BleepingComputer.com: Buying Laptop

I just want to know what everyone thinks. its for college, but i will be using it for EVERYTHING. I guess they got rid of the other Inspirons and I wanted another 9 cell battery. and no windows vista. I know for a fact u can call it in and order it and request no OS. but do you think they can throw in another battery ( for a charge duh)?

what does everyone think. I will be ordering this within a week or so. So i need to know if its good enough or if i should change a spec. Is there any other good laptop makers out there that let you customize what u want inside? cuz id sure love to have more ram.

Thanks.



Dell Laptop Inspiron 1721

My Components

SYSTEM COLOR Midnight Blue
PROCESSOR AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-64 (1MB/2.2GHz)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200)
VIDEO CARD ATI RADEON® Xpress1270 HyperMemory™(64MB local frame buffer)
HARD DRIVE Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
WIRELESS NETWORKING Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini-Card
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition

My Accessories

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (Norton 30-day)
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD

Dell Recommends


PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed
POWER OPTIONS 90 Watt Spare AC Adapter

My Service

WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
GETTING-STARTED HELP No Dell On Call
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Year
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested

ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Doms Camera Midnight Blue color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera

Price: $1662

I like it except for the OS, I would stay with XP Pro. I am not to keen on Vista till the first service pack comes out. But that is just me.

I agree with aklan. Also, I'd suggest that if available, you get a dedicated video card because the shared cards steal from your system RAM and the performance isn't as good. Also, if you need, a bigger battery is always better.

Other than those 3 things, it's a nice system!

Regards,
TheYoda

acklan, on Jun 29 2007, 02:01 AM, said:

yeah i want xp pro. the cheapest ive found it for new and the Full Version is amazon for 269 dollars. any other place that sells it cheaper?

Well I'm gonna get spanked for this, but I buy my software from eBay. Since 2003 I have bought 67 copies of Windows (9x, W2k, W2k advanced server, XP home and Professional. I have get to have a problem. I am just carefull whom I buy from. Usually something like an OS I will make sure they have 1000+ Positive feedbacks and at least 98%+.
You should be able to purchase a copy for around $130.

acklan, on Jun 30 2007, 02:11 AM, said:

Nah, no spanking. I buy EVERYTHING from eBay, it is quite possible the best thing since sliced bread, lol. Ebay is the reason my 16 year-old laptop still works (sort of) like new! I love it!

ComputerMan23,
I'd suggest even getting XP media center, it looks cooler and has the same, if not more, features than XP Pro. Also, I think newegg.com sells XP media center new for only about $110.

Regards,
TheYoda

I agree with the others. It is a nice system that will work for a couple of years with no problems (if taken care of it well). And too I would change the video for a dedicated video card, so you don't share your ram, the bigger the battery the better, and XP pro instead of vista.

GL with your purchase mate