Minimum req's for a multimedia notebook?

ptw

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Oct 4, 2002
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Hi Everyone!

I am thinking of getting a multimedia notebook for playing MP3's (stored on my server and accessed through Wi-Fi) and also DVD movies. The idea is that I have several rooms in my house where occasional--but not regular--multimedia access would be welcome. For example, I could play music or watch a movie while doing my weekly ironing!

How powerful of a notebook do I need? The one I currently own is an ancient AMD K6-2 300 and it can't even play MP3's too well. Will a used PIII 550-700 be enough, opr maybe even a PII-400 ? I've also seen some relatively cheap Athlon XP 1500+ notebooks floating around.

Or will the sound always be so weak that I should just fuhgedaboutit? Thanks!
 

Baronz

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A 300mhz should be able to handle MP3s fine, do you mean the sound quality is bad? Could just be your speakers on the laptop, they aren't known for being very good.

There are budget laptops out there that can handle DVDs and Mp3s fine, you dont need a 1.5ghz system to accomplish that.
 

ptw

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When playing MP3's on my laptop over my 802.11b network, the CPU jumps to around 85% usage and doing something as simple as moving the mouse can cause stuttering. This was with a few different players, including Windows Media Player, RealOne Player (which I loathe), and MusicMatch Jukebox. There was one other player...I can't remember what it was, but it had a much lower CPU usage (around 50%) but it was buggy and kept crashing! I think it was WinAmp.
 
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