Biochem
March 27th, 2008, 09:20 PM
Hi,
My 15 month old Dell Laptop died on tuesday and I need a replacement fast. Right now I considering a couple of option my main concerns are cpu speed, the possibility for a 4 Gig of ram and price. I already have 2 Gig of memory, a 100 Gig 7200rpm HD and an Intel abg Wifi card for an instant upgrade. I don't play game and was happy with Intel graphic before. But do a lot of calculation so CPU and ram are important.
Here are the options I'm considering. The fact that they come with Ubuntu pre-installed is just a fluke, they were the cheapest around.
Anyone has experience, suggestions or comments with these models? I'm also open to other brand, as long as it plays nice with Linux. I'm also looking for something that will last mefor a while, I'm not used to change my computer once a years
System76 Pangolin value
Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8 GHz 800 MHz FSB 2 MB
Wireless agn
1Gig Ram
HD 60 Gig 5400rpm
Keyboard US
Price: 995.53 $
(Shipping cost is really hurting this one)
Dell Inspiron 1525N (with Ubuntu not Windows)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5450 (1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB
Wireless ag
1 Gig Ram
HD 120 Gig 5400rpm
Keyboard: Canadien Francais
Price: 801.17 $
(I also have an extra battery and PSU to go with it)
Prices includes shipping and taxes estimates
Thanks
My 15 month old Dell Laptop died on tuesday and I need a replacement fast. Right now I considering a couple of option my main concerns are cpu speed, the possibility for a 4 Gig of ram and price. I already have 2 Gig of memory, a 100 Gig 7200rpm HD and an Intel abg Wifi card for an instant upgrade. I don't play game and was happy with Intel graphic before. But do a lot of calculation so CPU and ram are important.
Here are the options I'm considering. The fact that they come with Ubuntu pre-installed is just a fluke, they were the cheapest around.
Anyone has experience, suggestions or comments with these models? I'm also open to other brand, as long as it plays nice with Linux. I'm also looking for something that will last mefor a while, I'm not used to change my computer once a years
System76 Pangolin value
Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8 GHz 800 MHz FSB 2 MB
Wireless agn
1Gig Ram
HD 60 Gig 5400rpm
Keyboard US
Price: 995.53 $
(Shipping cost is really hurting this one)
Dell Inspiron 1525N (with Ubuntu not Windows)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5450 (1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB
Wireless ag
1 Gig Ram
HD 120 Gig 5400rpm
Keyboard: Canadien Francais
Price: 801.17 $
(I also have an extra battery and PSU to go with it)
Prices includes shipping and taxes estimates
Thanks