I've been looking around for a while now, trying to find a good laptop for a good price. My limit was $700. Here's what I've come up with:
Dell Inspiron 1501
OS - Windows Vista Home Basic
Processor - AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core
Memory - 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Hard Drive - 60 GB
Drives - 8X CD/DVD+/-RW w/ double-layer write capability
Display - 15.4" Widescreen w/ TrueLife Glossy
Sound Card - Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition
Battery - 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Let me know what you think. It's only $584 shipped. I'm basically just going to be using this to watch DVD's at work (Hence the SoundBlaster upgrade) and I'll probably use it for some programming and software applications at school.
2007-05-13 17:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Another gig of memory will bump the price up another $150...Which is going to be too much. Then I'd rather just get a cheap Acer laptop and buy some more ram (I can get a gig of RAM for $45 on NewEgg) to get 1.5GB.
2007-05-13 17:33:58 · update #1
For what you need it it's good enough.
In the future you might buy a 1gig ram for &65.
Good price
2007-05-13 18:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by STA-TOW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father bought this laptop and has no problems might want to upgrade battery to a 12 cell battery life on 9 cell about 2 hours but for 584 my father loves his laptop does everything he need
also if you are going to play dvd might want to think about upgrade with the graphics card but overall a good laptop
2007-05-13 17:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by bosox_craig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-ROM force- in all threat around $50-$a hundred, looking on what you pick it to do. undemanding Mouse- around $25-35. Anti-virus utility- around $a hundred-$2 hundred for a 365 days or so subscription. yet, there is likewise unfastened Anti-virus utility, i might say that Microsoft protection necessities is particularly all you pick, yet Norton 360 is in all threat the ideal. issues you exceeded over- workplace/productiveness utility- $a hundred-$4 hundred. this might truly be a damper, however the cost truly relies upon on what you pick to do. there is likewise unfastened workplace utility, stated as OpenOffice. even though it truly is unfamiliar to me, so i do no longer use it. All in all (with the pc), you would be spending (on the least) $1075
2016-12-17 12:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by vasim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with 2 gb of memory, vista is a hog, and make sure you have a 128mb + graphics card option for the video, otherwise you will not get the aero interface. and get the home professional
2007-05-13 17:29:56 · answer #4 · answered by mjlee105 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
please confirm
1. processor: turin u mention; but i read sempron
2. memory: 1 gb u mention; but i read 512 mb
3. drives: 8X CD/DVD+/-RW u mention; but i read combo
4. battery: 9-cell u mention; but i read 4 cell
# this for $584 shipped !
i see u'r other issues, but cannot proceed till you confirm !
2007-05-16 08:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks ok, but I will either add another GB or ask for one with XP
2007-05-13 17:29:24 · answer #6 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds good but i had alot of problems with vista
2007-05-13 17:28:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋