Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Planning to buy a notebook

Aug 13, 2004 7:38AM PDT

I am planning to buy a notebook. i would like to load oracle in the notebook. can you suggest good recomendation for the notebook(like RAM size, Harddisk capacity,processor speed).

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
Re: Planning to buy a notebook
Aug 14, 2004 3:40AM PDT

Get at least 512RAM. If you can custom order (from Dell HP/Compaq, Toshiba etc. then you can order 256mb and then add your own 512mb RAM stick (only 2 slots in a notebook) for much less.

Pentium M Dothan CPU's (715 or higher) have the best battery life and performance factors right now in a notebook.

Also make sure you get a notebook with dedicated video RAM versus shared or integrated -- it cannot be upgraded on a notebook and shared takes away from your system RAM.

32mb dedicated is fine for general use but 64mb is better (and only 50-75 more on custom models) and some notebooks like the Dell 8600 or Acer have the ATI 9700 video card with 128mb video RAM dedicated.

- Collapse -
Re: Planning to buy a notebook
Aug 16, 2004 5:20AM PDT

Thanks ken..

Ramanan