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    Fine tuning laptop choice.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bmnotpls, Sep 29, 2007.

  1. bmnotpls

    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

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    Shich should I choose? I use the computer mainly for web activities, programming, some PS/encoding, some gaming (I want to be able to play Starcraft 2, HL2)

    Dell Inspiron 1520 P2
    Core 2 Duo T5450 @ 1.66 Ghz
    2GB DDRII/667
    FSB 667 Mhz
    nVidia GeForce Go 8600M GT

    VS

    Dell Inspiron 1520 GEN1 White
    Core 2 Duo T7100
    1GB DDRII/667
    FSB 800 Mhz
    nVidia GeForce Go 8600M GT

    Same price (970 Euro)
     
    bmnotpls, Sep 29, 2007
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  2. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    The difference is 1.66 GHz vs 1.8 GHz and 1GB of RAM vs 2GB

    The RAM will do a bigger difference, especially if you run Vista

    (but it depends on you....since you can add 1GB of RAM later to the second choice)
     
    John B, Sep 30, 2007
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