Laptop Options

[AJ]

Say I was getting a new dell through work and it came with the specs below as the original setup:

Components
Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2050 (1.60GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM
60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Integrated Audio
Service
1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
No Security Subscription
Accessories
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Software
No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo
Also Includes
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Windows Vista™ Capable
Intel Core Duo ProcessorCompatibility Alert
Recalculating Price


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What would be a few things I'd want to look at upgrading in terms of the what It would be used for, which would be:

School, Music, Web Design, and Wireless Web use. I'd obvious want something that has a touch of speed to it, but isn't over kill.

Here are some of the otpions I could add:

Processor:

Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache) [add $150 or $4/month1]
Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2050 (1.60GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache) [Included in Price]
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5500 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB) [add $100 or $3/month1]
May delay your E1505 Dual Core ship date
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB) [add $225 or $7/month1]
May delay your E1505 Dual Core ship date
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (4MB Cache/2.16GHz/667MHz FSB) [add $400 or $12/month1]
May delay your E1505 Dual Core ship date


OP:

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 [Included in Price]
Genuine Windows® XP Professional [add $149 or $4/month1]
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD [add $10]
Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD [add $159 or $5/month1]
Dell Recommended


Memory:

512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM [Included in Price]
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm [add $65 or $2/month1]
Dell Recommended
1GB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 1 DIMM [add $175 or $5/month1]
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM [add $300 or $9/month1]


Hard Drive:

60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive [Included in Price]
80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive [add $35 or $1/month1]
120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive [add $75 or $2/month1]
Dell Recommended
60GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive [add $65 or $2/month1]
80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive [add $125 or $4/month1]
100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive [add $175 or $5/month1]


Video Card:

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 [Included in Price]
128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory™ [add $49 or $1/month1]
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ [add $99 or $3/month1]
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™Go 7300 TurboCache [add $129 or $4/month1]
Dell Recommended


Let me know what would be suggested. The one thing I hate is when shit slows down when trying to run multiple programs at once.