New laptop - just ordered!

[Simon]

Well, Dell had a sale, and my family needs a laptop, so we bought one.

Intel? Core? i3-350M 2.26Gh (4 Threads, 3M Cache)
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 RAM
15.6" High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife?
ATI Mobility Radeon? HD5470, 64-Bit, 1GB, DDR3 
320GB 5400rpm Hard drive
Genuine Windows? 7 Home Premium, 64bit

I thought it was a nice purchase

 

[Angeal]

Looks pretty good there, Good Job!

 

[XXzz-Trauma-zzXX]

Ugh Dell. ASUS FTW!

 

[Blue Stealth]

you will find the 5400 rpm HDD was a mistake but perhaps you can install a faster one

also, is that one of their studio laptops?

-Blue

 

[Simon]

you will find the 5400 rpm HDD was a mistake but perhaps you can install a faster one

also, is that one of their studio laptops?

-Blue

Im familiar with the 5400 RPM hard drive thing, but we didnt want to spend too much.

its an inspiron 15R

 

[Bauer24x]

Nice Buddy! Have fun with it! Looks great!

 

[QuickSkope]

Looks nice, hope it handles well, ASUS FTW, im not really an Intel guy

 

[Simon]

Lol. I think it might actually be able to handle source games alright, which pleases me greatly

 

[Blue Stealth]

Lol. I think it might actually be able to handle source games alright, which pleases me greatly

should handle source game just fine provided the gpu drivers are functional. Source is no longer a very resource-needy engine. You will have extended load times with that HDD but other than that should be smooth.

-Blue

 

[shadows5631]

I like what Intel has done with the new Core i3's. Pretty fast, and are affordable.

 

[QuickSkope]

I like what AMD has done with the 1055T, 6- cores for 200$.

 

[Simon]

should handle source game just fine provided the gpu drivers are functional. Source is no longer a very resource-needy engine. You will have extended load times with that HDD but other than that should be smooth.

-Blue

Of course having a slower HD is an issue. Gaming isn't a huge thing on a laptop for me, I have my desktop for that.

I may upgrade it in the future, but for now alright for work/music/video


And yeah Shadows, I tried a few out with friends, rather pleased

 

[Xhisorz]

Nice Laptop Tho beware of upheating ive had one looking the same, they get pretty hot pretty fast.

For Music/video/work a mac would've been better (my opinion.)
Because they're very fast buffering videos, they have good quality and are pretty easy to learn to use.

 

[Simon]

I gave used Mac many times. Had a iBook G4 at one point. But since my family will be using it (99% me though), it needs to be idiot-proof. My mother and Mac don't get along well

 

[Xhisorz]

I gave used Mac many times. Had a iBook G4 at one point. But since my family will be using it (99% me though), it needs to be idiot-proof. My mother and Mac don't get along well

Okay haha, well atm im the only one without a mac in my family. Cant afford it as im broke >.< But my mom and mac works out kinda well.