well, seeing as how my ibook shit the bed, a week beforee I left for minnesota… i’m left without a laptop. I’m on my friends powerbook and it is quite nice.
So what laptop should I buy…i’d like to stay under 2 grand… I like the mac’s because I am not computer literate, the mac is much harder to mess up than a pc…
But i am open to pc’s as well because they are cheaper…
All i need is something to download music , play a few games and I’d like to use a video editing program (final cut ect…)
I have a laptop that id be willing to sell if the price is right. Its not a mac though. But seriously…f macs dude. Especially if you want to play a few games and save a few bucks.
Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop (w/ windows vista basic) - Honestly, I have ultimate on my desktop and theres nothing on ultimate that I use, that basic doesn’t have)
If you go to dell.com and customize an inspiron 1520 w/ vista it comes out to $1400 with the same specs as mine. Here they are:
-Alpine White
-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
-Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition
-Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
-256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
-2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
-Speed: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
-CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive)
-Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
-56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
-High Definition Audio 2.0
I want to get $1200 for it (pretty firm, since id only be breaking even if I sold it for that) and Ill throw in a backup 80GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) for free.
As far as gaming performance goes it will play Crysis at 1280x800 with all settings at medium (shadows on low) at a mid 20s fps on average. If shaders are on low it pretty much rocks 30fps all the time. Let me know if your interested.
I didnt post it in the classifieds because I dont need to sell it, but I will if I can get what I ask for it.