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My brother needs a laptop for college and he will probably play some WoW and Warcraft 3. We have pretty much narrowed it down to either the Dell Latitude D430 or Dell Vostro 1310.
D430:
Core 2 Duo ULV 1.33 GHz
2GB RAM 2DIMMS
40GB 4200rpm HDD
detachable optical drive bay, built in 802.11g
12.1" widescreen WXGA
Intel GMA 950
$1219
Vostro 1310:
Core 2 Duo T5670 1.80 GHz or T5870 2.0 GHz for $75 more
2GB 2DIMMs
80GB 5400rpm HDD
13.3" widescreen XGA anti-glare
builtin 802.11g
GeForce 8400M GS 128MB
$874
his school has onsite dell tech support, service, etc
HDD is not a major factor, thats what externals are for![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
both have Vista home basic, i have never used vista. should I vLite it, to make it run faster, or will it just cause problems?
he likes that the d430 is small, but i'm not sure if it will hold up to WoW/WC3. it also seems a little expensive, like you are paying for the compactness and not getting a good value for performance
D430:
Core 2 Duo ULV 1.33 GHz
2GB RAM 2DIMMS
40GB 4200rpm HDD
detachable optical drive bay, built in 802.11g
12.1" widescreen WXGA
Intel GMA 950
$1219
Vostro 1310:
Core 2 Duo T5670 1.80 GHz or T5870 2.0 GHz for $75 more
2GB 2DIMMs
80GB 5400rpm HDD
13.3" widescreen XGA anti-glare
builtin 802.11g
GeForce 8400M GS 128MB
$874
his school has onsite dell tech support, service, etc
HDD is not a major factor, thats what externals are for
both have Vista home basic, i have never used vista. should I vLite it, to make it run faster, or will it just cause problems?
he likes that the d430 is small, but i'm not sure if it will hold up to WoW/WC3. it also seems a little expensive, like you are paying for the compactness and not getting a good value for performance