I'm need help you guys, what would you do...?

[schizophonic]

I'm looking to buy my new laptop for my 18th birthday and its mainly for school, and posibly for games. So i'v opt for mostly the Geforce 4 Go 440 32/64MB.

But money being an important issue, there are some other laptops avalible, which are slighly cheaper but howevre contain the Ati Mobile Radeon 7500. After reading some reviews, this chipset is not far behind the GF 4Go in performance.
This is the closest thing i've found in my new laptop.


Standard Features: Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 1.7GHz-M
IEEE 1394 - Firewire Port
High Quality Audio System with built in Speaker
Online Offer!: £60 Off when you order online (-GBP - £60)
Extra Support & Service + Accidental Cover: 3 Yr CompleteCare Accidental Cover + Collect & Return (+ GBP £80)
Screen: 15.1'' SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) TFT Colour Display
Additional Colours: Multi Colour palmrest kit (Tahoe Blue, Storm Grey, Golden Yellow & Royal Purple) (+ GBP £15)
Memory: 256MB 266Mhz DDR RAM
Installation Service: Not Included
Internal Hard Drive: 30GB Hard Drive
Video Card: nVidia® GeForce4 Go 440? with 32MB DDR Video RAM, 4X AGP (+ GBP £49)
Second Hard Drive: Not Included
Fixed Bay CD, DVD, CD-RW & Combo: 8x DVD-Drive & Software Decoder
Interchangeable Bay: Not Included
Second battery: Not Included
Modem/Combo Cards: Internal V92 Modem & 10/100 NIC
Network Card: Not Included
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Software: Microsoft Works 6.0
Dell Movie Studio software: Not Included
Carrycases and Backpacks: Not Included

PRICE £1,741.35

This could be my new laptop but theres another important issue. I'm not very careful at times, and i have been known to crack a Laptop Screen OPPPS! But with DELL, they support 'Accident Cover for 3 years" and this is very good.

Now i am asking YOU. Do you know any good laptops with i can check out, which come similar to this Dell Laptop.
It must have


a)A Geforce 4 GO/Radeon 7500 32/64mb
b)Accident care insurance


Cheers for the help, if you can provide it.

 

[MSantiago]

Compaq Presario 2800. I own one and love it. Take a look over at compaq.com. You'll need to wade through the HP menus, but it'll redirect you to the old Compaq site when you start browsing through the Compaq laptops.

 

[Ilmater]

Dell.
Dell.

Dell

Oh, and stick with the GeForce 4 Go; remember, you can't upgrade a laptop like you can a PC, so saving a few bucks here will cost you down the road.

 

[BuddyAtBzboyz]

I would go with the Insperion 8200 with the 25ms response time special uxga screen. And the 64 Mb version of the vid card.

 

[MWink]

I would also recommend the Insprion 8200. I have one and I love it. It performs quite well.

Oh, and stick with the GeForce 4 Go; remember, you can't upgrade a laptop like you can a PC, so saving a few bucks here will cost you down the road.

Actually you can upgrade the video on the Inspiron 8200. Almost everything in it is upgradeable (CPU, video, HD, RAM, modem, CD/DVD drive, etc.). That's one of the reasons I bought it.

 

[schizophonic]

thanks for the thoughts dudes.

I am thinking of getting the dell now, but didn't know you can upgrade like that?

And to cut cost down, is there a staggering differance from the 32mb to the 64mb? because the differance is like £100 differance

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: schizophonic
thanks for the thoughts dudes.

I am thinking of getting the dell now, but didn't know you can upgrade like that?

And to cut cost down, is there a staggering differance from the 32mb to the 64mb? because the differance is like £100 differance

virtually no difference.


if you really wanna save money get a compaq 1500t

 

[schizophonic]

i've checked out the compaqs and they don't offer any kind of insurance, these laptops are delicate thing you know.