Decided to get this laptop...

[Zack]

After a lot of deliberation yesterday I decided to get this laptop :

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
nVidia® GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2
160GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-Card
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife
Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1

The laptops use will be for the following :

Programming, Website Maintenance, Internet Browsing, Music, Movies, Emulation, Word & Image Processing.

Cost quite a bit, but it should be worth it hopefully

[Buddy4point0]

Bangin laptop man!
Might as well add gaming to that list because that's not a weak machine.

[Triv1um]

Yeah, its a ****ing beast. Haha.

How much was it?

[Zack]

Yeah, its a ****ing beast. Haha.

How much was it?

Untamed beast?

It was € 1,143.99 unfortunately.

I have 4 months to pay it off mind. Stuck it on the credit card (which has 4 months of interest free left )

[darkness angel 777]

well its much better than the piece of crap that i'm using good for you zack!

[Triv1um]

Thats just over £900 ($1800)

You got a very good deal, seeing as it is a top-spec lappy.

*Fills up with jealousy*

[bah]

All sounds very nice, bar the OS of course.

[Eviltaco64]

Yeah, the only thing I'm not a fan of is the Windows Vista part, but Vista should have no problem running on something like that!

[Shrygue]

My God, a laptop for £900 with those specifications? Bargin mania, now that's a good price, makes me want to have one too.

[Zack]

Yeah, the only thing I'm not a fan of is the Windows Vista part, but Vista should have no problem running on something like that!

Me too but I also agree with your point that it should run great on that laptop

Just waiting for it to arrive now......

My God, a laptop for £900 with those specifications? Bargin mania, now that's a good price, makes me want to have one too.

Thats just over £900 ($1800)

You got a very good deal, seeing as it is a top-spec lappy.

One word... Dell

*Fills up with jealousy*

You wouldn't be jealous of my credit card bill

Paid €300 of the thing today though (toward laptop) so that's a bit knocked off it I guess

Note :

To anyone thinking of getting a new Pc or laptop from dell I advise the following :

Always select the model just before the xps. In my case the inspiron 1720.

There are a few reasons why :

1) After googling I realized the xps was noisier than the Inspiration...
2) The same spec xps cost 100 + more than the same spec Inspiration...
3) You always get more customization options with any other dell bar the xps.

Just my 2 cents. Google the noise levels of the inspiron then the xps and you will see how huge the difference is.