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    G2S-B2 versus Inspiron 1720

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by smood, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. smood

    smood Notebook Evangelist

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    What am I missing here? I configured the Dell Inspiron 1720 with a better setup than the G2S-B2 (2.5 ghz penryn versus 2.4ghz, 250 gb drive versus 200gb) and it even has a blu ray player and its cheaper than the G2S-B2???

    Does the 8600 GT it has have GDDR2 or 3? How can this dell have better specs but be cheaper than an Asus?


    Specs
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    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition, English edit
    SYSTEM COLOUR Jet Black Color with Matte Finish edit
    LCD DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit
    INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam edit
    MEMORY 3GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (1GB x 2GB) edit
    HARD DRIVE 250G 5400RPM SATA HDD edit
    GRAPHICS CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM) edit
    WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
    BATTERY OPTIONS 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
    SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Stereo High Definition Audio edit


    PRICE $1699 CAD
     
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Dell = 8600M GT DDR2.


    Note 250 GB 5400RPM vs 200 GB 7200RPM
     
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    smood Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahhh DDR2... phew I can rest easy. I don't really want to get a dell but if the price was that good I couldn't really ignore it. This is really making me think twice about the G2SG-A1. Damn this decision is so hard!! ERGH.
     
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