will a dell inspirion 1545 be 'fast' ?

builder22 · 9 Apr 2009 at 19:21

my dad wants a laptop, but wants it to be fast
when he says fast, all he means is that when you click on a webpage etc it will open instantly, will never be used for any kind of audio/video/image processing

Im just makign sure ANY laptop nowadays is gonna be 'fast'

is it worth upgrading any of the components included with the inspirion 15...base spec is dual core 2ghz 800mhz bus 1mb cache, 3gb ram

the only thing i am a bit wary of is the built in graphics, might it be worth upgrading to the ati hd4330 ? even though, as I say, it's only going to be used for web browsing really

also...do dells not have built in wireless ? (inspirion)

beermonster · 9 Apr 2009 at 21:21

any laptop is as "fast" as the page your browsing, I have a dual core 1.6 hp laptop and its fast when the pages are from a good fast website.

that base spec laptop will fly on fast websites and crawl on slow sites same as any. It seems overkill just for web browsing though.

builder22 · 9 Apr 2009 at 21:41

thats what i'm thinking.... people he knows with 4yr old laptops that have loads of crap on them, that take ages to load have put the idea in his head that he needs to spend a decent amount to get somehting that isn't slow! and I was doubting my own thoughts about what was needed, so thought I'd check.....

one thing about the dell inspirons...in the options, you can choose different WIFI 'cards', are these cards that are hidden behind a cover, or maybe even inside the machine, as I thought they would all have WIFI built in ?

Dogoid · 9 Apr 2009 at 21:52

i got a red 1545 on sunday. pentium dual core 2gb 800 ddr2 ram. 160 gb hdd and bluetooth and built in wireless for 300 new .

its faster than my desktop which is a 4200x2 amd , the graphics chipset for an integrated solution is fine . it can play 1080p video very easily.

half life 2 runs smooth at 1366x768 without af , aa.

its a fast laptop, and the chip is a c2d but with 1mb cache instead of 2.

beermonster · 9 Apr 2009 at 22:08

the wifi cards are a plug in item so can be upgraded, they are built in so to speak as they are inside the case in a mini pci slot rather than a plug in usb one.