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want to take advantage of the $500 of any ispiron over $1399 deal.. will be used almost exclusively for poker as i hate not being able to play in other rooms of the house as my vaio is fried

SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
PROCESSOR AMD Turion and#153 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-66 (2.3GHz/1MB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit
VIDEO CARD ATI RADEON® Xpress1270 HyperMemory™ edit
HARD DRIVE Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
My Software & Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Subscription (30-day trial) edit
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OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit
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ENTERTAINMENT & EDITING SOFTWARE Yahoo! Music Jukebox - Music Player edit
TV TUNER & REMOTE CONTROL Remote Control for Vista Home Premium edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Doms Camera Jet Black color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
Miscellaneous Inspiron 1721

Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
 

Well it'll play poker fine :0) If you can try and cut out the software you don't need, ie MS Works (the old joke goes that it doesn't and OpenOffice is free if you need anything). Also you apparently are getting a TV Tuner + Remote. I don't know about you but watching tv/movies on a small laptop screen isn't exactly optimal.

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Well it'll play poker fine :0) If you can try and cut out the software you don't need, ie MS Works (the old joke goes that it doesn't and OpenOffice is free if you need anything). Also you apparently are getting a TV Tuner + Remote. I don't know about you but watching tv/movies on a small laptop screen isn't exactly optimal.

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couldnt find anything else to add to get the price over $1399.. maybe ill just cut out the tuner/remote and get office instead

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couldnt find anything else to add to get the price over $1399.. maybe ill just cut out the tuner/remote and get office instead

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Well if you need to spend more [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Get the wireless 802.11n card.
Also you can upgrade to a faster hd. This will help PT imports (although if you're only using this at home I suggest using a centralized database on your desktop).
Also the models with the Intel processors are slightly more expensive (and faster).

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Yea,


Def. don't get the TV Tuner, go for an Intel(I did some reviews and apparently Core2Duo is much better than AMD's newest line).

Also, for database management apparently the 7200 RPM is a very good idea. I looked that up after the advice and that is a huge deal when working with big databases.

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PROCESSOR AMD Turion and#153 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-66 (2.3GHz/1MB) edit

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BOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Come on dude, why go so second rate here?

Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
 

You should def get the accidental warranty coverage. It is expensive but when you drop your lappy and crack the lcd or punch it in frustration your going to be wishing you could trade that remote in for a new lcd.

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There is also an option to get xp instead of vista. From what I have heard about vista I would go with XP.

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I didn't see any options for XP.

I may buy XP and install it on it's own though lolz waste on moneyments. But I think these higher-end systems will be fine with Vista.

Also, I had this comp for 2 years and haven't broke it at all, the hinges are bad but that is all. I have also dropped it 3 or 4 times, which is actually probably going to jump to 0 when I get this one as I am more careful now with my comps.

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You should def get the accidental warranty coverage. It is expensive but when you drop your lappy and crack the lcd or punch it in frustration your going to be wishing you could trade that remote in for a new lcd.

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You dare to suggest a -EV option on 2+2!!!??? Also if you have a habit of punching your laptop I suggest that getting a protection plan isn't the answer.