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Student Laptop

  • 06-11-2005 7:09pm
    #1
    pkeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭


    Hi, im thinking of getting a laptop for college. I'll be using it for internet,word processing/excel spreadsheets, listening to music and some light gaming.
    I can get a laptop through the college from dell(a latitude D610) with the following specs:

    Pentium M 740 1.73Ghz, 2MB Cache, 533Mhz FSB
    60GB 5,400rpm
    512MB 533Mhz Non-ECC DDRII Memory (1*512MB
    Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
    64MB ATI X300 graphics
    Wireless,Dell 1370 802.11 b/g
    Removeable 24x DVD/CD-RW
    3 years on-site next business day gold support

    for about 1430 inc VAT.
    I can upgrade to 2GHz processor for 185,a 7,200 rpm drive for 50 and a DVD RW drive for 40.
    You guys think this would be okay for my needs? Would you recommend availing of any of the upgrades? Ive read here that buying extra memory myself is cheaper then a dell extra. Speaking of memory is there much of a difference between 533 MHz and 400 MHz memory?
    If anyone thinks im getting ripped off and could recommend a similar system for cheaper i'd be very grateful! Thanks


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