Hey guys. I'm torn between 2 Dell laptops and I need guidance. I just want good performance. It will mostly be for writing, checking email, surfing the usual website and playing a game now and then. But I also want it to be technologically sound enough to last me a few years. Below are the spec's for what I narrowed it down to. Will the RPM's of the Hard Drive make that big a difference in speed? Am I better off with the AMD Turion or Intel Core 2 Duo? Do I really need a 256mb video card or will 128mb suffice? I'm just looking for places where I can trim the price of each of these systems.
Any other help/input would be greatly appreciated.
1)
Vostro 1000
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor TL- 60 (2.00GHz 512K)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Unit Price: $973
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimm
120GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW w/Dbl-layer DVD+R Write Capability, Cyberlink Pwr DVD and Roxio
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
2)
Vostro 1500
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Unit Price: $1,292
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLifeâ„¢
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
160GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive, 7200RPM, for Dell Vostro 1500 Notebook
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/ Roxio Creator
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT edit
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
Any other help/input would be greatly appreciated.
1)
Vostro 1000
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor TL- 60 (2.00GHz 512K)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Unit Price: $973
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimm
120GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW w/Dbl-layer DVD+R Write Capability, Cyberlink Pwr DVD and Roxio
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
2)
Vostro 1500
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Unit Price: $1,292
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLifeâ„¢
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
160GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive, 7200RPM, for Dell Vostro 1500 Notebook
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/ Roxio Creator
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT edit
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit