IS the Vostro 1500 the only affordable laptop with good graphic

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:40

Ive read some of the posts on the Vostro 1500 and it seems perfect for my needs i.e a basic home/business pc that will aslo run games (with the 8600m gt option). It works out at £634 inc vat and delivery.

Onle cons seems to be it's heavy - 2.7Kg.

Are there any other choices for this kind of price.

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:54

1700 is probably even heavier thought isn't it?

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:03

Hi. I'll be carrying it around quite a bit so that extra 0.8 Kg is quite a lot. Dont really need 17in screen either I dont think. Looked at the Acer - £800. Yeah, out of budget. Are these the only options. Surely not. All I really need is a basic budget (£300-400) laptop but with a 7600/8600 gt with it.

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:20

No way. How did you get that? Is that with delivery and vat?

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:27

Oh, I got it. Add vat and shipping = £550. Pretty good, but that's with the 1.4Ghz processor (just realised are we breaking the terms by talking about this. Everyone else seems to though in that official dell vostro thread)

masten · 28 Oct 2007 at 11:49

Hi. Yeah the satellite seems OK, Similar price. Nearly as fast as the dell in gaming. Same weight. Looks nicer But Is a bit wider and uses 'monstrous' external power supply according to a review. But what's the dell power supply like? Also battery life was 1 hour 10 minutes. Has 2 GB, but I only need one. I also want XP. Not sure whether you can choose that as an option.
Portability probably more important than specs for me.