After an unfortunate incident involving my current laptop's hinge, and realizing that doing all the work it needs would cost about $250, I've almost decided to buy a new laptop. I was looking at the Dell Vostro 1400 series because they're inexpensive and come with graphics cards and a decent size hard drive.
Planned specs:
Core 2 Duo T5670 (1.8ghz)
Windows XP Home
2gb RAM
GeForce 8400M GS (128mb memory)
250gb hard drive (free upgrade from 120gb!)
XGA screen with "TrueLife"
DVD burner w/o Roxio
Right now, it costs $604 without shipping, so it seems like a pretty good deal for me. I'm curious about the 8400 and gaming. How do you think the system would compare with a Athlon X2 4800+ (overclocked 4000+ to 2.8ghz) and a GeForce 7600GT? The most recent game I have for it is Orange Box, but I might be getting Spore.
One final thing. I went to the checkout menu to see about shipping (looks like it's free, but idk), but it asks for a company name and company phone number. Since I'm not with a company, think I should just put down "none" and my phone #?
Thanks for your help.
Planned specs:
Core 2 Duo T5670 (1.8ghz)
Windows XP Home
2gb RAM
GeForce 8400M GS (128mb memory)
250gb hard drive (free upgrade from 120gb!)
XGA screen with "TrueLife"
DVD burner w/o Roxio
Right now, it costs $604 without shipping, so it seems like a pretty good deal for me. I'm curious about the 8400 and gaming. How do you think the system would compare with a Athlon X2 4800+ (overclocked 4000+ to 2.8ghz) and a GeForce 7600GT? The most recent game I have for it is Orange Box, but I might be getting Spore.
One final thing. I went to the checkout menu to see about shipping (looks like it's free, but idk), but it asks for a company name and company phone number. Since I'm not with a company, think I should just put down "none" and my phone #?
Thanks for your help.