I built a dell laptop and....

[DjUnternull]

It costs alot of money.Im building this because i want something powerful to replace my desktop when im at work or not at home(im rarely at home).Specs are as follows



SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Dual: 320GB (2x 160) 5400RPM Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE CD/DVD writer (DVD+/-RW) +Roxio Creator 9 Premier-Ultimate Burn/Authoring edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
MOBILE BROADBAND AT&T built-in cellular mobile broadband (HSDPA 3.6) edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit


Before i buy this i want anyones opinion , should i just buy one used here? or find an alteranate method?

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[imported_LoKe]

Ew.

 

[Mojoed]

That's a pretty sweet screen. Lotta money though. I hope you enjoy it!

 

[dabuddha]

I hope you're not planning on moving that thing every day. I bought a 17" laptop and I've flown with it 2 times. That thing was such a pain to lug around that it says home from now on.

Nice setup though

 

[lokiju]

Way to much.

 

[Homerboy]

coulda sworn we had a General Hardware forum...

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: lokiju
Way to much.

yeah, why not toss in your left nut too?

 

[DjUnternull]

i was not sure where to post it so i posted it here , i wanted peoples opinions

 

[Epic Fail]

VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT = a cheapo laptop

 

[DjUnternull]

whys that yam?

 

[teclis1023]

Why not buy a MacBook Pro and install Vista on it? Better quality parts, plus you can dboot into MacOSX for everything except gaming.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: DjUnternull
i was not sure where to post it so i posted it here , i wanted peoples opinions

may I suggest the obvious general hardware or ...oh..I dunno SFF and Notebooks forum?
Regardless the one you posted is way too much.

 

[thepd7]

Get one used off here or ebay, I bought mine used for $1350 off ebay and it was more top of the line than yours (at the time). You are probably looking at $2k ish for that set up, right?

 

[TwiceOver]

Thats gotta be what, 12 - 15 lbs?

 

[polarmystery]

Why you are getting a 5400rpm drive and not a 7200 one is beyond me...

 

[DjUnternull]

thank you for pointing that out eaj

 

[Brainonska511]

How much do you want to spend?

There are laptops that are just as good for under $2k.

And by the way, the 4GB of RAM - you're either better off upgrading on your own (~$120 if you do it yourself) and the 4GB will be wasted on a 32-bit system as it won't be able to be addressed by the computer.

 

[TheStu]

What is the cost of that Setup?

Are you married to Dell or would you consider other, possibly cheaper options?

What exactly are you planning on doing with the machine?

 

[compman25]

If you can afford it and it's what you want, get it.

 

[Fraggable]

I got a similar 1720 for $1100 with these differences:

T7250
X3100 video
1GB memory (added 4GB from Newegg for $165)
no mobile broadband card (huge cost, is it really worth it?)
no additional battery

I had a $425 off $1399 coupon.

What is that setup costing you? You can cut a whole lot off by simply adding the memory yourself.

 

[ades]

I got an e1705 back in March. I love it. Got an employee discount through my old employer, so i got a sweet deal, something like a $3000 laptop for $2000. My only regret is that I stupidly got the x1400 "graphics card" and not the nvidia. So far, it's been flawless.

I saw a review of the new mobile graphics cards from nvidia. any idea whether i could upgrade mine to one of those, and if so, whether or not that would void my warranty?

 

[Fraggable]

The e1705 should be upgradeable to a 7900GS, can get them on ebay.

 

[Jeff7181]

I don't understand high end laptops. Aren't laptops supports to be portable? How portable can a system that uses 200 watts when idle be? You're either limited to about an hour of battery life, or you're carrying around 7-8 pounds worth of battery.

 

[DayLaPaul]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I don't understand high end laptops. Aren't laptops supports to be portable? How portable can a system that uses 200 watts when idle be? You're either limited to about an hour of battery life, or you're carrying around 7-8 pounds worth of battery.

I'd thought I'd throw some, you know, facts your way.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/.../environ/Insp_1720.pdf

62.82 watts peak
17.00 watts when idle (testing meets EPA Computer spec 4.0 requirements)

As for the battery, it's a standard 4, 6 or 9 cell Li-Ion battery. It's no lighter or heavier than a comparable 4, 6 or 9 battery from a smaller laptop.