this laptop ok?

LabR@t · 6 Oct 2007 at 21:12

£399 delivered from Dell , be ok for web + emulators?

N-Series-Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T2080 Processor (1.73GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Ubuntu Edition version 7.04 edit
LINUX SUPPORT No Ubuntu Support edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 512MB 533MHz Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x512] edit
HARD DRIVE 60GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD N-Series - Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 256MB shared graphics memory edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for N-Series edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr) edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES No Floppy Drive

TheVoice · 6 Oct 2007 at 21:46

Seems very expensive for a notebook with only 512MB of RAM and a 60GB HDD. Dell do far cheaper options.

malachi · 6 Oct 2007 at 21:50

512mb would be ok for some emulators but 1gig would be better and 60GB HDD space seems abit small.

LabR@t · 6 Oct 2007 at 21:51

oh wait I get it i can order same notebook with VISTA and not the FREE OS UBUNTU and get a higher spec for my money????

That makes sense ?

BASE Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T2080 Processor (1.73GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512] edit
HARD DRIVE 80GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 256MB shared graphics memory edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 6 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (53 Whr) edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES No Floppy Drive

LabR@t · 6 Oct 2007 at 21:53

malachi said:
512mb would be ok for some emulators but 1gig would be better and 60GB HDD space seems abit small.

are the HD easy to swap for bigger?

Crowze · 6 Oct 2007 at 22:50

LabR@t said:
oh wait I get it i can order same notebook with VISTA and not the FREE OS UBUNTU and get a higher spec for my money????

That makes sense ?

Yep, that's Dell for you. I can't vouch at all for Intel's Linux video drivers though, you might want to look at the Vostro as a slightly more expensive but much better value alternative.

malachi · 7 Oct 2007 at 00:01

LabR@t said:
are the HD easy to swap for bigger?

Yep, it usually explains how to in the Dell manuals when you receive the laptop.

gamesaregood · 7 Oct 2007 at 02:47

Hello mate,

Here is one to Consider with 2GB of Ram

Vostro™ 1000 NB(N1010003) (Under Small Business)

BASE AMD® Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL60
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
MEMORY 2048MB 533 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)

Comes to £410.08inc You could get it to under £400 by removing the Upgraded Battery, I would also play the Extra £10 + Vat for the TrueLife Display...

Another Option

Michael

LabR@t · 7 Oct 2007 at 09:33

can a home user buy from small business? look loads better tbh

£411 inc vat and delivery

BASE AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK53 edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512] edit
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)

Crowze · 7 Oct 2007 at 09:42

That's what I did

. However I'd advise against the ATI graphics is you're using Linux - their drivers are flaky at best and downright useless for the rest of the time.

dr. sarf · 7 Oct 2007 at 10:22

I had a Dell Inspiron 1501 (just sold to help build my new PC) And the hard drive was a matter of undoing 2 small screws then sliding it out. Just a 60 seconds job - easy.

gamesaregood · 7 Oct 2007 at 15:41

Hello Mate,

Firstly Yes Home Users Can buy from Small Business.

Also Look at my spec (Based around the model with Free Del) As it has a faster CPU & More Ram....

Also Can have XP Pro with it if you prefer...

Michael

Sinny · 7 Oct 2007 at 15:50

I bought a laptop for £450 came with

Intel T2050 @ 1.66Ghz
1024mb DDR2 (533mhz)
80 GB S-ATA HDD
DVD-RW
Wireless
1280x800 Screen (Widescreen)
Windows Vista

Made by a company called Advent, its a good laptop and i managed to get a free case with it as well by haggling.

I would scout highstreet stores or wait till new years deals if you can wait.

Energize · 7 Oct 2007 at 16:02

LabR@t said:
£399 delivered from Dell , be ok for web + emulators?

That would completey depend on what emulators we are talking about. There is no way it would run ps2 games.

LabR@t · 7 Oct 2007 at 18:48

n64,snes and mame
quake3 be nice too