Bad time to buy a laptop??

[spoon]

Im looking at buying a new laptop, not sure if its the wrong time to buy due to vista and likelyhood of 64 bit stuff comin out. Im looking to buy a high end laptop and im leaning towards the IBM T60p. Here are the important specs:

v5200 256mb ati Firegl
T2500 intel duo 2ghz
3gb of DDR2 5300

Most important thing ill be doing is cad programs. I occaisionaly play games from time to time. Would this laptop have a hard time running vista??

 

[Goran]

You wont have any trouble running vista with that much ram and a dedicated GPU

 

[spoon]

I guess the main thing im woried about is the processor. Well not that woried but would intel be puting its conroe in laptops any time soon? Same with amd and its turion although im doubting it since they dont use amd in their laptops to begin with.

 

[Ice-Tea]

It will always be 'a bad time' for laptops or any other hardware for that matter. Now it's because of new CPU's, later it will be because of new GPU's, memory types, harddrives, screens, whatever.

You'll be stuck with an obsoluted piece of junk from the moment you push the 'place order' button

 

[Marauder]

It will always be 'a bad time' for laptops or any other hardware for that matter. Now it's because of new CPU's, later it will be because of new GPU's, memory types, harddrives, screens, whatever.

You'll be stuck with an obsoluted piece of junk from the moment you push the 'place order' button

I totally agree. I have barely broke my laptop in over the last year and I already feel like I need to get a new one because of the huge power gains.


But really, if it runs all the programs that you need it to, and meets your personal tastes then there is no need to continue getting the top of the line computers.

I dont know how fast the CAD industry comes out with new version of their software and how much more advanced it gets, but I'm sure a well suited laptop for that type of work today will still be suitable for it for a few years to come.

 

[lunyone]

I tend to do ALOT of research on computer components/hardware before I purchase anything, mainly because I can't afford what I really want. I would have to agree with the other guys that you don't need to buy the latest system out there to get what you need to get done. Yes you would probably finish your projects sooner, maybe saving a few seconds or so, but ultimately the extra money you spend now doesn't fool proof you for a longer period of time.
I would say that if you REALLY need the extra power, and you can afford it, than get it. But if you really don't need it than don't spend your hard cash on it.
I would be willing to bet that if you were in the $2000-2500 price range you could find a great system for what you do that would last you for quite some time (3-5 years).