Help me find a lappy
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:38 pm
Its about time for an upgrade but i thought that i might as well go for a laptop for the mobility. Im looking to spend about $2500 give or take. Any suggestions?
Im looking at a dell:
Processor
Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/ 800 FSB/ 4MB Cache)
Memory
3GB Dual-channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Harddrive
2x160GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
Monitor
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLifeâ„¢
Graphic Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Optical Device
8X max DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability
For an extra $220 i cna upgrade to a 2.4GHz dual core CPU, how much of a performance increase would that work out to be, is it worth it and so on..
Also for an extra $127.60 i can upgrade to 4gig of ram; that would mean it would run in dual core but being a 32bit OS i would only gain 200mb of ram... is that worth it and what would be the performance increases.
Are there any other laptop that would out-perform this one for about the same $$$; was looking at an alienware beast but i dont have deep enough pockets
Thanks for your help
Im looking at a dell:
Processor
Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/ 800 FSB/ 4MB Cache)
Memory
3GB Dual-channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Harddrive
2x160GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
Monitor
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLifeâ„¢
Graphic Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Optical Device
8X max DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability
For an extra $220 i cna upgrade to a 2.4GHz dual core CPU, how much of a performance increase would that work out to be, is it worth it and so on..
Also for an extra $127.60 i can upgrade to 4gig of ram; that would mean it would run in dual core but being a 32bit OS i would only gain 200mb of ram... is that worth it and what would be the performance increases.
Are there any other laptop that would out-perform this one for about the same $$$; was looking at an alienware beast but i dont have deep enough pockets
Thanks for your help