These are probably laptops still made with the s-l-o-o-o-w 4200 RPM hard
drives. Stuff all the RAM you can in one of these laptops, it'll still be
slow.
I wouldn't get anything less than a 5400 RPM drive, but would try for the
7200 RPM drive. I've put 7200's in 6 year old P III laptops and
I bought a refurbed Vostro last year and I'm pleased with it.
I highly recommend the Dell Outlet.
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You will not need the XPS for a student.
One of the better Inspirons (not the entry level, but one of the
better ones) or an Insprion would be good.
We got an
I don't expect it to outperform a desktop or even equal it. I just have
trouble with how under performing most average laptops are these days.
(Even WITH adequate RAM)
I'm finding performance is not a problem with iBooks running applications
like InDesign and Photoshop. Even better, today
what is the difference betweeen Inspiron XPS computers?
between Intel Pentium processor Intel Celeron Processor?
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Inspiron is the basic level home computer. XPS is a gamers system to
a pro system.
Depends on your needs. I prefer the Latitude systems as they are
more business oriented, more ports (serial/Parallel) plus a separate
and more advanced Video system.
The difference between Celeron and
Pentium processors are more powerful and expensive. Celeron processors
are less powerful, less expensive alternatives for the home market.
Pentiums/ more professional/ more expensive machines are probably no
more expensive in the long run.
More powerful processors and machines have a
:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Dell laptops?
Inspiron is the basic level home computer. XPS is a gamers system to
a pro system.
Depends on your needs. I prefer the Latitude systems as they are
more business oriented, more ports (serial/Parallel) plus a separate
You will not need the XPS for a student.
One of the better Inspirons (not the entry level, but one of the
better ones) or an Insprion would be good.
We got an Inspiron for our HS Senior for taking to school next
year. Dual processor with Vista Premium.
I got myself a Latitutde with a Dual
doggy meaning iffy/wonky???
db wrote:
Pentium processors are more powerful and expensive. Celeron
processors are less powerful, less expensive alternatives for the home
market.
Pentiums/ more professional/ more expensive machines are probably no
more expensive in the long run.
More
Well depends on what you are talking about.
In computers doggy means slower than it is supposed to be.
Most of this comes from inadequate memory.
I run 2 GB's in my laptop and would recommend a minimum of 1
GB. Many come with 512 MB or maybe even 256! Not a chance.
I added 1 GB of ram to
Here is a Dell that Walmart is offering.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7810485povid=cat4070-env7711-module81592-rLink6
This is a pretty good model. The only thing it is lacking is a firewire port.
This is almost identical to what we got my son.
Stewart
At 04:21 PM
Meaning SLOW processing whatever you are doing. Click and wait...
I have experience this dogginess on new compacts Dell laptops (and other
brands) running XP with 1 gb RAM. I could be wrong but RAM shouldn't be
a factor until the point that it starts paging data / using the SWAP
file and
That is entirely possible when they start putting in the bottom end processors.
I have an AMD dual core processor in my laptop and it is nice.
However I do not expect it to act like my desktop which is a Dual
core 2 Ghz, 3 GB of ram and over 500 md of HD space.
I do not expect a laptop to
I don't expect it to outperform a desktop or even equal it. I just have
trouble with how under performing most average laptops are these days.
(Even WITH adequate RAM)
And from talking to people who know about these things it's because of
the power consumption issue. Fast processing
That is partially it. Also by using lower rated CPU's.
Very often the Discount laptop you see advertised is the bottom end
processor of the bunch.
I have an old Inspiron 1150 that had a 2.6 Ghz processor in it. Top
end was 2.8 plus a variety of Celerons. (This was before they
started
I don't expect it to outperform a desktop or even equal it. I just have
trouble with how under performing most average laptops are these days.
(Even WITH adequate RAM)
Well, you can buy a pretty fast laptop with a honking processor and
a better than average video subsystem. These are
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