New Laptop Spec from Dell

SHANE34

SHANE34

SHANE34

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My Inspiron 9400 when pop today after 5 months old , spoke to Dell said they would replace with Inspiron 1720

My old Inspiron 9400 spec below

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2.0 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
256MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 graphics card
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth + Dell Bluetooth 2.0 Stereo Headset - EUR
LCD Back Cover - Mediterranean Blue

Inspiron 1720 spec Below

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 Processor (2.0GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
4048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth + Dell Bluetooth 2.0 Stereo Headset - EUR
LCD Back Cover - Black

I am thinking of upgrading the processor to Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 Processor (2.4GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache

Your views please
 
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That's not a bad replacement at all tbh, the graphics are a sidestep, maybe even a little slower but not rubbish!
4gb of memory is always good, I'd be well happy at that in my laptop, Quality screen resolution is still there. Do you know what speed the hard-disk is in the replacement offer? And what speed was it in your (now broken) I9400?

Edit: Also, is it 64bit Home Premium? I only ask as my friends parents got a Dell recently with 4gb and 32bit Vista, which I couldn't understand at all...
 
Yes the HD on both old 9400 & 1520 is

160GB (5,400 rpm) Sata Hard Drive

I was a bit disappointed with the video card

Its it worth upgrading the processor to --- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 Processor 2.4GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache ?
 
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Think the DDR2 8600GT is a bit slower than the 7900go, you'd definately have to try for an overclock on it.
I'm not really sure on the CPU upgrade, how much extra would it cost you? The 7300 it comes with isn't slow so it would maybe be alright, has the faster FSB aswell compared to your last CPU aswell. :)
 
Emlyn_Dewar said:
Think the DDR2 8600GT is a bit slower than the 7900go, you'd definately have to try for an overclock on it.
I'm not really sure on the CPU upgrade, how much extra would it cost you? The 7300 it comes with isn't slow so it would maybe be alright, has the faster FSB aswell compared to your last CPU aswell. :)
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The last cpu was Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2.0 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB
 
i dont know if its a typo but you have said they are replacing it with an inspiron 1720 and then posted a spec from a 1520.
 
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