Which notebook display to get?

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6000SUX

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I think the CPU will not be the bottleneck in gaming paired with an X1400. You should be fine in all other respects. I believe there is around a 15-16% average performance difference between chips of the same speed rating going from Core Duo to Core 2 Duo. According to a Google search, the T5200 has a 533Mhz bus speed, and the T5500 has a 667MHz bus speed. I think no matter what you choose, from the laptops you're looking at, you'll be happy for a while; these are all pretty powerful. My Thinkpad T60 has a Core Duo 2GHz, but much of the time I can't tell a lot of difference vs. my last Thinkpad, a T41 Centrino 1.6GHz.

You don't need a small business account-- you just need to submit an order through the small business portion of the site at Dell. The D620 is an awesome laptop, although I read initially that some people were not getting great gaming performance issues with it due to problems using a non-business driver (but I stopped tracking the issue and hopefully someone who owns it will weigh in). The X1400 will beat the NVidia chip in the D620, but I think the D620 is a great laptop.

Happy holidays!
 

DoctorCarta

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if i get the HP, 15inch version it comes with a 7400go or 14inch version comes with 7200go.I think ill upgrade to the 667mhz bus, shouldn't be that much.
 

DoctorCarta

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I believe dell will refund me tonight so ill purchase this tomorrow.

Dell D620
Intel® Core? 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core
14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD Panel
512MB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
60GB 5400RPM
8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio Digital Media? and Cyberlink Power DVD
256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 110M TurboCache?
Dell Wireless? 1390 802.11g Mini Card
9-Cell/85 WHr Primary Battery
3 Year Mail-In Economy Plan

total: $1180 shipped

what do you guys think?

Thanks for all the help!
 

6000SUX

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Originally posted by: DoctorCarta
I believe dell will refund me tonight so ill purchase this tomorrow.

Dell D620
Intel® Core? 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core
14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD Panel
512MB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
60GB 5400RPM
8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio Digital Media? and Cyberlink Power DVD
256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 110M TurboCache?
Dell Wireless? 1390 802.11g Mini Card
3 Year Mail-In Economy Plan

total: $1180 shipped

what do you guys think?

Thanks for all the help!

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