Need a crash course in modern laptops!

Post by **Xest** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:25 pm

Here's the offer:

Module Description
Inspiron 6000D
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home
15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ LCD Panel
1GB DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™
60GB 5400rpmHard Drive
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO 2915 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel, and Outlook email
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 36-months
Digital Music Musicmatch Plus by Yahoo!Music- More features with 90 days of On Demand
6-cell Lithium Ion Battery (53 WHr)
Hardware Warranty SAVE $60 (after rebate) 4Yr Ltd Warranty, At-Home Svc, and HW Warranty Supt
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
Digital Imaging Corel Photo Album 6 Premium - Starter plus Back up, Share, Create, and more
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec

Really pleased with it, bumped me to 1gb of RAM instead of my old 512mb. 2.13ghz version of the Pentium M instead of my old 2ghz classic chip, also built in wireless and bluetooth which is nice. I notice they included 4 years warranty in the quote which is interesting, I wonder if I can hold them to that seeing as my old warranty has expired? I've asked if they can bump it to the 1920x1200 res screen instead of the 1680x1050 they've offered me so far as my old screen was 1600x1200 and hence 1920x1200 is the correct wide screen equivalent, I've also asked them to chuck in an external floppy drive seeing as my old one had one, I'll see what they say on monday but the worst they can say is no and leave me with the above so it's a pretty good result.

Post by **Lieva** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:52 pm

is it free?

Post by **Xest** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:35 pm

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:37 pm

very very very nice deal i would say.

Takitothemacs · Post by **Takitothemacs** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:29 am

get them to supply it without that AOL crap on it!

Sharkith · Post by **Sharkith** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:49 am

Xest your a jammy git. Thats a nice spec for a laptop.

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:52 am

I wonder how much cash they would want to upgrade the graphic card to 128mb & put a faster HD in?

Then it would be just awesome!

Post by **Xest** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:22 pm

Takitothemacs wrote:get them to supply it without that AOL crap on it!

Hehe, like it's gonna stay Windows XP home for more than 5mins after it gets through the door ]I wonder how much cash they would want to upgrade the graphic card to 128mb & put a faster HD in?

Then it would be just awesome![/QUOTE] Was contemplating asking that but to be honest, I've had enough of having to mess about with them already, you can guarantee if I start getting cash involved that they'll overcharge me or something. At the end of the day, this'll extend the life of my laptop by another year or two, my old one was nearing replacement time anyway so I can't complain too much

Heta · Post by **Heta** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:58 pm

hmm... you gotten the new one yet?

tought you where talking about your laptop sucking last night

Post by **Xest** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:53 pm

No new one wont come for like 15 days :/ Still got the old one.