Final advice before I order tommorow morning.

Well I am an engineering student starting this summer. Hey thats what it took to get into FSU, so Im gonna start in July. I know someone who can get me a deal on a dell. Heres what I will get most likely:

Stats:

Dell Latitude D620
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0ghz
14.1" WXGA+ LCD
2gb RAM [2x 1gb DDR2-667]
256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 110M TurboCache
80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM
Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media [buying vista at student cost]
8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio Digital Media™ and Cyberlink Power DVD
Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Dual-Band Mini Card
6 Cell Primary / 9 Cell Secondary batteries
Latitude Gold Technical Support / Warrantee

Final cost: $1415.26

Now Ive talked with some college professors along with students and have heard good things about this lol vcards rendering abilities. For what I will be using I think it will be fine.

So final words anyone ?

 

Love it...and a pretty good price too...missing CPU though.

 

Fixed It has the Core 2 Duo T7200

 

Should meet all your needs. As an engineering student myself, I found myself only doing some coding and using MATLAB. Needless to say, it depends on what engineering you intend on majoring, but the laptop should meet all your needs.

 

Yup excellent choice on the processor too

 

I'm out of words.. You've got a very sweet deal. Cant go wrong with it.

 

awesome, ordering now.

 

I am going into Computer Engineering [hardware]. I cant wait!

 

what is your warranty? complete care?
how many years?
24 hour on site?

thanks

 

3 year complete care on site.

 

Well then you're absolutely set...those specs with that price you CANNOT beat. I'm a EE myself (but a self proclaimed Computer E) and I know that amount of power should take care of your class needs for a long time.

I'd take some of that extra money and invest in a modular bay battery...then your battery could take you through a day or two of classes on a single charge!

 

Wow, that's a really awesome deal.
Normally that deal would range somewhere $1700+
How did you managed to get it so low?

Congratz on ur purchase btw.

 

Don't Forget To Buy A Ti-89 Platinum Graphing Calculator, It'll Be More Useful Than Any Pc During Your Engineering Studies. Also, Start Looking For Cool Engineering And Math Programs Such As Matlab 7.1, Mathematica, Maple, If Electrical Or Computer Engineering I Recommend Maxwell And Electronics Workbench. Of Course Microsoft Programs Are Useful And Your University Might Have A Campus Agreement With Microsoft For Programs Such As Office And Visual Studio. But Above All Buy That Ti-89 Platinum Asap!!!

 

update!

My new toy will be here on the 20th! They bumped it up a day

 

I got a 6-cell and a 9-cell

Ive got people

already started. ill check into some of those.

 

i know someone with an awesome EPP program and am getting it through him.