Is this DEll Vostro good enough to play games and I also have other questions.

Ok i'm getting this Vestro from Dell

ok i can get this one but it has no MS word. How much is MS word? Is it expensive because i need MS word for school will this laptop run better? Also with the processor can it be used and still run games fine as it will save me money. Intel® Celeron M® M550 (2.0GHz, 1M L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5670 (1.8GHz/800MHz FSB/2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1

WARRANTY & SERVICE 1 Year Basic Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-in Service

LCD PANEL 17.0 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCD Display with TrueLife™

MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM

OPTICAL DRIVE 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive

VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT

HARD DRIVE 160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive

MEDIA DIRECT Dell Exclusive MediaDirect™ Instant Play Software Application

WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card

WEBCAM No Camera

SOUND OPTION Integrated High Definition Audio

but it has no Micrsoft word in it which I really need!!! HOw much is Micrsoft word. Also to thoughs that have a Vestro how long does it last as i'm unable to get the warranity for it becuase of the costs. does it need a warranity?

 

Gaming wise you need a better processor.

Programs such as Word can be procured without purchasing if money is a problem. Microsoft has plenty of it already.

 

BS, we dont advocate piracy here. You need to purchase it. You can get the office student edition for around 150. If money is a problem, drop the graphics card to be able to afford it.

 

Don't get the Celeron.

 

istead of getting word, get the open office suite of software, better and compatible with word, and best of all free. go on google com and type open office in and download it.

 

spend the xtra money ona 2.2 ghz core 2 duo

 

I really would consider getting the vostro 1500 instead of the 17" model, it'd probably be cheaper, and much more portable.

 

Don't forget all Vostro's ship with MS Work 9 for FREE ! It's a stripped down version of MSO but if al you are doing is creating basic documents it might do the job. As Nizzy said don't pirate it ain't cool.

Someone started a thread over in the Windows OS forum where college students were able to buy MSO for something like $79. If your college doesn't offer it you an go directly to MS and you should be able to get it there.

I own two Vostro's a 1500 and 1700 and they are rugged laptops.

 

I never said "We" do, I never said you do. I do. I think making a money strapped student already purchasing the OS to spend that much money is wrong, but hey. Im not telling anyone how to do, everyones left to their own devices. I pay for 90% of my software.

 

He may be thinking of openoffice.
I think we should ask and make things clear before we use strong language.

 

Here's the thread for MS Office Ultimate for $59.95, i'm not sure if the deal is still good.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=168545

 

No, I mean piracy. I didnt instruct on how to do it. We all know its illegal, and we know people do it everyday. My first instructor at my college used to do tech support for the other teachers before he became a teacher and said they all had illegal pirated teaching software, lol.


But yeah, purchase everything or lions eat you? lol