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    Which Dell Laptop Should I Choose, help me narrow it down. Must have a dualpointer!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by LaptopsRule101, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. LaptopsRule101

    LaptopsRule101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have posted this on what notebood should I buy on the main page. But thought I'd try to get it narrowed down to one on each company I current have two laptops I'm liking.

    I'll try to just make it shorter, for a quick and easier answer.

    I want a gaming laptop for Starcraft 2 , DB3, maybe some WoW, (rarely) digital art programs at times and for watching movies often.

    I'd like 1920/1800 resolution, a SSD drive would be nice, but isn't a must, but if I could upgrade it later, that would be a major plus!

    I'd like a the best graphic card choice I could get, one that can be upgraded later on would really be super too.
    Here are the two dell laptops I'm currently liking.

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    Dell Precision Mobile M4500 64bit

    Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core 1.60GHz 6MB edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64-, no media
    OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 edit
    WARRANTY & SERVICE 4 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 4 Year Next Business Day On-Site Service
    VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® Quadro FX 1800M Graphics with 1GB dedicated memory
    MEMORY 4.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
    LCD 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED Display with Premium Panel Guarantee


    Price listed for everything, $2,256.00


    Latitude E6510

    Intel® Core™ i7-620M (2.66GHz, 4M cache) with Turbo Boost Technology
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64-, no media
    WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year ProSupport for End Users and 3 Year Next Business Day On-site Service
    LCD PANEL 15.6" UltraSharp™ FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED with Premium Panel Guarantee
    VIDEO CARD 512MB NVIDIA® NVS 3100M edit
    MEMORY 8.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS

    Price listed for everything, $1,936.00.


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    Over 2100 is really pushing it, so I'd probably have find something to ungrade some how. But "ANY" advice on which one of these is better, graphic wise, future upgradable wise and so on etc, would be really, really helpful to me.

    Oh and it "MUST" have a touchstick/dualpointer. I currently use a DELL XPS GEN 1 3.4gh 1gb memory,60gb hd and I love its touchstick to pieces!


    Thanks in advance for any help you may give,
    LR101

    P.S. None of the XPS series have the touchstick any more do they?
     
    LaptopsRule101, Jul 23, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you need the touchpad and the trackpoint, these are probably the best you're going to get (unless you want to try for an M6500). Neither have replaceable graphics cards, but both should be able to handle SC2 and WoW (dunno about D3). The M4500 has the better GPU, and you could probably save a little money going to an i5/i7 dual-core if offered (since it doesn't look like you'll be doing much CPU-intensive work).

    I have to say, though, Dell/HP trackpoints are pretty bad compared to Lenovo's... you may want to consider a ThinkPad if you like the trackpoint.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 23, 2010
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