Hey Ted, Thanks for that feedback. I will have to look at the Outlet website. And, thanks for confirming what I had kinda figured - that the i3 is essentially equivalent to the Celeron line of Chips - and I will probably just stay away from them.
-K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm also looking for a laptop - and I am even considering a Refurb, as you > mentioned. Although - yeah - I need decent 3D - since I'm mainly doing 3D on > it - and e-mails. So, keyboard has to be decent for doing e-mails. But, even > the 3D graphics doesn't have to be Super-horse power. My 3D these days is all > for prototyping - which doesn't get as Hi-Poly as regular 3D design for > animation. > > I hadn't heard about a Dell Outlet before. Is it a physical store - or an > extension of their regular website? http://outlet.dell.com or dell.com/outlet, or search "Outlet" from the home page. Most of the manufacturers have such a site. They get back demos, scratched cases, store returns, and run them through an inspection and restore them to OEM condition, usually with a decent though reduced warranty. At 60 - 100% of the retail price. You can find bargains. You can find turkeys. Caveat Emptor, as the Romans said, Buyer Beware. > I'd also be interested in getting people's feedback on the Intel i3 > vs. i5 vs. i7 Fast cheap and slightly unfair: i3 is the underpowered Celeron, i5 is the workman dual core, i7 is the high-end 4-core, though not as high end as the Xeon, and it really shines if the software knows how to use it, otherwise, not so different from the i5 for most day-to-day use. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f1b8...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
