jbizzle
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Stay with the 2.4, not worth the upgrade.
Get atleast 2 gigs of ram for vista (if I were you i'd UPGRADE to Windows XP)
160gb hd is fine, no way in hell you're going to use that all.
Get atleast 2 gigs of ram for vista (if I were you i'd UPGRADE to Windows XP)
160gb hd is fine, no way in hell you're going to use that all.
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yea ive heard taht a lot.....its only offered on certain laptops and that one is much more expensive.....guess when i call them im going to ask for it.
You dont need nearly that much HD (or at least most people dont)'
go with xp or nt
Find out what the front side bus is, I remember looking at some dell laptops thinking the XPS were the fast ones but they had a lower front side bus and higher price tag then some other models.
go with xp or nt
Find out what the front side bus is, I remember looking at some dell laptops thinking the XPS were the fast ones but they had a lower front side bus and higher price tag then some other models.
Vista's fine as long as you have the hardware to support it ... That laptop should have no issues ...
It would help if you gave more info about the laptop ... 2.4 vs. 2.5 doesn't tell me much; the 2.4 could be based on old architecture while the 2.5 could be new. New stuff tends to have higher IPC, better efficiency, and lower heat output, which may make the seemingly miniscule difference in clock speed worth the extra coin.
It would help if you gave more info about the laptop ... 2.4 vs. 2.5 doesn't tell me much; the 2.4 could be based on old architecture while the 2.5 could be new. New stuff tends to have higher IPC, better efficiency, and lower heat output, which may make the seemingly miniscule difference in clock speed worth the extra coin.
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yea someone said that to me on another forum....this is what it said
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
and
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
and
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
TurdFergueson2
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Vista is usable, but not XP. If you could "find" XP, I would but another hard drive, load that on it and use that. I think if you wipe vista from the original hard drive, it voids the warranty. JBizzle said use 2 gigs, that's true. But depending on what kinds of apps you're running you may want more. Vista is a memory hog.
Solid state drives are fairly new technology. IIRC, it is like a big *** flash drive. No moving parts. It is the future of the hard drive market, but too expensive and not enough space. The Macbook Air was the first to use them I believe.
250 more for a 250 gig? Dude you could buy one from the store for less than that.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0279396
Are you hellbent on a dell? There are better laptops out there for the money. I wouldn't blow my wad too fast on a laptop with the demand down. Wait till late July/August, deals will be better. Try to get one with wireless N as well.
Solid state drives are fairly new technology. IIRC, it is like a big *** flash drive. No moving parts. It is the future of the hard drive market, but too expensive and not enough space. The Macbook Air was the first to use them I believe.
250 more for a 250 gig? Dude you could buy one from the store for less than that.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0279396
Are you hellbent on a dell? There are better laptops out there for the money. I wouldn't blow my wad too fast on a laptop with the demand down. Wait till late July/August, deals will be better. Try to get one with wireless N as well.
the727kid
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Why DELL? Their prices are stupid high. And from my experiences, Intels **** lol. I think the AMDs are much better imo.
TurdFergueson2
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His opinion. Facts and benchmarks say that Intel is better. But AMD does have its loyal fans.
the727kid
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Well, I just base my opinion on what I've seen. A lot of my friends got laptops this past year, and it all seems the AMDs out-perform.
TurdFergueson2
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I used to run a athlon x2-5600 and a core 2 duo e6300. Granted you cannot bench them exactly, but they both took the same memory and were in very similar environments. The AMD was NOT outperforming. It is more of a bang for your buck processor. If you want to save money and have slightly less performance, go AMD. If you want something that will last you for a couple of years, go with the core 2 duo.
my school offered vista ultimate for free to all students my computer is a 1.6ghz core 2 duo t2050 tablet pc with 2 gigs of ram and 130 gig hdd and said vista ready on the sticker i installed it and i haaaaaaaaaaaaated it worst shit ever soo slow not very cool. Much happier with my xp home
the only thing i miss is that it came with media center built in(connect to xbox to play movies/music/pictures and such). Other then that feature vista was so slow all the time took forever to load and wasnt worth the hassle of installing it. Stick with xp
the only thing i miss is that it came with media center built in(connect to xbox to play movies/music/pictures and such). Other then that feature vista was so slow all the time took forever to load and wasnt worth the hassle of installing it. Stick with xp
95ZJ
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I love my Alienware with similar specs and Vista Ultimate.
sickofsoyo
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DO WORK SON!
I would go with the 2.4 ghz processor. The more expensive one is bases on the same process, but has a larger cache size and is slightly faster. I'd stick with the 2.4 And solid state hard drives are quickly becoming mainstream. No moving parts will increase your batterylife a lot, and are much faster for loading programs and booting windows Vista\XP. just look on youtube for the comparisons, they are much faster drives and more reliable than standard hard drives. No moving parts means less chance of you losing your data.
bk12321
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stick with no upgrades
i would buy some ram off newegg/the bay if i needed some, and then put it in (installing ram in a dell is about the easiest thing u can do to a computer, requiring a phillips head screwdriver and about 2 minutes time).
the hard drive you really dont need to upgrade anyways cuz u can always buy an external later for cheaper than what they are making u pay to upgrade it.
im typing on a dell right now and i will say the XPS's are their better model, but my e1705 has had a lot of problems and they were a ***** about fixing a lot of them. i will buy my laptop from someone else next time around, just a heads up.
i would buy some ram off newegg/the bay if i needed some, and then put it in (installing ram in a dell is about the easiest thing u can do to a computer, requiring a phillips head screwdriver and about 2 minutes time).
the hard drive you really dont need to upgrade anyways cuz u can always buy an external later for cheaper than what they are making u pay to upgrade it.
im typing on a dell right now and i will say the XPS's are their better model, but my e1705 has had a lot of problems and they were a ***** about fixing a lot of them. i will buy my laptop from someone else next time around, just a heads up.
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