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advice on laptop please

  • 07-08-2005 7:40pm
    #1
    wavin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭


    hey, going getting a laptop soon enough, going to be used for music, and a bit of video stuff, no gaming. on a tightish budget.
    picked this out on dell.ie, came to about 950.would this be suitable for stuff like what i describe above, any advice or comments would be appreciated, harddrive size doesnt really matter as i got an external harddrive

    Module Description Show Details
    Base Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725A (1.60 GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)
    Microsoft Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2
    Memory 512MB 333MHz DDR Memory (1x256 + 1x256 in base)
    Keyboard (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard
    Hard Drive 40GB (5400rpm) IDE Hard Drive
    Modem Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
    CD/DVD Drives 8X DVD+/-RW
    Wireless Local Area Networking PC Card Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card

    Power Supply 60W AC Adapter

    Primary Battery 8 Cell 43WHr NI-MH Primary Battery

    LCD 15.0 inch XGA LCD Panel


Comments

  • #2
    roastie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭roastie


    have u tried the dell outlet store??? or better still do u know anyone working wit dell ??? but to answer ur question if ur doin video , mite need more RAM and better video card.


  • #3
    Dr. Dre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Dr. Dre


    roastie wrote:
    ...but to answer ur question if ur doin video , mite need more RAM and better video card.

    Absolutely, and a bigger hard drive.


  • #4
    wavin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭wavin


    roastie wrote:
    have u tried the dell outlet store??? or better still do u know anyone working wit dell ??? but to answer ur question if ur doin video , mite need more RAM and better video card.

    had a look at the outlet store alright but everything there was out or budget.was intending on getting more ram elsewhere as its cheaper.do you know if theres an extra ram slot in this motherboard, or a way of finding out if there an extra ram slot?

    Dr. Dre wrote:
    Absolutely, and a bigger hard drive.
    i have an external harddrive, do you think a bigger c: drive would be needed also?


    also the video use would be just importing dv from a camcorder, nothing too mental like


  • #5
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    What model is it?


  • #6
    dub1dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭dub1dude


    Well if you're just watching dvds and playing music on it it's grand. But 950 seems a bit steep. You could probably pick up a better second hand one in the buy and sell. I was looking there at one for 900 with 1gb ram and a nice graphics card. As for hard drives, you could pick up an internal hard drive at peats for around 60 quid. Or even better get a second hand one and just format it, if it's just for storage. And then you could sell your old hard drive for around 40 and technically you only spent 20 quid on quite a nice large hard drive.


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  • #7
    wavin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭wavin


    WizZard wrote:
    What model is it?

    Inspiron 2200 (N08226)


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