB shared memory
# Altec Lansing audio with stereo speakers
# HP mobile remote control
# Stereo earbud headphones (1 pair)
# 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 65W AC adapter
# Dimensions: 1 9/16"H x 13 1/8"W x 9 5/16"D
# Weight: 5.25 lbs

and the other one is a Sony Vaio thats $899 that has:
Intel� Core(TM)2 Duo Mobile (1.66ghz)
WXGA widescreen LCD with XBRITE-ECO technology (1280 x 800)
15.4"
667MHz (system bus)
2MB at die Level 2 (cache memory)
2GB mem (upgradable to 4)
SATA 200GB HDD (5400rpm)
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (up to 358MB video memory)
Built-in high-speed Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN network connection (802.11a/b/g/n) and all the usual bells and whistles.

I want a computer that would be able to play the English league (conference and up) and the Singapore league with a large database. I have my eyes on the Sony but I am worried about getting a laptop that is incompatible with FM.
So any help from the community and SI would be very much appreciated.

Thx.

davehanson

Either of them is going to run FM fine. To be honest I don't really know what an AMD dual core is like, so my initial rection would be to go for what I know.

I have just bought a Sony Vaio as my only PC now, and I am more than happy with it so far.

GoodIdea

First one, easily.

More RAM more processor.

You only pay for the name with Sonys.