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Post by Knight of Lodis on May 4, 2004 23:19:05 GMT -5
I am in the market for a Laptop for college and I could use some help. Right now I really like the dell inspiron 8600. I would like it to be a M so the battery lasts awhile. The laptop must meet these requirements and be between $2000-3000.
Requirements: PC Compatible Laptop Computer
Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional
Pentium 4M 2.8 GHz+ or Pentium M 1.6 Ghz+
Memory - 1GB Ram (Yes it is stupid that college demands 1 GB)
60 GB Hard Drive
Audio Card
32MB Video Adapter Card (prefer 128mb)
CD-RW (prefer DVD-RW)
DVD
802.11b or 802.11g Wireless NIC
10BaseT Ethernet Card
USB 2.0
56K Modem
Warranty - 3 years parts and labor on-site (damage protection policy strongly recommended)
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Post by Sektor on May 7, 2004 10:19:35 GMT -5
If you're getting your labtop from stores, Toshiba's are within that price range and are very dependable. If you're getting one online, then definetly check out alienware: www.alienware.com
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Post by Magicman on May 7, 2004 23:23:14 GMT -5
Only get an Alienware if you have a lot of money to burn and you're going to use it for games.
I'd reccommend the Dell Latitude line, myself.
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Post by Ghosty on May 8, 2004 19:21:31 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure landon already knows alienware at least a LITTLE bit considering that they're now sponsoring him and all  . and um, they probably know more about laptops than I do so I'll just go now. |
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Post by Magicman on May 9, 2004 8:58:20 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure landon already knows alienware at least a LITTLE bit considering that they're now sponsoring him and all . Yeah... they are, aren't they.  |
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Post by Knight of Lodis on May 10, 2004 18:48:14 GMT -5
Thanks for imput. I am going to order a Dell 8600 Latitude 1.6GHZ M for 20% off including a 128mb Radeon 9600 Turbo, 60 GB 7200RPM for 2400 including tax and shipping and a 4 year warranty. Dell's deals are to good to miss.
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Post by Sektor on May 14, 2004 22:18:31 GMT -5
Good choice, Dell's are probably the best PC's on the market besides Alienware and they go for a great price too. Although Alienware is built for games, gaming PCs are by far the best types of computers you can buy; Gaming requires more from a PC than any other type of program. But, the only problem is that they're ridiculously expensive
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Post by Knight of Lodis on May 15, 2004 8:15:08 GMT -5
I settled for the following at the end. I actually got 23% off and an extra year of warranty for free.
1.8 Ghz Pentium M Porcessor with 2mb level 2 cache
60 GB 7200mhz Hard Drive
128 mb Redeon 9600 Turbo
4x DVD RW+
802.11 b/g wireless LAN card
1 GB RAM
and a few other things for 2300 plus 100 tax.
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Post by Sektor on May 16, 2004 14:13:49 GMT -5
Sweet deal! Those sure are some nice specs, especially for that price tag.
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Thanks Oldy!
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