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duh...
by Hotshot12 - 5/1/07 9:24 AM In reply to: (NT) To Dell or not to Dell? by Hotshot12I guess it would help if i posted my querry.... I posted a little while ago about buying a new lap top for game playing and picture editing, basically multimedia. I have been looking at the XPS series by dell but its to expensive i was wondering if this configuration was decent for the money dell wants to charge me.
ill give the choices as well thank you very much for your help
Inspirion 9400
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5300 (2MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz fsb)
Windows home vista prem.
1.
[ ]17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ [add $125 or $3/month1]
Dell Recommended
[ ]17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display with TrueLife™ [Included in Price
2.
[ ]FREE 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 533MHz, 2DIMM - $350 Value [Included in Price]
Free Upgrade
[ ] 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz [add $500 or $13/month1]
3.
[ ] 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive [add $40 or $1/month1]
[ ]250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive [Included in Price]
4.
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
5.
[ ]256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory [Included in Price]
[ ]256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS [add $230 or $6/month1]
6.
[ ]85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery [Included in Price]
[ ]6-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery [add $119 or $3/month1]
[ ]9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery [add $159 or $4/month1]
Is the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5300 a fast processor?
I was thining of upgrading the monitor (1.)
Is the ram upgrade (2.) worth 500$? or can i save my budget a little.
whats the difference between (3.)100 gb 7200rpm and 250gb 5400rpm
i am going to upgrade the graphics card (5.)
And propably get the additional battery.
thanks for any help.
So to answer the questions..
by steve749 - 5/1/07 10:22 AM In reply to: duh... by Hotshot121) Core 2 Duo is fast but there are various models with the T5300 being OK but there are better if you care to look on Intel's site for more details.
2) Upgrading the monitor is a personal preference I think.
3) I wouldn't do the RAM upgrade unless you know that it'll be worthwhile.
4) The hard drive difference is that the 100 GB has a faster spin rate which means more battery consumption but better performance for those that need it. My laptop has a 5400 RPM drive and is fine for me.
5) Are you sure you can upgrade the graphics card in that laptop separately? I believe some laptops don't have the ability to upgrade this just to warn you now.
Regards,
JB
The XPS machines are designed for gaming and will
by orlbuckeye - 5/1/07 10:44 AM In reply to: So to answer the questions.. by steve749play any game out there. I'm sure you don't want to spend 3000 to get all those lights but it's supposed to be one of the best gaming machines.
T53000
by Hotshot12 - 5/1/07 12:08 PM In reply to: So to answer the questions.. by steve749the T53000 is the best i can get if i go with this Inspiron 9400
i would probably have to spend another 500$(guess)
Wait
by Ghost26 - 6/20/07 4:39 PM In reply to: T53000 by Hotshot12If you want to buy a Dell laptop, you should wait for the new line. Look at this french forum :
http://www.lesdelliens.com/puntal/
I don't know for you, but for me, buying a laptop when I know it will be replaced within maybe a month or two, I would not like this...
So wait, or go with the HP dv6500T or dv9500t which offers the new Satan-Rosa platform with a DirectX10 compatible graphics card.
Dell for high school Student?
by S-Pont - 6/18/07 10:43 AM In reply to: So to answer the questions.. by steve749would it be a good choice? can anybody recommend me smth?
RE: To Dell or not to Dell?
by sakenu16 - 11/26/07 12:17 PM In reply to: (NT) To Dell or not to Dell? by Hotshot12Sorry but from my experience I would not buy a Dell. I have three Dell Dimension and all three are not working. Each died a few months after the warranty expired (year and few months). Also Dell has had problems with bad capacitors:
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/pcperipherals/0,39051168,39289727-2,00.htm
From having 3 dell desktops you can see I was a big Dell supporter. I used to recommend them to friends and family. But I will never do that I have looked bad whenever their computers have died. One of them was my sisters desktop. All the people I recommended Dells have now switched to other computers. I am sorry folks, Dells are not built the way they were in the past. You can go ahead and try it for yourself, but in my opinion and from my experience I will never buy anything from Dell.
I love those dead Dells.
by R. Proffitt
- 11/26/07 12:44 PM
In reply to: RE: To Dell or not to Dell? by sakenu16
I can't count how many I've pulled back to operation with simple things like "plugging in the cards" or "reinstalling the OS."
But you are right, today's support is much like you in 1920 and your Ford car.
Bob
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