Help deciding on notebook specs

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YukeDogg

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I'm going to buy a notebook from dell and need help deciding on a few details.

I would like to get at least 2-3gigs of ram, because i'll be gaming on it. Would it be cheaper to to buy a notebook with minimal ram, then bring it to a comp shop and add more?

Also should I upgrade to a Wireless-N Mini-card? in the near future will everyone be using 5ghz wireless n routers?
 
We need to know the specs.

As in

T7200

XXXhard drive
XXXmb Nvidia GeForce XXXX

And how much are you willing to pay

This notebook is nice

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1710?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

The Dell XPS M1710

and for €1,929 you get

Intel Core 2 Duo T7400
Windows Vista Home Premium
512mb 7950GTX < Best laptop card although gives bad battery life 15-30 mins tops.
160GB HDD
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card (for Core 2 Duo Processors)

Or If you want to get a better battery life then:

LINK

This one isn't as fast as a 7950GTX But this one is DX10 Whist a 7950GTX is DX9
I prefer the toshiba as my experince with them gave me 1-2 hours.
 
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Sorry, i didn't title the thread right. The main questions i had were about the ram and wireless card. Tho if u have any other advice it is appreciated.

This is the computer i'm going to get, cuz its only 1000bucks w/ dell coupon.

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)

DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)


Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
CD writer / DVD player
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition
High Definition Audio 2.0
 
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YukeDogg said:
I'm on a budget, so I'm going w/ this inspiron because its only 1000 bucks w/ dell coupon.

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)

DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)


Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
CD writer / DVD player
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition
High Definition Audio 2.0
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Well I can't call it a gaming laptop but I can call it a media centre laptop. Gaming laptops have 512mb Vram on them.

FAQ:
Why are you so oppsesed with vram?
Because it makes the GPU.
a 256mb is fine?
Yeah..... Why didn't Nvidia realise a 32mb Nvidia 8800ULTRA GTX
 
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