Is This Laptop Alright?

[freak]

Intel Celeron® 2.0GHz

14.1" XGA (1024 x 768) TFT Active Matrix LCD Display
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 7500 4X AGP 3D Graphics Accelerator with 32MB EMBEDDED DDR Memory
Up to 2,048MB PC2100 DDR Memory
Up to 60GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
Audio DJ Access Front Panel
Smart Li-ion Battery
Built-in 56k V.90 Modem RJ-11
Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet RJ-45
Built in Wireless 802.11b LAN (Optional)
Built-in IEEE-1394 Port
Built-in Panasonic SD Memory Slot
Built-in Sony Memory Stick Slot
24X CD-RW Drive
Combo 8X DVD - 16x10x24 CD-RW Drive w/Softwares (Optional)
Swappable 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive (Optional)
3 USB 2.0 Ports
Windows2000 Professional, Windows XP Home or Professional, Available as Options




Processor & Chipset
Intel Celeron® 2.0GHz w/128k L2 On-die Cache
Chipset: Intel 845PE and ICH4

Display
14.1" XGA (1024 x 768)
TFT Active Matrix LCD Display

Disk Drives
Up to 60GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Disk Drive
Combo 8X DVD/16x10x24 CD-RW Drive w/Softwares
3.5" 1.44MB Swappable
Floppy Disk Drive (Optional)

Memory
256MB PC2100 DDR Memory
(Expandable to 2,048MB)
Two DIMM sockets
Built-in Panasonic SD Memory Slot
Built-in Sony Memory Stick Slot

Network
Built in 56k V.90 Modem
Built in Ethernet 10/100BaseT Network Card
Built in Wireless 802.11b LAN (Optional)

Audio Features
Realtek ALC202 AC'97 Codec
3D Stereo Sound System
2 Stereo Speakers and Microphone
Audio DJ Access Front Panel
Digital VR volume control with mute switch
Sound Blaster Pro Compatible
Wavetable 3D Stereo Audio

Video Controller
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 7500
4X AGP 3D Graphics Accelerator
OPENGL™ and DirectX 7™ compliant
32MB EMBEDDED DDR Video Memory
ATI HYPER Z™ technology
PIXEL TAPESTRY™ architecture
Supports PowerPlay, Two 3D pipelines,
3 textures per pipeline, 0.15µ process
Supports MPEG II playback of 32 frames
per sec
Supports up to 32-bit true colors
Supports two DIFFERENT applications
open at one time; one on the External
Monitor, and one on the Laptop Screen
Multi-tasking has never been more Productive! I/O Interfaces
3 USB 2.0 Ports
IEEE-1394 Port (4-Pin)
Parallel Port - Bi-Directional, ECP/EPP
VGA port: 15 pin DDC2b compliant
Keyboard: PS/2 mouse port, 6 pin
Mic-in and Headphone-out Jacks
FIR compliant 4-Mbps infrared port
S-Video TV out
Kensington lock support

Battery
Smart Lithium-Ion Battery
2 Hours Run Time
9 Cell, 73.2Whrs Capacity
3.5 Hours recharge time

Input Device
Keyboard with 88 Full Size Keys
MS Windows Function Keys
Synaptics Programmable Touch Pad with
4 Way Scroll Button

PCMCIA
Type II PCMCIA slot
Supports 32 bit CardBus

Electrical Requirements
Universal AC adapter
Full Range 110-220V AC, 50-60Hz Auto
Sensing Auto Switching

Size and Weight
10.6" x 13" x 1.6"
7 pounds including battery

[adamp2p]

If you are in the United States, shine that laptop for sure and get a refurbished Dell laptop...you can save a ton of money that way and not have to settle for a celeron processor (terrible)...

Dell refurbed means in 90+% of cases that someone ordered it and then cancelled out of it. I just got for $900:

P4 @ 3.0 GHz with HT
256 MB Dual Channel DDR 400
Geforce MX 440 AGP 8X
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Intel Canterwood i875P chipset with RAID support
48X Lite on CD RW drive
16X variable DVD ROM Drive
WinXP home
60 GB Western Digital Caviar 7200 RPM
Floppy Drive
Microsoft Mouse
Keyboard
etc, etc. Go to their outlet and see what you can get for your hard earned dough...

What is your budget?

[freak]

well that laptop above is like $949...But im also looking at upgradeabilty... and that laptop has a 2 gb max for the ram that seem pretty good also whats wrong with the celeron processor? thanx for the help would like to here ur suggestions

Edit: max budget about $1100 to $1200

[davestones]

shame you cant afford an alienware...

[adamp2p]

Look at These, there at least you can get a P4, and a nice one (http://outlet.us.dell.com/Dispatcher?target=InventoryPage&action=filter&lob=INSP&unique=1057766349579&sessionID=1M7F2FKg!-2069891079!-701670513!1057766341172&tgtSeg=I)

The celeron chip is terrible! It only has 128kb L2 cache, which basically means that the chip has to go to memory to get freqently used data. The Pentium chip has 512 kb L2 cache. The celeron is a garbage chip.

[freak]

What if i got the same as the one I post but instead put a p4 chip in. i think it has the option to upgrade. heres basicly what im looking for. good ram to start off with and has a 1 to 2 gb max, 40 gb hd, cd-rw/dvd-rom combo and a good processor. I noticed that none of those dells had the combo drive or i missed it

[adamp2p]

Most of the dells have combo drives. Plus they give you i think a free year of support and warranty.

Inspiron 5100 (System Identifier FLT823GT)
System Price $1,242.Dell Inspiron 5100 Notebook: Intel® Pentium®4 Processor, 2.5GHz, 533MHz Front Side Bus, 14 XGA Display

Promotion Discount ($150.00)
Discounted Price $1,092.00

Memory: 256MB,DDR,266MHZ SDRAM(2 DIMMS)
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Video: 16 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
NoteBook Screen: 14 inch XGA Notebook Screen
Modem: Internal Modem
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
CD Read-Write Drive: 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Software: Software
AOL 8.0 ISP Software


DVD Software
Norton AntiVirus 2002 Software
Microsoft® Works Suite 2003
Misc: Shipping Material
Standard Keyboard
Miscellaneous
12 Cell Battery

another:

Inspiron 5100 (System Identifier DDCT5TMT)
Dell Inspiron 5100 Notebook: Intel® Pentium®4 Processor, 2.66GHz, 533MHz Front Side Bus, 15 XGA Display

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System Price $1,333.00
Promotion Discount ($200.00)
Discounted Price $1,133.00

Memory: 512 MB DDR 266MHz SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive: 30 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Video: 32MB ATI Mobility M4? 3D Video, 4X AGP
NoteBook Screen: 15 inch XGA Notebook Screen
Modem: Internal Modem
Network Interface Card: Internal NIC
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP Home
CD Read-Write Drive: 24X CD-RW Drive
Software: Software
Microsoft® Works Suite 2003
Dell Picture Studio, Paint Shop Pro Edition
Software
DPS Image Expert Standard Software
Dell Support 2.0
Dell Support 2.0 Software
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer
Music Match 7.1 Software
Software
Software
Misc: Shipping Material
Shipping Material
Standard Keyboard
Miscellaneous
12 Cell Battery

I cannot see you either building this or buying this any cheaper. Impossible.

[freak]

alright thanx u've been a big help i'll look into those. And i'll also note that the intel chip is terrible lol thanx again :D

[adamp2p]

Just go to "refurbished systems." Choose notebooks and take a look around there.

The good thing about dell is the fact that if you get a refurbed computer and don't like it you have 14 days to return it... ;)

[freak]

thanx :lol: I'll probably just get a dell simaular to the one of the ones u posted

[iamtheoneandonlyone]

Well I think thats ok but it could use a litte upgrade. Get it refunded and you can something better and cheaper.