Dell Laptop

[Matthew]

I'm looking to replace my HP ZD7140 Laptop. I'm looking to replace it with a Dell Vostro 1700. I'll list the specs below. If you could take a look at the specs and let me know if anything jumps out at you (good or bad). It ships with Vista but is fully compatible with XP, all drivers are available on their website, I'd just have to purchase XP and install it. TIA.

 

Catalog Number: 70703 N17002V_F_2E

Module Description Show Details

Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz, 4MB L2

Cache, 800MHz FSB), English

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Business Edition,

English

LCD Panel 17.0 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCD Display with

TrueLife™

Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at

667MHz, 2 Dimm

Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT

Hard Drive 160G 5400RPM SATA hard drive

Integrated NIC and

Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08

Optical Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write

capability, w/o Roxio Creator

Sound Card Integrated High Definition Audio

Wireless Cards Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini Card

Camera Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera

Productivity Software No Microsoft Office, English

Anti-Virus/Security Suite

(Pre-Install) No Anti-Virus/ Security Software, English

Batteries 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Hardware Support

Services

1 Year Return to Depot Service and Technical

Support

Online Data Storage 10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell

DataSafe

Dell Network Assistant DELL NETWORK ASSISTANT 1.7, NO INSTALL

Automated PC Tuneup 1 Year Dell Automated PC Tuneup

[Tinhman]

I would go with Dell M6300. It has a better graphic card and faster hard drive.

Tinhman

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I have an M6300 and I'd have to agree. The video is outstanding and performance approaches that of a desktop. Try to get the "TrueLife" screen though.

[Matthew]

Does the M6300 have the full keyboard?

[Jeff Kemper]

Numerics keypad? I think it does not.

[Matthew]

Yes, numeric keypad. The laptop I have now (ZD7140 from HP) has it and I really like having that as I use the computer for other stuff than just Mastercam which makes the keypad useful. The M6300 is a nice spec'd computer, but it's a bit out of my budget too. The Vostro meets most of my criteria, even though it's not quite as powerful it'll still be better than what I'm using now. My graphics now is an Nvidia 64mb card, so the 256 on the Vostro definitely beats that.

[CNCGUY]

What type of screen has the "glossy" look. Ive seen many of these and it seems to me you would have severe glare issues. I like the "mat" finish myself.

 

Troy

[Steve Hattori]

You might also check into the Sager 9262. Its can be configured with a quad-core CPU and 3 hard drives in Raid-5, if you have the wallet for it! True desktop speeds on a pretty big lappy.

[Greg VN]

I have a M6300 and I ordered mine with blue toothe capability and also got a bluetoothe keyboard and mouse from dell. It works great and I'm still using the original batteries.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I do not have a full keyboard as I did on my old HP, BUT... the performance is quite good and most of the time I have my laptop docked so that's kind of a moot point.

 

TrueLife is the shiny screen .

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

You will find that VISTA will be an issue with Mastercam and a lot of other software. If using for anything else, make sure it will run on VISTA. Our accounting, database, and other software are not VISTA compatibile.

JM2C

[Todd84]

I just got an XPS 1530 last week. It has the 2.4 cpu 4gb ram. 7200 rpm hd most of the bells and whistles. It is a very nice computer for playing Crysis battlefield 2142 and other games. It is an ok Mastercam computer though. It does have some issues. I would go toward a refurb M60.

[Thee Dragracer1951]

All I gotta say is I love my M90....