Which laptop to get?

leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
edited October 2004 in Hardware
trying to decided which laptop to get for my sister

here is the first one from dell

Inspiron 8600 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 755(2GHz/400MHz FSB) 15.4 WUXGA
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP
Memory Free Upgrade! 512MB DDR SDRAM 2 DIMMs(From 256MB 1 DIMM)
Video Card 128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY® RADEON™ 9600 PROTURBO
Hard Drive 60GB Hard Drive
Power Adapter AC adapter -90w
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
CD ROM/DVD ROM 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive with Sonic RecordNow
Wireless Networking Cards Dell® Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g, 54Mbps)
Primary Battery 72 WHr Primary Battery
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support
CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 1Yr Lim Warranty

with discount it comes to about 1800

the second one is from powernotebooks, the sager NP3790 Force
everything is same, except the sager has 9700 mobility, and 512mb memory but 1 SODIMM
and the price is about 1800 also

which one should i get, or is there any other better choices out there with better prices?

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Definitely the sager. More RAM upgradeability and a faster video card.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited October 2004
    Yeah, go with the sager. Better video, more room for RAM.
    What is it going to be used for? School?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    Just to throw a monkey wrench into things, how about this?
    http://www.powernotebooks.com/product.php?itemId=396
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    now u are making it even more difficult to decide.


    EDIT/

    after geeky brought it up, the question is now should i get the athlon 64 or the pentium M??
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited October 2004
    Dothan
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2004
    Well I would have said the Dell because of the $750 off coupon but it has expired. I was looking at the Dell 8600 and was pretty close to finishing m order and looked and found it was already dead.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    weel, even with the coupon, it's around 1800 just as the sager.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2004
    Man what I had configured it was like 2200 without discount. It was almost like yours except for I had just the WXGA and yours is the WUXGA monitor.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    when u config, the price showed up to be 2200, because there is a 10% off discount, but if u apply that 750 off coupon, the 10% off disapperas. so the final price would be around 1800 with that 750 off coupon.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2004
    No was 2100-2200 before the discount. With it it was like 1900 or so.
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