MonkeyBoy
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Location: Oklahoma City
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 Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: new laptop |
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nancy's old dell has been plodding along and I finally got her upgraded.
I wanted something that would keep up without breaking the bank. every time i would "build" one on dell, hp or anywhere else it usually ended up upwards of $3k. Here lately it was getting closer to $2k but still more than I wanted to spend for a dual core, good graphics card w/ HDMI out, blu ray rom, 17" etc.
Was at Sam's and came across one that had most of what I wanted. Amazingly the price was much better than expected. I tried building the same items on the HP site and it came up to about $1300.
All this
| Quote: | Processor and Memory:
AMD Turion™ X2 RM-74 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
2.20GHz Processor
4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Max supported = 8192MB
1MB L2 Cache
Hard Drive and Multimedia Drives:
500GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer
Audio, Video and Graphics:
SRS Premium Sound
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics RS780M with up to 1918MB total graphics memory
Connectivity:
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN
High speed 56k modem
Ports/Slots:
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
HDMI
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 Consumer IR (remote receiver)
Keyboard, Pointing Device and Display:
101-key compatible
Notebook keyboard with scroll bar and integrated numeric keypad
1 Quick Launch Button
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
17.0" Diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1440 x 900) Display
HP Imprint Finish and Features:
HP Intersect Imprint finish & HP Webcam with integrated digital Microphone
HP Mobile Remote Control
Security:
Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
Power:
65W AC adapter
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery
Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit with Service Pack 1 |
for $898 (+tax). 
Still a few things I'd liked to have different but laptop options aren't nearly as available as desktop, and for the price difference I'm not complaining.
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rich
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 2049
Location: Elkhart, IN
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice. On President's Day Dell held a one day sale where you could get a laptop for $299. Granted it had a 9" monitor, 4gb HD and Linux that is still a heck of a deal.
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