need you guys tought about this laptop

hi everyone, well my friend is planning to buy this laptop and i wanted to make sure with you guys if that laptop would suit her needs.

Components
Intel® Core™ Duo T2370 (1.73GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic Edition
Street Pattern
Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
No Webcam Option
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
High Definition Audio 2.0

she will use it for msn, Internet, light to medium photoshop usage and college works

price is : 648$ CDN before tax

 

You could get the bigger battery for longer battery life, at the expense of weight and additional money.

Also, if she is willing to, getting the Dell with the minimum 1GB of memory and upgrading yourself is much cheaper. Like you can buy 4GB with the money used to have Dell upgrade it to only 2GB.

 

I'm guessing Inspiron 1525? It should work fine for what she would use it for.

However, I would take Dave's suggestion.

 

thanks for the posts guys,
its 120 bucks for a bigger battery which is too much

 

Yea just downgrade that to the 1GB RAM if you can. Then go out and buy yourself 2GB or 3GB of RAM and stick those in. Cheap and easy.

 

It's from Canada, 2GB is the minimum on 1525s xd

 

Sometimes Dells' memory costs about the same nowadays. Extra capacity battery is worth it in the long run. I use my laptop for more than two hours at a time and for long trips it's a godsend.

 

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