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New Laptop Search

Posted on Thu 19 November 2009 in Geek

Since my laptop screen cracked months ago I’ve been waiting for Windows 7 to come out so I could get a new laptop, this will very likely be the laptop I take cruising as my personal machine. I’ll probably have a dedicated machine at the nav station. Here’s what I’m looking for feature-wise and some quick searching I did. If you have any suggestion lets me know…

Must Have

  • Multi-Touch Screen
  • Multi-Touch Touchpad
  • Minimum 4GB RAM
  • Minimum 300GB Storage
  • 64 Bit
  • Wifi

Optional

  • Built-in GPS
  • Tablet format
  • SDD system drive
  • 3G

Light Research

  • Dell
  • Studio 17 – Not yet shipping, Unclear about Multi-touch monitor or touch pad, but claims it as optional
  • Asus – Wow what a horrible web site…
  • Lenovo
  • IdeaPad U550 - 374955U \$800 - multitouch
  • ThinkPad T400s – Way exoensive, small drive multitouch
  • Toshiba
  • Protege Tablets – Touch, no 64bit
  • Satellite Pro U500-EZ1311  32bit - \$1000
  • Acer
  • Aspire 5738
    • AS5738PG-6306 – Touch, 4gb TAM, 15.6”, 64bit - \$770 on B&H
  • HP
  • TX2 – TX2Z – 12.1” Tablet PC - Has all features when customized for \$964
  • Fujitsu
  • T5010 - 13.3" screen Tablet PC - Not sure about 64bit. \$2300 (eek)