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Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Hmm the Dell is perfect for my needs, so I might give it a go.

Which model is it?

LBJ, at my work we have 48 laptops. all but three are Dell, and those three are what's left of other brands - at one time 23.

no laptops perfect, and i have RMA'd a couple for vidcards, a couple for the port replicator (dock) and one for the screen. budget for the warranty.

those specs are solid, you could run a CADD program on that . . .

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Studio 15. Customized with:

Intel® Core™ i7-740QM processor
8GB (4GBx2) 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
640GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB
15.6 "WLED (1920 x 1080)Display

$1600AUD

If you can find a laptop with similar specs/price then i'm all ears

Sounds good, I'm not up on laptops, so I can't say for sure you'll find something cheaper with those specs, but that seems a solid build. Will this be your main computer? Cause I would recommend finding a nice screen to use in conjunction with it, a 19" or something, cause you will want the extra space.

Finray wrote:

Bet it weighs a tonne

Or has a battery life of 5 minutes.

There's gotta be a downside somewhere.

2.7kg. 6 cell lion batter

Finray wrote:

E: Cammy, it's got a 1920x1080 screen, I don't think he'll be hard pressed for real estate.

It's only 15.6". I know if I had to rely on my laptop I'd want a 17" or 19" secondary monitor for documents.

Last edited by Camm (2010-10-04 20:17:29)

Nah it won't be my main computer, I already have a i7 930, 6GB RAM, 2TB HDD, HD4870 desktop.

The battery life doesn't concern me that much as this will mainly be for when I'm staying at my friends place (probably 3 or so days a week starting next year, so I can't be bothered moving my desktop that much) and using it in the uni library (where I can plug it in anyway).

Edit: haha don't want to start another camm vs fin vs burnz fight here

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2010-10-04 20:18:00)

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

The battery life doesn't concern me that much

there should be an option to pick up the nine cell LIon , good for 7 1/2, 8 hour medium usuge. might get two dvd plays on a charge . . .

It seems Dell only offer a 6 cell battery, not a 9 cell. Will this be a substantial problem (considering the only time I will be using battery is maybe in uni lectures just taking notes)

sorry - i order them from the corporate website, might not be a standard option . . .

hmm going to contact Dell and see what the deal is.

chatting with dell support at the moment. They reckon it will last 4, but they haven't answered my question about purchasing a 9 cell battery separately...

E: fuckers ended the chat on me without replying

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2010-10-04 20:38:44)

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Its not all that common to have 3 hour lectures, thats usually a social science thing (and those arent even real courses, but I digress) and based on the computer I'd assume hes not using it for anything social science related...  And usually with laptops like that they have a power saving mode where they shut off the graphics card and run the processor at half speed, saving a shitload of power.

Well I suppose that's right. Windows 7 has power saver mode, I use it on my laptop when at college, but it doesn't save much batter since my laptop is so terribad.

burnzz wrote:

Finray wrote:

There's gotta be a downside somewhere.

oh sorry LBJ, our resident tech badge holder has passed judgement, and even though i manage a fleet of almost fifty dell laptops with nine years of practical experience with them, he says there's a downside.

somewhere . . .

I think you missed the fact that that comment was very tongue-in-cheek.

burnzz wrote:

sorry, thought we were in Tech . . .

I thought with age came maturity