Notebook thats halfway decent for gaming under 900.00

BillyGoat

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Looking at the vostro 1500, I can pick this up for 699.99
seems like I cant get much better for the price range, anyone else know
any good deals

I will upgrade the ram myself - it can take up to 4 gigs.



Vostro 1500:
Intel® Core? 2 Duo T5270 (1.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) 155270 [223-4361] 1


Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic VHMBAS [420-6581][420-7049][420-7180][420-7291][420-7292][420-7293] 11


LCD Panel:
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife? XGATL [320-5543] 2


Memory:
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM 1GB2D [311-7261] 3


Hard Drive:
160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 160G54K [341-4886] 8


Optical Drive:
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability 8XDVD [313-5527] 16


Video Cards:
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce? 8600M GT 256NV86 [320-5559] 6


MediaDirect:
Dell Exclusive MediaDirect? Instant Play Software Application MEDRCT [412-0998] 23


Wireless Cards:
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card TM1390 [313-5298] 19


Camera:
No Webcam Option NCAMERA [320-5547] 21


Sound Card:
High Definition Audio 2.0 IS [313-4783] 17


Integrated NIC and Modem:
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC [430-0493] 13


Labels:
Windows Vista? Basic VBN [310-8627] 750


Processor Branding:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB [310-8319] 749


Primary Battery:
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 56W6C [312-0544] 27


Bundle:
Microsoft® Works 8.5 Does NOT Include MS Word WRKSPLS [410-1052] 22




Adobe Software:
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader ADOBE [410-1100] 15


Online Web Site:
Free Microsoft Office Live Basics 954428 [A0954428] 232


Limited Warranty, Services and Support:
1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Mail-in Service T111YRR [983-3920][983-4060][987-6829][987-6977] 29


Dell DataSafe Online Data Backup:
10GB for 1yr Online Backup by Dell Datasafe DASF10G [420-7368][987-7479] 34


Automated PC Tuneup:
1 Year Dell Automated PC Tuneup and Dell Network Assistant NTPC [420-7189][420-7367][960-8851] 35


Installation Services:
No Onsite System Setup NOINSTL [900-9987] 32


Purchase Intent:
Purchase is not intended for resale.
 

onlyCOpunk

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The CPU looks a little underclocked. But as far as gaming the 8600M GT should be fairly decent. Although I've heard some rumors about Dell underclocking their videocards in their laptops so you might want to investigate that if you think it might be a problem.


www.notebookreview.com will also be a big help to you.