help Buying a Laptop

shogun418 · 10-19-2007, 12:14 PM

talked with a dell guy and i told him i want a gameing laptop that could play halo2 and age of empires, games like that. and he set me up with this laptop i know 1.4ghz isnt alot of prosesor power but on the flip side its duel core so i dont know im just looking for some advice.i wanted to keep it under 1000 but this is what he se me up with its came to like 1210 here are the specs and the price
My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2310 (1.46GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit
SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit

ebackhus · 10-19-2007, 01:56 PM

Now see if there's another manufacturer, ABS for example, or Acer, who can give you same thing. Dell = teh evil.

**TheMatt** · 10-19-2007, 09:08 PM

I agree. ABS might even offer the 8700M GT which will be faster than the 8600M GT. You will probably even be able to get a Santa Rosa chip (800 MHz FSB mobile C2D).

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**tosh9i** · 10-19-2007, 09:44 PM

I'd wait for "Black Friday" when the prices would likely be less and you'd have more options.

10-19-2007, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
shogun418 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Xp Home	help Buying a Laptop talked with a dell guy and i told him i want a gameing laptop that could play halo2 and age of empires, games like that. and he set me up with this laptop i know 1.4ghz isnt alot of prosesor power but on the flip side its duel core so i dont know im just looking for some advice.i wanted to keep it under 1000 but this is what he se me up with its came to like 1210 here are the specs and the price My Components PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2310 (1.46GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) edit VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit HARD DRIVE Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit Last edited by shogun418; 10-19-2007 at 12:15 PM.

10-19-2007, 01:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,341 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: help Buying a Laptop Now see if there's another manufacturer, ABS for example, or Acer, who can give you same thing. Dell = teh evil. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

10-19-2007, 09:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: help Buying a Laptop I agree. ABS might even offer the 8700M GT which will be faster than the 8600M GT. You will probably even be able to get a Santa Rosa chip (800 MHz FSB mobile C2D). If You Are Looking for a New Laptop, Read This First __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

10-19-2007, 09:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,837 OS: Windows XP	Re: help Buying a Laptop I'd wait for "Black Friday" when the prices would likely be less and you'd have more options.