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About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
So I've decided based on the advice here to go with the Dell Laptop. This will be my first dell/windows computer in like 5 years so have some questions before I click confirm and spend the $1000+.
1. Is the Dellcare thing a joke? Should i just go with the 1 year warranty? With Apple I used to get the applecare cuz it was like for 3 or 4 years and wasnt to expensive...but am i wasting money with this dellcare crap? How does this look? I went with 2.0 over 2.2 cuz I figure that .2 doesn't make a huge difference with what I'll be using it for...the extra $100/$150 was used to upgrade the screen to 1900x1200 SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) 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 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT edit MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit HARD DRIVE FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit WIRELESS NETWORKING Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card edit BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR) edit INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition edit My Software & Accessories ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (30-day trial) OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1 DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested Look Good? Its going to be $1309 with the coupon for $300 off. Thanks CDS |
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
i bought it. U can delete or lock this thread Sam.
hope i didnt screw anything up |
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
It looks fine CDS. If you are new to Vista I would suggest picking up one of those really thick books on it. It is just different enough from XP that it can be frustrating.
When you start puting poker stuff on it make sure you get the latest beta of PAHUD. If you are going to be carying it around you might want to think of getting it insured. |
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
I have a new Dell Laptop and I love it. The main upgrade I made was to the 17" screen.
So far so good. I would agree with the above poster that it's a good idea to go with the Vista book. I bought one and have used it a few times already. Let us know how you like it. |
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
Keep going back between building a desktop or buying another laptop after the first one from Dell didn't work and was a bit to huge i think--17 inchs and like $1400.
Was leaning toward desktop but then I realized..football season is coming up so on Sundays I'm probably going to be on the couch/bed all day...so went back to laptop, and may just upgrade my old built desktop with a new 204b screen and some extra memory. Good Deal for $1000? We're basically looking at PaHud/PT/and 2-4 tables at a time. Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition [420-7024][420-7244][463-2282] System Color Jet Black Memory FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz LCD Panel High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050) Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT Hard Drive FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08 Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Wireless Networking Cards Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card Camera No Webcam Option Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works 8. Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription (30-day trial) Battery Options 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service Dell On Call No Dell On Call Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested Miscellaneous Inspiron 1520 Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor Labels Windows Vista™ Basic DataSafe Online Backup Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr |
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
good deal for the price
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Re: About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes
CDS: I just got basically the exact laptop from Dell on Monday. I really like mine so far. 17" screen seems huge after using my old laptop for past year.
Stars/PT/PAHUD all worked fine after a few adjustments. |
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