Robbo
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OK, unless anyone can give me an excellent reason as to why I should purchase another make over these, then I shall be buying a new Dell laptop... love Dell stuff, never had any problems with their products... I currently am using my parents Dimension 5150 which I specced for them about 18 months ago and it still works as good as it did then and the odl Dimension 3000 I specced almost 3 years ago still works great as well. I also have a very nice Latitude D620 laptop for work 
OK... so I ideally want a 17" screen as thats what my work laptop has and its very good... so I've narrowed it down to these two customised specs... the first one seems good to me and at a £120 cheaper (+ it has a carry case that the other one doesn't have!). Basically I will be using it for music, downloaded videos/tv shows etc., some games i.e. FM2008 and then mostly larkign abotu on t'interweb.
What are peoples opinions?
Dell Inspiron 1720 (Silver Customised) - £801 fully incl.
Components
BASE Intel® Pentium Dual Core Processor T2330 (1.60GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
COLOUR CHOICE Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera edit
LCD 17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
HARD DRIVE 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100 edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr) edit
Accessories
CARRY CASES Nylon X-Large Carrycase (17') edit
BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate edit
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe - Pentium Dual Core Only edit
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English edit
Services & Software
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English edit
Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference N1172002
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Power Supply 90W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.
Dell Inspiron 1720 (Gold Customised) - £929 fully incl.
Components
BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
COLOUR CHOICE Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera edit
LCD 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB (5400RPM) SATA Dual Hard Drives (2X160GB) edit
GRAPHICS CARD nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr) edit
Accessories
BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate edit
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe edit
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English edit
Services & Software
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English edit
Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference N1172012
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Power Supply 90W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.
Promotions Hidden Option Class Promo Hard Drive Upgrade SATA 160GB(5400) - SATA 320GB(5400)
CARRY CASES No Carry Case
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Robbo
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If anyone can suggest any other options that I should consider (i.e. increased RAM etc. as there are loads of options on the Dell website)
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Marc
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I've got a Dell 
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Robbo
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Also, any glaring omissions form thsoe specs?? i.e. missing a sound card or sumam tsilly lol
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Cosmo
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Ive had both a Dell and a HP Laptop. Couldnt really fault either of them as both did what I wanted out of them - which wasnt much more than surfing the net, playing DVDs and running Microsoft Office apps.
No point spending mega bucks on a really top spec one if thats all you want.
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Robbo
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Aye agreed
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Tom
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Defo, I'd always go for dell for VFM, they're every bit as good as anything else. Spec looks good. I''m on a old old school lattitude and it still works ok, need a new one but it does the job, playing & d/l music, films, surfing web etc as cosmo says
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Robbo
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Robbo
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Soooooooooooooo any opinions on the specs posted?
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Cosmo
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save £130 and go for the first one.
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Robbo
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Does it seem like it would be fast enoguh, sound/graphics all should be ok?
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Cosmo
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If all you want to do is general use then yeah, would be more than enough.
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Robbo
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Yeah like I say, pretty much just general internt, listenign to music and watchign DVDs etc
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Cosmo
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then that will be more than enough.
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Robbo
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Danke!
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Robbo
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OK... final spec, slightly upgraded memory + screen for extra power when downloading etc and saw a few comments fgorm peeps sayign they wisshded theyd upgraded the screen by one etc...
Components
BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5550 (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
COLOUR CHOICE Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera edit
LCD 17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™ edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
HARD DRIVE 240GB (5400RPM) SATA Dual Hard Drives (2X120GB) edit
GRAPHICS CARD nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS with 128MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr) edit
Accessories
BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate edit
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe edit
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English edit
Services & Software
HARDWARE SUPPORT 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English edit
Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference N1172008
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Power Supply 90W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.
Promotions Hidden Option Class Upgrade SATA 160GB (5400) - SATA 240GB (5400)
CARRY CASES No Carry Case
£890 once you add a carry case
Not sure how i came up with £801 before a si trried that spec again and its £840 :S
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Cosmo
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TBH no matter how much you upgrade the laptop, downloading will no doubt be limited by your net speed rather than the laptop!!
Looks a decent spec though.
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Robbo
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Aye but I was more thinkign as I tend to download whiklst Im still usign the computer so it needs t be able to cope with doign afew thigns at onece and lookign around there wer e afew poor comments ont he base processor they give ya
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Yeah like I say, pretty much just general internt, listenign to music and watchign DVDs etc
hmmm seems allot for just that imo
Download stuff when your not using the laptop is the answer to doing both 
My sister got a HP laptop from comet the other week, 2Gb Ram, Vista Pro, 120Gb HDD, loads of features for about £400 and she will be doing everything you want to do with it.
I just wouldnt spend that much on a Laptop myself, not when thers cheaper things out there that are very good value.
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Robbo
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I will chekc thos ethigns out, ta
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