I have a quick question. Is it worth it????? or not. let me know

I dont know much about laptop, (yes I'm new to this) there is this guy that is selling me a Alienware laptop M9750 with this specs:

• Two Speakers with SubWoofer
  
• #4 Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
  
• Express Card Slot /54mm
  
• IEEE 1394a (4-pin) port
  
• 4-in-1 Memory Card Reader
  
• (SD / MS / MSPRO / MMC
  
• #17” Wide Screen WUXGA 1920 x 1200 with Clearview
  
• #512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
  
• #7200 RPM 320GB
  
• #8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW
  
• #Integrated Bluetooth 2.0
  
• #Integrated Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45
  
• #Windows Vista® Home
  
• #3GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

His selling it for a real good price ($900) and his getting rid of it cuz he barly uses it. The laptop is in mint condition and works like new. let me know if it a good deal and if this laptop is good. Im not a hardcore gamer, I like to play games such as COD 4, Left 4 dead, fallout 3... let me know if it would run good in this laptop, thanks

 

and the processor is...

 

It's gonna be kinda weak due to the video card. You can get better for $900. Look around for a used Crossfire M17 and you'd be GTG on those games.

 

He said that he runs Call of duty 4 and 5, battlefield etc on high and they run smooth. what i like is that his local and not across the state.

 

The processor its Intel T7200 2.00GHZ...Good or bad????

 

And then there was silence.

 

i'd say this is a pretty bad deal for 900..

 

agreed, for $900, you can 4x more powerful laptop.

 

The question is, and its one we can't answer without comparing to what else you could get for $900.

For example, currently on the US Dell website you can get an Inspirion 17 kitted out as follows for $879:

Obsidian Black
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 (2.0GHz /1066MHz FSB / 3MB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1 64 Bit
Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
HD DISPLAY 17.3" HD+ WLED
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
1515 802.11 Wireless-N Mini-card
Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam
Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled

Which brings tradeoffs, for example you are getting a bigger, but slower HD. You are getting a "worse" video card (though spot research says not by much) but getting more and faster memory.

With the Inspirion you are getting a warranty, with the Alienware, you might.

And around and around it goes.

Now if you are asking is $900 is good deal, I'd say it's not one I would do. While my situation isn't yours, I'd still take a step back, see how much/how long it would take me to save another $900 and go with a new m15x (if I didn't need the 17 inch screen) or a base model m17x.

That would be my first option. If that wasn't possible (it would take too long or I had to have a laptop RIGHT NOW), I might do it, but I'm leary of second hand systems. Burned too many times by friends in the past, you could say.

 

Like forget the $900, I could probally lower it to $700 or so. my concern is if the laptop good for non-Hardcore players. lol

 

a single 128bit 8700 gpu will only take you so far. a base M17 for $900 would be a better deal and 2 generations newer. That M9750 is worth no more than $500.

 

for 100 more u can get a G51 at bestbuy which will blow that alienware outta the water even with the underclocked 260m gtx

 

Yah..you nailed it.

 

At that price, I would say its decent, but you should probably haggle it a little, some of the tech is a little dated.

As a general-use laptop (e.g., browsing, IM, email, Office), its a solid machine, and can easily handle "light" gaming too.

If its in good working order, I'd go for it, but try to knock down the price a little....

 

That's a very poor deal. I've seen an M9750 very similar to that, only a bit worse, a year ago for only $400. And no, that's not a joke. (I say a bit worse because it had 1440x900 screen I think, 1.6GHz C2D and an unspecified GPU-probably single 7950M GTX/8700M GT, note sure if any others were sold with it)

You can get better than that for $900 nowadays, leastways in an M17.

 

yeah, i wouldn't go for the deal. unless you can lower the price and get two 7950gtx in there or even a single 3870, i would say ditch it.