Decent system?

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• Zenithus

  March 2005

  Arrgghh! It's a Dell!!
  
  Apart from that Duff, it seems really good.
• BOD

  March 2005

  And its a pentuim 4, but as you said its for school work so it shouldnt matter
• JackTheStripper

  March 2005

  Get a Pentium M if you're going to spend that much.
  
  If you want something cheaper, look at eMachines Athlon and Semprons.
• J

  March 2005

  Zenithus wrote:

  Arrgghh! It's a Dell!!
  
  Apart from that Duff, it seems really good.

  
  Lmao
• Duff

  March 2005

  Honestly, as much as I dlslike the Dell desktop design etc. I've actually never had a problem with the actual components. So I don't see that as a down side.
  As far as Pentium M goes, that puts me about $200 overbudget. And as far as eMachines go, their site doesn't show anything relating to laptops (I know at one point they sold them, but now?)
  
  ~Duff
• Mr. Clean

  March 2005

  why o why get the pentium M (fail)
• SurfinShell23

  March 2005

  ghjoigsdklhdlkjooj omfg stop stop~~~!!!11
  
  Do not buy the 1150 or 5100 or 5150 or 5160. They're crap. I own the 5150, with the P4 3.06. Got it in Nov 2003. Almost $2000. Now they're selling for $500 to $800 on Ebay.
  
  The heatsink gets crapped up with dust, your temps will soar to 70c and then the mobo will die. I am about to get my 4th replacement, instead I am getting a new computer from them. Holy shit, save yourself from this while you can. I was so stupid to buy from this series, I was just power hungry and dollar cheap. I would have been 100x happier with a half as powerful IBM. Save yourself. My 5150 is like 8 pounds and 2" thick and the plastic is squishy. It's an engineering nightmare. From an engineering student perspective, the designers should be shot. You ahve to blow compressed air into it once a week to keep it alive. Save yourself. Get an HP, Toshiba, Compaq, or Sony. Maybe eMachines or an Acer from www.newegg.com. I've decided to get everythign from NewEgg from now on- quick, prompt, lots of reviews, wide selection. They have Athlon's starting at $650 or so. Plus, the Wifi reception is poor. I brought home an iBook G3 from school and it had better wifi reception. Maybe you might want an iBook, you seem to like Macs.
  
  
  Save youeself while you can. As someone at my school said, the consensus of most Dell users is that once you own one you never want to own one again.
  
  Check out the pain of other Inspiron users over here at their own site - http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums ... sp_general
  In summary, no, not a decent system.
• Duff

  March 2005

  Hmm, that doesn't seem very good at all.
  I'd prefer a Toshiba over anything else, depending on the prices I find.
  
  ~Duff
• Ka0s

  March 2005

  I HAVe a dell laptop, and it gets soooo hot just running word / IE.
• RN

  March 2005

  Mr. C wrote:

  why o why get the pentium M (fail)

  
  Pentium M > Pentium 4
• MentalMadness

  March 2005

  I have a pentium M system (see sig) and its great, Centrino systems arent THAT expensive, I paid
• SurfinShell23

  March 2005

  I really don't want to move to Canada, especially that I hear that you guys can't get stuff from NewEgg!
• Mr. Clean

  March 2005

  Roger wrote:

  Mr. C wrote:

  why o why get the pentium M (fail)

  
  Pentium M > Pentium 4

  Granite Rock > Pentium M
• BOD

  March 2005

  Mr. C wrote:

  Roger wrote:

  Mr. C wrote:

  why o why get the pentium M (fail)

  
  Pentium M > Pentium 4

  Granite Rock > Pentium M

  
  LOL
  
  My dad paid about
• SurfinShell23

  March 2005

  If more companies would sell Ath M's I'd get one. Unfortunately I was such a n00b when I got my Dell.
• [Deleted User]

  March 2005

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• SurfinShell23

  March 2005

  Maybe he was misinformed and was trying to be funny by making up false things about the Pent M, comparing it to a physical rock.
• BOD

  March 2005

  I think he was trying to say that a piece of rock is better than one maybe?
• [Deleted User]

  March 2005

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• nightice

  March 2005 edited March 2005

  edit: woah, wrong thread.
• Josh

  March 2005

  If I were you I would get me a good Alienware Laptop.
  
  (drool)
• SurfinShell23

  March 2005

  jcmoor wrote:

  If I were you I would get me a good Alienware Laptop.
  
  (drool)

  But they're so expensive and heavy!
• Ka0s

  March 2005

  Tomchu wrote:

  Mr. C wrote:

  Roger wrote:

  Mr. C wrote:

  why o why get the pentium M (fail)

  
  Pentium M > Pentium 4

  Granite Rock > Pentium M

  
  Wow, talk about throwing terms around ...
  
  1. It's Granite Bay, not "Granite Rock".
  2. Granite Bay is a Pentium 4 chipset. The Pentium M is a processor.
  3. You're comparing chipsets to processors?

  
  
  He meant the actual rock, not a chipset, its just a coincidence that there happens to be a P4 chipset called granite bay.
• [Deleted User]

  March 2005

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• Duff

  March 2005

  SurfinShell23 wrote:

  jcmoor wrote:

  If I were you I would get me a good Alienware Laptop.
  
  (drool)

  But they're so expensive and heavy!

  
  Yea, I need relatively lightweight and inexpensive!!
  
  ~Duff