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[Corwood Rep]

Here's the laptop in question.

Okay, I typically don't like Dell, but this seems like what I want. The screen size is good, and I'm familiar with the Inspiron, which as far as build quality, the keyboard, structure, etc., I rather like. And the price is pretty close to right.

Okay, all I know about my Inspiron 6000 is that it was never fast enough. I don't have specs or anything, but I do know that I couldn't really be downloading stuff via Bittorrent and use the computer at the same time. I couldn't really have multiple applications open at the same time - any applications. Took way too long to boot up, took way too long to shut down.

My criteria for a good laptop:
-Comes with Vista (I'm hesitant about switching early, but I also don't want to shill out $100+ for it down the line, and I hate having to install operating systems)
-Can run Vista, and let me effectively multitask. I want to be able to make a PowerPoint presentation and download a couple competently seeded torrents at the same time, or encode a video and do anything else at the same time without the thing slowing down a whole lot,
-Has a suitably huge harddrive (120 is okay, but I wanted 200),
-Has CD/DVD-burning,
-No glossy screen (I use my computer in a lot of sunlit environments, and using a glossy screen is just horrible),
-I don't give a shit about gaming and never will. I don't even have enough time for two consoles.


Is this laptop good for me? I really have no idea because I don't know shit about the guts of computers.

 

[thesoapster]

IT'S A DELL

don't do it

 

[Kapsama]

15 inch? too big. (no homo)

 

[HyperZone<3]

 

[Tarazet]

Let's see.

Microsoft Word 2002?

Do you need PowerPoint? This doesn't have it.

Can you live with a 15-inch monitor in a computer that heavy?

Other than that, it looks OK.

 

[Corwood Rep]

Additions:

-15.4" is what I've used for almost two years and it's worked fine. I don't need a big screen.

-Any programs it doesn't have that I need (a great many), I can get for free from the school because my journalism department has business licenses for all of them.

-It's going to be pulling double-duty as my desktop so I'm not terribly concerned with weight.

 

[Tarazet]

-Any programs it doesn't have that I need (a great many), I can get for free from the school because my journalism department has business licenses for all of them.

In that case, you're paying extra for software you don't need at all.

 

[Corwood Rep]

Nothing I can do about that, though.

I think I'll buy it. Goddamn though, $1200 is so much money when I only make $6000 a year. Thank God I'm a dependant.

 

[Souther]

If you buy it i'll break your legs.

Second thoughts?

 

[Luna104]

nm

 

[Corwood Rep]

Hold it, is that True Life shit high-gloss?

 

[SRG01]

You better uninstall Norton if a trial version comes pre-installed on the laptop!!

 

[GavinGT]

Let's see.....Vista sucks, laptops suck for games and many applications, buying new laptop batteries sucks ($150), paying for Microsoft Works sucks, etc.....

But if you truly need a laptop, I guess you won't be swayed.

Oh, and journalism sucks and is a dead-end career choice.

 

[pnjtony]

Hold it, is that True Life shit high-gloss?

Yes, good luck finding a screen on a laptop that isn't high gloss.
The battery is small. You can generally find HPs that give you an 8-cell battery
160GB is fairly standard thus making 120GB kinda small
McAfee or Norton pre-install....get rid of em both
Crappy video card


it's not horrible but you can do better with the same cash.

 

[SRG01]

The HP Business line is pretty good.

 

[Pellham]

Bleah, you can get a better Dell than that for less off dell's own site, and it doesn't force you to pay for extra software (whatever it comes with is free), so you can just reformat the OS and install whatever you want on it.

 

[eLGee]

Don't see the remake.