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For this round, we are comparing two laptops that are priced similarly but are marketed towards different computer user groups – the Dell Precision M6400 Covet vs. Asus G71 Quad-Core Gaming Laptop. The Dell Precision M6400 Covet is designed to appeal to professionals who need mobile workstations to work on, while the Asus G71 Quad-Core Gaming Laptop is intended to appeal to gamers who crave the mobility of a laptop.

 

Dell Precision M6400 Covet

Specifications
Central Processing Unit	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz
RAM	8GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM
Screen Size	17 inches LED diagonal
Dimensions	394 mm X 42 mm X 279 mm
Resolution	1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight	3.88 kg
Disk Space	two 256 GB SSD or 512 GB
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista
Battery Life	2 hours
Graphics	1024 MB Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M

 

Pros:

Just look at the Dell Precision M6400 Covet’s specs, one can tell that it is not your ordinary working mobile machine. With a processing power of 2.53 GHz and 8 MB of RAM, this machine could take on any application the user wants without encountering glitches. Add to that prowess is its graphics backup: the 1024 MB Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M, which is touted as a professional high-end workstation graphics card for laptops. With this dedicated graphics support, using memory-hungry applications like CAD, photo editing software and even video processing programs is worry-free.

 

Cons:

The main downside of the Dell Precision M6400 Covet is its low battery life of about two hours. While other laptops may be able to function on a single charge for more than six hours – enough time for someone on-the-go to work on what they have to work on – the Dell Precision M6400 Covet will only disappoint a user who has to take up more than two hours of dedicated working time.

 

Asus G71 Quad-Core Gaming Laptop

Specifications
Central Processing Unit	Intel Celeron P560 (2.13GHz) / Intel Celeron P560 (2.0GHz)
RAM	1GB
Screen Size	15.6” at 16:9 aspect ratio
Dimensions	Windows Vista Home Basic
Resolution	2.5 hours on one charge with the WLAN module turned on and transmitting data
Weight	Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100+
Disk Space	two 500 GB or 1 TB
Operating System	Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition, 32-bit
Battery Life	1 hour and a half
Graphics	512 MB GeForce 9700M GT

 

Pros:

If you’re in the market for extreme processing prowess, buffer memory, and graphics, then you’re in luck since the Asus G71 has all of those. Its manufacturer even threw in a huge storage space and a sleek gaming look for good measure.

 

These specifications are in excess of what a typical traveling gamer seeks. With four cores of processors working together, the Asus G71 takes multithreading tasks to another level, despite clocking at only 2.53 GHz. Well, this laptop has overclocking options that allow its user to raise its processor’s speed a notch to conform to the gamer’s needs.

 

It isn’t only its processing power that impresses. With 4 GB of RAM and 512 MB of dedicated graphics memory, the Asus G71 can render game resolutions of 1920 x 1200 pixels. Any gamer would be pleased to have a GeForce 9700M GT dish out detailed and clear 3D graphics – a common trend in today’s gaming environment.

 

With such power, the Asus G71 could also render other applications and software with ease.

 

Tired of small storage space? While most laptops offer 250 GB of disk space, the Asus G71 boasts four times that figure. With one terrabyte of storage space to offload one’s game and multimedia content, the Asus G71 could really make business a pleasure and pleasure a business.

 

Cons:

Have you ever been in a situation wherein you’re at the most climactic part of a game and then the laptop system shuts down? Utterly frustrating, isn’t it? A battery life of less than two hours is awful. It isn’t even enough for the user to watch a favorite movie or episode. That would discourage many users and we don’t blame them at all.

 

Conclusion:

Despite losing to the Dell Precision M6400 Covet in terms of battery life, the Asus G71 Quad-Core Gaming Laptop is better in a significant number of ways – primarily when it comes to the processing prowess, the storage space and the graphics. It is pricey but then it has these excellent features to back it up. If you’re not scrimping on money, Asus G71 would definitely be a choice. Anyway, the battery lives in each of these laptops aren’t that much different. Nevertheless, the Asus G71 wins by early knock out, technically.

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