New laptop advice

[JRMacumber]

I'm thinking of buying a new laptop, and the most I can spend is $2500. After doing some research into it I configured the following system at just that very price with taxes and shipping. Is it worth it?

How does this sound? I've priced it out, with taxes and shipping, right at $2500.

Inspiron 9300 Intel? Pentium? M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

Operating System Microsoft? Windows? XP Media Center Edition 2005

Display 17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife?

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm

Video Card 256MB NVIDA? GeForce? Go 6800

Hard Drive 100GB Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

CD/DVD Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability

Wireless Networking Card Intel? PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)

Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 3Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and Tech Support plus Nights and Weekends

[djjimbob]

what make?

[Ish]

Looks like a Dell.

I recommend a PowerBook! I was a die hard PC user till I bought mine a few months back. Never looked back to be honest...

[Nijo]

Yes it's a Dell (Inspiron).
I have one of these: http://www.rockdirect.com/notebooks/pegasusti_cons.htm
which I think are also worth looking at, although I'm not sure they'll do US.

[djjimbob]

Can't go wrong with a Dell, personally I'd go for Toshiba as I've never had a problem with their laptops and they've been them for aeons.

[SubparMario]

Looks good to me. From such a beefy spec I assume he'll be using it for PC gaming so a powerbook could be out of the question.

That mobile Geforce 6800 is very powerful from what I've seen, I bet that laptop could hold it's own in games even when compared to decent desktop systems.

What are it's dimensions, weight and battery life?

[JRMacumber]

Height: 1.6-inches (41.5 mm)
Width: 15.5-inches (394 mm)
Depth: 11.3-inches (287 mm)
Weight: 7.85 lbs. (3.56 kg).
53Whr 6-cell battery.

[JRMacumber]

Oh my god, I found these Dell coupons, and they are fantastic! Now, before I order, tell me how this sounds. I put it together for $2546 after the coupon and with taxes and shipping.

nspiron XPS Gen 2 Intel? Pentium? M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

Operating System Microsoft? Windows? XP Media Center Edition 2005

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife?

Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm

Video Card 256MB NVIDIA? GeForce? Go 6800 Ultra
Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability

Wireless Networking Card FREE! Intel? PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)

Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 3Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and Tech Support plus Nights and Weekends

[JRMacumber]

Okay, ladies, here is what I ordered. Because of that huge coupon discount I was able to get a system I'm incredibly pleased with. For a touch over $2500 I got:

Inspiron XPS Gen 2
CPU - Intel? Pentium? M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
LCD Panel17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife?
Memory - 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card - 256MB NVIDIA? GeForce? Go 6800 Ultra
Hard Drive - 100GB Hard Drive
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Network Card - Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
Wireless Networking Card Intel? PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Primary Battery - 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)

Height: 1.67 inches (42.4 mm)
Width: 15.5 inch (394 mm)
Depth: 11.3 inch (288 mm)
Weight: Starting at approximately 8.6 lbs. (3.9 kg)

[djjimbob]

Bit of a beast that. Spanks most desktops. Mind you 1500quid would buy you a pretty funky desktop.

[mackemansj1]

Nice laptop puts my amd 64 laptop i got to shame lmao.