Laptop contest. Pick my laptop, win $25
 

I posted this in CTH but nobody helps. So I will post it in OOT as a contest.

I am looking to spend up to around 1k on a laptop. My main question is balancing processor speed and RAM. Should I be more concerned with upgrading to 1GB of RAM or getting a slightly faster processor?

The notebook is for wireless surfing, up to two tables of poker and/or watching MLB.tv. Nothing too intense. Top priorities are reliability and speed. What would you say is the minimum processor/RAM combo to do this effectively?

As much info as possible is appreciated. I will transfer $25 via Neteller, Paypal, or Party to the first person to suggest the laptop that I buy - from the source I order it. Keeping the price down is a plus. I may send out interesting and bizarre additional prizes to people who are particularly helpful. If I get it from a different source or at a lower price I will still send out a prize to whoever is most helpful (and it's doubtful I'll find a better price since you are all smarter than me).

Thank you
NT

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Re: Laptop contest. Pick my laptop, win $25
 

Don't know much about laptops aside from the fact that 2+2ers like the higher Dell Inspirons, but gildwulf posted some sweet Dell coupons when he bought his computer around Thursday. They may still be active. Worth checking out I think.

Re: Laptop contest. Pick my laptop, win $25
 

Question: what's the difference between the Inspiron 9300 and the e1705?

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I looked at this one too and I'm wondering if this is enough speed? I mean it has a significantly lower processor speed than my desktop which is almost two years old. I don't know much about the laptop market I guess.

NT

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Thanks. 1600 x 1200 right?

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I looked at this one too and I'm wondering if this is enough speed? I mean it has a significantly lower processor speed than my desktop which is almost two years old. I don't know much about the laptop market I guess.

NT

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I used to regularly 8-table on my Inspiron 8600 with no trouble.

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NT:
Many of the current laptop processors have very different [read: higher] performance:Hz ratios than the older ones.

Be careful.