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that is the number of ram chips

1 dimm is one stick of memory
2 dimm...i'll let you guess :)


the reason for springing for a single slotted chip, is that you can upgrade without removing ram.

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Which one of these video cards would be the better fit as long as the $$$ difference is not an option?

256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™

256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™Go 7300 TurboCache

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according to the graphs i've found online. The geforce is faster.

but ATi's tend to look slightly better(at least in the past anyway)

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Alright,

This is what I went with:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)

2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM

80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive (for some reason they pulled the 7200rpm yesterday)

256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™Go 7300 TurboCache


With minor upgrades on a few other things, I'd be getting this delivered to my door for right at $1330. if I did the following changes:

1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM

60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

I'd be at 1081.00 to my door.


This is for the laptop only, no extended warrenty plans or package deal stuff with aprinters and such.

Opinions?



Anything in this list that would help with wireless internet speed and wifi?

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps) [Included in Price]
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless [add $26 or $1/month1]
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless and Bluetooth [add $44 or $2/month1]
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless, Netgear 802.11g wireless router [add $71 or $3/month1]
Dell Draft N Internal Wireless [add $53 or $2/month1]
Dell Draft N Internal Wireless and Bluetooth [add $71 or $3/month1]
Dell Draft N Internal Wireless, Netgear Draft N wireless router,Bluetooth [add $197 or $6/month1]

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do you have wireless setup at your house already?

if not, get the netgear 802.11g with intel's internal card for 71 bones. That is not a bad price. The Draft N stuff is fast as chit at 300mb, but your inet connection isn't probly anything past 3mbps.

so the 54mbps g band is more than enough.

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We do have a wireless setup at home that's based off out 3mbps cable connection. We have one laptop running off that right now.

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This was my final order, should turn out pretty go for what I want to fo with it. Thanks for all the help!


Base Unit:
Inspiron E1505, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz) (222-4673)

Processor:
15.4 Inch TrueLife Wide-screenWXGA, for Inspiron 6400/E1505 (320-4651)

Memory:
2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 6400/E1505 (311-5778)

Video Card:
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron 6400/E1505 (320-4655)

Hard Drive:
60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505 (341-3107)

NIC:
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron (430-0493)

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive:
Sonic Digital Media, v7.0, forInspiron (420-5900)

Sound Card:
SoundBlaster Advanced Audio for XPS M1710 (313-4218)

Processor Cable:
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) for Inspiron 6400/E1505 (430-1918)



Fianal tally, shipped to the house is $1296.52 after tax (79.14). Overall I was pretty happy with the price and for what I am getting. We will know more in the next few weeks.

It's costing me $29.47 a paycheck for 22 pay checks. 100% intrest free. My last financed Dell was a $1500 system that cost us close to $2200 when all said and done I'm guessing.

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good luck :)


we just ordered a Insprion 6400 for one of the dept heads. The screen makes it worth the extra $.


can anyone remember when laptops were cheap at 3 grand?

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looks good dude, the 7300 is a pretty decent video card compared to the others. Nvidia FTW.

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BUMP! I got a quesiton for the gamers. I just installed Joint Task Force on my lap top and after a proper installation the game will play, but I can't see anything normal. It's like it's all supersized or something. This spark anything without more infor for some reason?

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i love my hp dv5000.

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JTF won't even run on my uber laptop (or uber uber PC) that well. It's probably running at low settings in really low resolution. Try upping the res and see what happens.

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Yeah, my res is maxed, this sucks. I'll try it on the desktop later today and see what happens.