Fujitsu Amilo A1630 or M1420

Hi, narrowed the search down to these 2 fujitsu productions but aint sure which one to go for.

I dont really need a great deal of battery life as i will should have a power point. More interested in using it for dvd burning, games, uni work, downloading music, webdesign and be using it for a few a hours at a time.

heres the spec

AMILO M1420 1.70GHz widescreen

- Intel ® Centrino Processor 1.70GHz
- 60GB hard disk
- 512MB DDR SDRAM
- Integrated Combo DVD+RW
- ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 128Mb
- 10/100 LAN Module
- Li-Lon, approximately 4 hours battery life
- 16-bit On-board stereo sound
- Wireless LAN
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (pre-installed) operating system
- WorksSuite 2004
- 15.4" TFT-WXGA Widescreen
- UltraLight - 3kg
- FREE 12 Months Collect and Return warranty

£1099.99


AMILO A1630 Athlon 64 3400+

- AMD XP Athlon 64 3400+
- 80GB hard disk
- 512MB DDR SDRAM
- Integrated DVD+RW combo drive
(8xDVD, 2.4xDVD+R, 2.4x DVD+RW, 24xCD,
16xCD-R,8xCD-RW)
- ATI Radeon 9700 128Mb external RAM
- 10/100 LAN Module
- 16-bit On-Board stereo sound ALC 655 V2.3
- Wireless LAN modile 802.11g
- 15.4" TFT-WXGA (widescreen) 1280x800/16M
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
-(pre-installed) operating system
- WorksSuite 2004
- Li-Lon, up to 2.5 hours battery life
- FREE 12 Months Collect and Return warranty

£1069.99

I have a few more questions but i will wait till i get some response about the above.

The pro and cons? i know what seperates them but does it make a big deal?

Thanks bye

 

Hello there,

I have got an Amilo M1420 wide-screen. Its a very poewrful machine for the price I bought it for!

Looking at the specs you mentioned for the machines, besides the processor, the only 2 differences I see are the graphic card and the HDD storage capacity.

Battery life :
With websurfing and photoshop, my machine gives me app. 3 hours of battery life only. I am not sure about the athlon machnines, since I have never tried them.

Graphic card:
I am not quite sure if 9700 and 9600 are significantly different.

HDD capacity:
20 more GB on one side, which can always come in handy. But having a DVD-RW also means you can store most of your high capacity data on disks.

Weight:
If you are going to carry around your laptop, which I assume you will, then go for Amilo M, it is around .6 kgs lighter!

Hope that helps for now,

- Mohamed

 

Amilo A must be better than M series when I looked your list carefully,but some M systems will be the best choice if you look this;

AMILO M 1420;

15,4 crystal bright view 1280*800 32
80 gb 7200 hitachi
9700 128 mb ati radeon
4 * dvd dual

I can easily play FARCRY with very high settings...in very high details 67 fbs is so huge number...and M series have more battery than A...

to mohd_jafarali;

9700 is %20 percent more powerful than 9600
but you must know 9600 series have three different type.,
1-9600
2-9600 pro
3-9600 pro turbo

for first 9700 is %20
for second 9700 is %12-15
for third 9700 is %10-14 more powerful...
I think if you bought an ati with 9600,you dont need to buy 9700...





Fujitsu Amilo M 1420-1.7 Dathon,1gb(333mhz),Ati 9600Pro 128
15,4 " crystal view WXGA (23 million),7200 rpm,DVD+RW+R
M 1420 photo