I'm still rocking an old Inspiron 1705 from like 6 years ago....and crammed with 3 gb of RAM and a 500GB 7200 rpm HD, it's really not that slow. Except for video editing....at that it is slow.
So anyway....a new laptop is on the horizon. My wife has a new Asus that honestly I think is kind of cheap feeling vs. my old Inspiron. Are the new Inspirons any good?
I know I can pick up something like this for $800 from the Dell outlet:
•Processor: Intel Core 3rd Generation i7-3612QM Processor (6MB cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
•Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
•Dell Outlet Inspiron 17R - 5720 Laptop
•1 TB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
•8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
•8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
•Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 1GB
I don't need an uber fast video card...and I think I've heard that the 640m is a nice upgrade over the 630m. And honestly I've thought about dropping down from 17" to 15.6", although 95% of the time the laptop sits at the desk.
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts or screaming deals in mind on a similar laptop feel free to chime in. If an i5 would be sufficient for video editing that would probably do the trick too. Thanks.
So anyway....a new laptop is on the horizon. My wife has a new Asus that honestly I think is kind of cheap feeling vs. my old Inspiron. Are the new Inspirons any good?
I know I can pick up something like this for $800 from the Dell outlet:
•Processor: Intel Core 3rd Generation i7-3612QM Processor (6MB cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
•Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
•Dell Outlet Inspiron 17R - 5720 Laptop
•1 TB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
•8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
•8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
•Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 1GB
I don't need an uber fast video card...and I think I've heard that the 640m is a nice upgrade over the 630m. And honestly I've thought about dropping down from 17" to 15.6", although 95% of the time the laptop sits at the desk.
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts or screaming deals in mind on a similar laptop feel free to chime in. If an i5 would be sufficient for video editing that would probably do the trick too. Thanks.
