I am looking at getting a laptop, I am considering Gateway, Hp/Compaq, and Dell.
For the Dell I am caught between a few things.
The inspiron 1405
which is a 14.1 inch screen, and is supposed to have a battery life between 6 -8 hours on the 9-cell lithiom ion battery.
The Inspiron 1505
which is a 15.1 inche screen and much of the same things. Though it does have a 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 TurboCache video card which looks to be really cool. Though in this area I don't know what the difference is.
The processors have me REALLY confused.
Here are dell's offerings
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB) [add $125 or $4/month1]
Intel® Core™ DUO T2350 (1.86GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB) [add $40 or $2/month1]
Intel® Pentium® dual-core T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB [Included in Price]
What is the deference between the one on the bottom and the Core Duo and the Core 2 Duo? Is it really worth it???
Also, should is the difference between the intels and the AMD's in terms of battery life and performance great or not. (Not which one is your favourite, which one performs better in those to areas).
I am mainly looking at dell but I am keeping an eye on some similar Compaq/Gateway deals. Which company do you think is better. I was told that Dell had a lot of proprietary parts (but I don't know if the Best Buy dude was the best person to ask since it's his job not to sell dells. Though he did insult some of the computers they had as well.)
FINALLY! Is there a difference in battery life between when you have a nvidia card or an intel card or is it the same. Also, how about linux usage (for the same question).
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