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11-13-2007, 02:58 PM
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how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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 Dell Recommends Help Protect Your New PC! PC-cillin™ Software, 15 months! Help Me Choose Upgrade to Trend Micro Internet Security 15-months [add $79 or $2/month1] OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit Dell Recommends Need Excel, Word and Powerpoint? Upgrade to Microsoft Office H&S 2007 today. Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 - Word, Excel + PowerPoint [add $149 or $4/month1] 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 
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#2
11-13-2007, 03:12 PM
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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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11-13-2007, 03:23 PM
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Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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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. [/ QUOTE ] 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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11-13-2007, 04:12 PM
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Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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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 [/ QUOTE ] 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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11-13-2007, 04:38 PM
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Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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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11-13-2007, 08:25 PM
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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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11-13-2007, 08:38 PM
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Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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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11-13-2007, 08:41 PM
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Re: how does this dell laptop configuration look?
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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. [/ QUOTE ] 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.
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