Wghat are good specs for a laptop costing ~ $1500?

[DPK]

What kind of laptop specs would be a good deal at $1500 and will also be able to play the newest games?

 

[RamIt]

Inspiron 9300 $1448




Catalog Number / Description Product Code SKU Id



Inspiron 9300:
Intel® Pentium® M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) SM16HN [221-7304] 1


Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [420-4766][463-2282][412-0689][420-4928][412-0706][420-4830] 11


Display:
17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen XGA+ Display 17XGA [320-4177] 2


Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options:
1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr Technical Support ST111RR [950-9057][950-3337][950-3550][412-0361][960-2780] 29


Memory:
512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 512MB2D [311-3730] 3


Hard Drive:
40GB Hard Drive 40GB [341-1804] 8


CD/DVD Drives:
FREE! 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive 24COMBP [463-8667][420-5111] 16


Primary Battery:
6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) 6BAT [312-0285] 27


Video Card:
256MB NVIDA® GeForce? Go 6800 256NV [320-4185] 6



Bundled Software:
Productivity Pack including WordPerfect® ICORELM [412-0714] 22


Security Software:
No Security Subscription NS [412-0755] 25


Internet Access: Dial-Up:
6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHS [412-0585][412-0625][420-3224][412-0687] 37


Wireless Networking Cards:
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps) IP2200 [430-0996] 19


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


Digital Music:
Dell Jukebox - easy-to-use music player and CD burning software MMBASE [412-0741] 26


Digital Imaging:
Paint Shop? Pro® Studio trial, Photo Album? Starter Edition DPS [412-0744] 38


Financial Software:
QuickBooks® Simple Start Special Edition QBSSP [420-5139] 83

 

[trungthiendo]

that's a starting spot...seems like the best deal right now

 

[fbrdphreak]

That definitely have the best video card for $1500. ATI X800 cards are unsees in notebooks for the most part and the nVidia's do VERY well. I was going to suggest an HP zd8000, but the 256MB X600 doesn't compare to the 6800. The only downside to this laptop is that it is going to be huge and battery life will be below average. You might only look for a 15.4" version if you want something more portable. you probably can't find a 6800 in the 15.4"s, but you can get get a 6600! GL!

 

[troutmask]

or spend just a few more schekles and get the 9call battery... yep

 

[fbrdphreak]

Yeah, but even on the 9-cell you still won't get the best battery life. IIRC, the 9-cell's don't top 90WHr's. An IBM Thinkpad 14" P-M w/9-cell gets ~5 hours. With a much larger screen (Isn't it the "bright" one too? Those have about double the brightness of a normal laptop panel, thus using more power) and a 6800 GPU, I wouldn't expect anything over 3.5-4 personally. But the 9-cell will make this usable out and about, no doubt!

 

[troutmask]

Yes, it does consume more power, but is more powerful... I'm using it to monitor video in the field and it replaces about $5000 in bulky hardware I lug to almost every job... This will serve as a field monitor, vectorscope, waveform monitor, audio analyzer, and backup recorder... It has 6 usb2 ports, firewire, dvi out, and you can close it and use it as a tray to serve hamburgers to the crew and talent......