Bought a new lap top......tell me how bad I got ripped off

[SaladFork]

Good with that rebate, i'm not a fan of Dell. You should have gotten the Lenovo X61 IMO.

 

[chewyxrage]

Which processor did you get? Some of that stuff seems redundant in that list. All in all though that's a pretty normal price for a decent laptop. It should serve you well as long as you don't plan on doing much gaming/high end graphic work.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4135



This review marked it pretty well as far as gaming goes.....

 

[chewyxrage]

Good with that rebate, i'm not a fan of Dell. You should have gotten the Lenovo X61 IMO.

It wasn't a rebate, it was coupon off the final price, immediate.....

 

[SaladFork]

You know that's weird, I never noticed that centrino line in there. I verified on the pone w/ the indian name "Eric" around 5:00.

I would assume it is the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800MHzFSB, 4M L2 Cache) because that is what I ordered.

I bought this machine because I do play games......like CS, TF, etc.

The machine I'm using now is a 2 gig 512 RAM ancient desktop which I paid over 2 grand for in 2002. I figured it was time for an upgrade.

But now that you mention that I will make sure I didn't some Centrino bullshit when I paid for something else....

Dual core is better then Centrino, it's faster and uses less power. Good chip... Scatch my X61 post, is not a gaming machine.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

You know that's weird, I never noticed that centrino line in there. I verified on the pone w/ the indian name "Eric" around 5:00.

I would assume it is the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800MHzFSB, 4M L2 Cache) because that is what I ordered.

I bought this machine because I do play games......like CS, TF, etc.

The machine I'm using now is a 2 gig 512 RAM ancient desktop which I paid over 2 grand for in 2002. I figured it was time for an upgrade.

But now that you mention that I will make sure I didn't some Centrino bullshit when I paid for something else....

Yeah a new laptop would be better than a 6 yr old pc for gaming. You bought the laptop more for convenience though, correct? A laptop for a main gaming machine limits your options to customize for future upgrades.

 

[chewyxrage]

Yeah a new laptop would be better than a 6 yr old pc for gaming. You bought the laptop more for convenience though, correct? A laptop for a main gaming machine limits your options to customize for future upgrades.

Yep, you got it. I was customizing a quad core desktop for $300 less but I travel once a month or so to visit family and friends, and it would be damn nice to have a decent laptop to bring with me.

I stay in hotels a lot and always miss having a machine that can take advantage of the free wireless....

 

[Mr. dB]

I got a reconditioned IBM Thinkpad T42, 15" screen, Centrino 1.7G, 40G HDD, XP Pro, $525 from the IBM Pre-Owned Outlet.

 

[ironcheif1984]

Apparently you got so excited coming up with that zinger above that you rushed it a bit. Luckily for you there is a edit option.

My bad a typo. Sorry if i affened you puddlemonkey.

 

[Razorguns]

it's okay.

but personally i like Toshiba. Mine is kicking ass. It even has Vista, and is stable as can be. I'm even running Adobe Production Premium on it.

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[chewyxrage]

Mine will have Vista as well, I'm a bit nervous about that - I think with two 2.4 gig processors and 3 gig DDR2 RAM I should be straight....