I am possibly going to be getting a new laptop as a gift soon. Here are the proposed specs. Let me know what you think.
Proposed new laptop:
Alienware Area-51m 7700 Extreme
Processor: Desktop P4 540j w/ HT Technology 3.2 Ghz 800 FSB 1MB cach
Memory: 2GB Duel Channel DDR2 @ 533MHz
Hard Drive: 80GB 5400 rpm SATA
Mobo: Intel 915P PCI-express chipset
Video Card: Area-51m NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra w/ 256MB DDR3
Screen: 17" WideXGA+ 1400 x 900 LCD Clearview
Optical Drive: 24x10x24 CD-RW/8X DVD combo w/software MPEG2 Decoder
Wireless: Internal wireless card
OS: WinXP Pro
From who? Sign me up I want one too!
make that three.
Do you plan to use this on battery much? If so, I would really, REALLY suggest going with a Pentium M instead of the P4 - that 3.2 will drain your battery in under an hour playing games, not to mention the 6800 U. Now, if you are going to be just taking the notebook back and forth from work, go for it! That should be a sweet little machine.
The times I'm running off of battery I probably won't be playing games. When gaming I will most likely be near a power source of some such.
and jsut who do we have to be adopted by???
Well... at least he'll be out of the house when he plays SWG. :lol:
seems like a rather costly laptop.
why do you want to go with a laptop? Mobility? To just be trendy? will you actualy be playing games on it? cuz for the money you going to spend on that laptop you could have a dual OPTERON machine .... Think about it
I think that is a bad ass laptop, but your pay'n for a lot of flash. If you need a pc to do work on at work or anywhere, you dont need a flashy thing like that. but if you need a protable gaming machine... well, I guess you pay for convience.
Quoteseems like a rather costly laptop.
why do you want to go with a laptop? Mobility? To just be trendy? will you actualy be playing games on it? cuz for the money you going to spend on that laptop you could have a dual OPTERON machine .... Think about it
I think that is a bad ass laptop, but your pay'n for a lot of flash. If you need a pc to do work on at work or anywhere, you dont need a flashy thing like that. but if you need a protable gaming machine... well, I guess you pay for convience.
Here is the deal, as a gift, I am going to recieve a laptop. I get to pick it myself and have a $3000.00 budget. That's why I'm going that route. the money is specifically for a laptop. I looked at dell, but I get a much more powerful machine through alienware.
Dell's XPS Gen2 uses a Pent.M so it it is lighter and will have a longer batter life. The performance would be the same if not better based on Tom's hardware comparison testing. I have one and it has a battery life of 3 hours with normal use versus only 1 hour for the alienware due to the cpu.
Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20050815/dell_inspiron_xps-gen2-04.html)
Look for 40% discount here (http://www.notebookreview.com/)
if you the better performance of AMD 64 then go with the turion 64 is smacks the p4m around like a red headed step child. lol. Oh and with the 12 cell battery you get 5.5 to 6 hours. but since you are not concerned with batter life go for it.
I just want an incredibly fast high-end laptop with good bult in wireless. My budget is 3k. I will look into anyones configuration recommendtions.
I want the best laptop for my money.
okay I get you a configuration together tonight after I get off from work.
Check this (http://ecomm.dell.com/dellstore/basket.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&itemtype=CFG&~tab=1) one out! ;)
It only has 35% off...but if you want to wait, the 40% off usually comes back.
I dont know the last dell laptop I worked on (new out of the box mind you) It was like someone took a crap in my hands and slapped a dell sticker on it.
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with SP2 edit
Processor AMD Turion™ 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz/1MB L2 Cache) edit
Display 14.0 WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x768) edit
Graphics Card ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M w/productivity ports edit
Memory 2.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x1024MB) edit
Hard Drive 100 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive edit
Primary CD/DVD Drive LightScribe 8x DVD+/-RW&CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer edit
Networking 54g™ Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth edit
Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery edit
Productivity Software Microsoft® Works/Money edit
your additional options:
Click "edit" to modify. NOTE: These items are in stock and will ship immediately.
Docking Solutions HP xb2000 Notebook Expansion Base edit
Mice & Keyboards Targus Bluetooth Wireless Mouse edit rebate form
This sells for $2132.98 and note that is has a $10 mir on the mouse and has the docking base with it. This is the special edition livestrong laptop from HP. Not the best company but better than most.
If the link didnt work....here it is:
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Unit Price $4,137.00
Dell Home CustomersLIMITED TIME OFFER! View Details Remove Coupon
- $1,447.95
Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra
Hard Drive 100GB Hard Drive
Network Card Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO 2915 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
Office Productivity Software No productivity suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor only
Security Software McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-months
Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Carrying Cases XPS Gen 2 Backpack
Limited Warranty, Services and Support SAVE $100 (after rebate) 4Yr Ltd Warranty,At-Home Srvc + Nights and Weekend
XPS Specialized Support Inspiron XPS, Specialized Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
Digital Imaging Photo Album™ SE Basic
Enhanced Software for CD/DVD burner DigitalMedia Plus:Burn,Copy CD Music/Data,Backup,Label(CD-RW/DVD+RW only)
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service, Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
ACCESSORIES
PCMCIA Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Notebook sound card Qty 1
Unit Price $100.00
Dell 720 Color Printer Qty 1
Free Dell Color Printer 720 Unit Price $0.00
Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
Dell Color Printer 720 Free Dell Color Printer 720
Hardware Support Services 1Yr Ltd. Warranty- Advance Exchange
TOTAL:$2,789.05
dell printers suck...you have to order ink refills strickly from dell...
Yea I agree....but it was free so I just left it on there.
Dell printers rock( and would rock harder if they weren't lexmark), great quality, cheap toner refills, and my wifes Hottie cousin works for lexmark in Louisville and gets me free toner for my dell laser printer. Life just got good.
but all kidding aside, we have a cn5100 color laser networked 35 page/min b/w and ,25 Page/min color laser printer at work-Rocks! I have the 1700 personal black and white 25p/min not too bad and if I had to buy em, fairly cheap toner. we used to have the cn3100 color laser, but it was only 5 page/min color and 25 page/min b/w-shitty- so we sold it to a client after printing like 500 pages.
if you compare the printers, dell rocks hp on a cost benefit anyalisis every time. same print speed cheaper toner refills and half the cost on most every printer.
took me some time to get over the fact that I had a lexmark... I cringe everytime someone mentions that my printer is a lexmark,,, yuck.
about my post about the opterons.... didn't realize it was free money with a purpose. Rock on and go for all the gusto.
EXCUSE ME>>>>HOTTIE>>>>>>GEE MUFF WERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK LIVE>>>>>>>> edit: lousiville ifn you havent caught on by now....
on a side note, if she is in buisness services it would be a beneficial arrangement for several of my cleints have dell printers (though i do prefer hp for personal use)
So which one did you end up getting Balaso?
yes do tell.....
still in the planning stage. Leaning towards the dell xps gen 2
well, unfortunatly, hottie cousin in-law is married.. but to an asshole... I am not exactly sure what she does exactly, she just told me free toner and I stared at breasts and heard free toner.... I really lost track of things about the breasts and free something she said.
I will try to find out for ya...
Yea one of my printers is a lexmark 5700 so if you can get me some ink let me know!!!
yea, I have one of the x1150's myself. It works pretty good for me. I just need to buy more ink. it's almost cheaper to buy a whole new printer though.
Yup I think thats why Dell is offering free printers...they make more off the residual purchases of the Ink replacements.
of course they do, why else would they do it.
Money finally came through and hits my account monday next week. Here are the specs I settled on:
17" TFT WUXGA (1920x1200) Glare Type Display
2.0 Intel Pentium M (760) Processor (2 MB Cache, Sonoma)
256MB GDDR3 nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX PCI-Express 16x
2048 MB DDR2 SDRAM (533 MHz, PC-4200, Dual Channel) (2 x 1 GB)
80 GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Internal 8X DVD±R/RW LightScribe (Dual Layer) + / CD-RW Combo Drive
Integrated V.90/56K Modem (V.92 compliant)
10/100/1000BASE-TX Fast Ethernet on boardLAN Card
Internal Intel 2915ABG 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN
Add Internal Bluetooth Card
Add 2nd 8-cell Smart Lithium Ion Battery
4-in-1 Flash Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MSPro)
Integrated 1.3M Digital Video Camera
Ac Adapter w/ power cord included
Add Direct Auto Adapter
Targus Sport Deluxe Backpack - Platinum/Black (fits 17" Screens)
Microsoft Windows XP-Professional Installed, recovery CD included
Nice! Make sure you post your Mark05 results here!!! ;)
coolness.....dell?
nope, it's a sager. It's made by the same company who makes several of alienware and Dells models.
sounds like a lotta bling bling. I bet it runs great, and I hope it does everything you want it too. I discourage laptops like these (see previous post) but at the same time if you gave me laptop like that, I would take it and run-smilling the whole time.
don't worry muff, I have some tax return money set aside for some desktop upgrades...
no worries mate... Like I said, if someone was buying one for me, I would take it. But, I am a bit to "tight" when it comes to fancy bling bling. And just so there isn't any confusion, I would love to have your laptop if you decide you dont want it anymore.
My first 3dmark 05 test yielded a score of 6681. I did not tweak it in any way, all the cards factory defaults are in place. I want to disable anti liasing an run it again...
Nice! That new 7800 makes a huge difference. I only got up to around 4800 on my gaming laptop: 2Ghz (760 Sonoma),1 gig ram, 256MB Nvidia Go 6800, 100gig 7200rpm hd.
thats a real nice setup you got too Crow! Nothing at all wrong with the 6800 by any means.
oh btw Office Depot sells dell ink, hehe might want to check to see if they have your models ink. God I love remanufactured ink with altered ink casing tops.