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06-27-2005, 09:52 PM
#12
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Location: Columbia IL/St. Louis MO
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I've had HP, that thing just got old, and slow. It was a 1.3ghz processor, with only 128mb ddram.
I know have an emachine with a 2.6ghz processor, and 256mb ram. Yeah, it is an emachine, but I bought the thing for 50 bucks from my old job, and all it needed was the fan to be replaced. That's a deal in my book!!!
EDIT: Yes, dell rocks. My folks have 3 dell laptops from work, and they rock hard!! The warranty kicks ***, and they are BLAZING fast. We have one that is about 6 years old, still works great, just really outdated.
I know have an emachine with a 2.6ghz processor, and 256mb ram. Yeah, it is an emachine, but I bought the thing for 50 bucks from my old job, and all it needed was the fan to be replaced. That's a deal in my book!!!
EDIT: Yes, dell rocks. My folks have 3 dell laptops from work, and they rock hard!! The warranty kicks ***, and they are BLAZING fast. We have one that is about 6 years old, still works great, just really outdated.
07-21-2005, 12:25 PM
#13
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Posts: 5,425
The coupon offer ran out before I could buy one. But that offered it again, and here's what I ended up with:
Inspiron 600m
Pentium® M Processor 725(1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB) 14.1-in XGA w/32MB Video, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,516.00
Inspiron 600m Pentium® M Processor 725(1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB) 14.1-in XGA w/32MB Video
Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM 1 Dimm
Hard Drive 60GB Hard Drive
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Integrated Modem and NIC Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Optical 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Productivity Software No productivity suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor only
No Security Subscription
Digital Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Primary Battery 6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery (53Whr)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 2Yr Ltd Warranty, 2Yr At-Home Service, and 2Yr Technical Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included (they made me do it)
Digital Imaging or Digital Photography Photo Album(tm) SE Basic
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience(tm)
Docking Solutions Notebook Expansion Dock
ATG/EPP customers: $750 off select Inspirons totalling $1499 or more.
Expires on 2005-07-25 04:59:59 - $750.00
ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS
Dell EPP and FSS Customers: Free ground shipping on select Inspiron systems over $849. $19 handling charge applies.
Expires on 2005-07-27 11:59:59 - $26.00
Dell EPP/FSS customers receive 4% off systems priced $800 to $1600 with 1/2yr At-Home service.
Expires on 2005-09-25 22:59:59 - $30.64
Sub-Total $735.36
Shipping Discount -$26.00
Shipping and Handling $19.00
Tax $55.18
Total $809.54
Pentium® M Processor 725(1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB) 14.1-in XGA w/32MB Video, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,516.00
Inspiron 600m Pentium® M Processor 725(1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB) 14.1-in XGA w/32MB Video
Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM 1 Dimm
Hard Drive 60GB Hard Drive
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Integrated Modem and NIC Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Optical 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Productivity Software No productivity suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor only
No Security Subscription
Digital Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Primary Battery 6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery (53Whr)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 2Yr Ltd Warranty, 2Yr At-Home Service, and 2Yr Technical Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included (they made me do it)
Digital Imaging or Digital Photography Photo Album(tm) SE Basic
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience(tm)
Docking Solutions Notebook Expansion Dock
ATG/EPP customers: $750 off select Inspirons totalling $1499 or more.
Expires on 2005-07-25 04:59:59 - $750.00
ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS
Dell EPP and FSS Customers: Free ground shipping on select Inspiron systems over $849. $19 handling charge applies.
Expires on 2005-07-27 11:59:59 - $26.00
Dell EPP/FSS customers receive 4% off systems priced $800 to $1600 with 1/2yr At-Home service.
Expires on 2005-09-25 22:59:59 - $30.64
Sub-Total $735.36
Shipping Discount -$26.00
Shipping and Handling $19.00
Tax $55.18
Total $809.54
07-21-2005, 12:38 PM
#14
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Richardson Texas
Posts: 4,326
pentium m 1.6 ghz? thats pretty slow. i wouldnt try to do any video stuff with that. especially with only 32 mb of video memory.
if you can cancel that you should. and if you dont need it to be a laptop you should just order the parts and put it together yourself. i built one that is very nice for about $900, and a lot of the things i put in it were specifically chosen for heavy 3d/cad purposes so you probably wouldnt need as good of stuff as i did. it was the only computer ive ever built and its really pretty simple. you just have to basically bolt it all together and plug it in. after that you just have to load windows and youre good to go.
i would recommend building to anyone who wants a new computer. i could build you a really nice computer for about 500 or 600 bucks. not that im trying to get you guys to let me build one for you, but i wouldnt mind recommending parts and a source and telling you how to put it together
if you can cancel that you should. and if you dont need it to be a laptop you should just order the parts and put it together yourself. i built one that is very nice for about $900, and a lot of the things i put in it were specifically chosen for heavy 3d/cad purposes so you probably wouldnt need as good of stuff as i did. it was the only computer ive ever built and its really pretty simple. you just have to basically bolt it all together and plug it in. after that you just have to load windows and youre good to go.
i would recommend building to anyone who wants a new computer. i could build you a really nice computer for about 500 or 600 bucks. not that im trying to get you guys to let me build one for you, but i wouldnt mind recommending parts and a source and telling you how to put it together
07-21-2005, 12:53 PM
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Posts: 5,425
I'm not going to build one. I've dealt with too many idiots, and too much bullshit working through problems, I don't want to load anything, I just want to plug the **** in and have it do what I tell it to do.
We still have our Vaio desktop, our friend worked out the bugs for it. If we need more power (it's several years old), I'll just upgrade that one. But for now, I really need a working computer for school. I'm starting back in August.
We still have our Vaio desktop, our friend worked out the bugs for it. If we need more power (it's several years old), I'll just upgrade that one. But for now, I really need a working computer for school. I'm starting back in August.
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