so what do you think

[AmericanDad]

I'm contemplating buying this laptop from Dell... what's your opinion? will I happily play bf2 with this?

SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Vostro™ 1700 NB(N1017003) Qty 1
Base Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
Video Card 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
Hard Drive 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Primary Battery Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)
LCD 17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1900x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™

[=98=]

Re: so what do you think

Stop, close Dell. Look up Rock laptops. Excellent performance, cheaper prices. Then reply.

[AmericanDad]

Re: so what do you think

Thanks for the tip, but I can see Rock's laptops are about £200 more expensive for the same specs, usually with only 1gig of ram and slower and smaller hard drives................
what's wrong with Dell? I have a desktop dell, never had a problem with it. Anyway, if I were to buy that one do you think I'd get a decent bf2 performance out of it

[=98=]

Re: so what do you think

How much is the Dell? I really can't see them being more expensive. They were cheaper and better in this months laptop reviews in Custom PC magazine.

We are talking UK here right?

[AmericanDad]

Re: so what do you think

Yes i'm in the UK. The dell i looked at is £860 and its Rock equivalent is just over £1000 so I don't see the justification for such a large price discrepancy, unless I'm missing something vital.

[=98=]

Re: so what do you think

Wow, well it appears that is the best deal out there. Go for it then!

[jesus]

Re: so what do you think

You might want to get the minimum RAM possible from Dell, and then just buy it seperately from another store. When I bought my desktop from Dell, I only got it with 1gig. If I wanted to add another gig, it would have cost $100. So I just bought 2GB locally for $50 (Canadian)

[=98=]

Re: so what do you think

You might want to get the minimum RAM possible from Dell, and then just buy it seperately from another store. When I bought my desktop from Dell, I only got it with 1gig. If I wanted to add another gig, it would have cost $100. So I just bought 2GB locally for $50 (Canadian)

That is a good idea actually.

[AmericanDad]

Re: so what do you think

That's worth noting, thanks.