Laptop for christmas

joepence

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I am looking to buy a cheap laptop that will be able to do everyday tasks. I will be doing e-mail (dsl internet) wireless, watching dvds, listening to music, some photos/downloading, editing, and would like Microsoft Office for Word, Excel. Otherwise, I don't really need it to do much else. Looking more for wireless internet cabability as much as anything. Looking to get a good deal for after Thanksgiving sales...:) What do you think about this Dell?

Dell has the Dell Vostro 1000 Dual Core Laptop w/ 1GB Memory and 15.4" Widescreen Display. The Vostro 1000 comes equipped with the following features:
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
15.4" Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Display
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ
120GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW w/Double-layer DVD+R Write Capability, for Vista® OS
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
1 Year Dell Warranty
 
phatasian

what are u looking for in your labtop gaming? because the dell isnt made for gaming the battery life is pretty low on that labtop 2 or 3 hours X__X
 
Depending on your budget I would change a couple of things like this Vista would run smoothly. First off get at least Windows Vista Home Premium. Home Basic doesn't offer as many things as Home Premium. Second of all it is recommended but it doesn't have to be done get 2GB of ram. Or order it with 1 GB and then upgrade the ram later with another 1GB of ram. And if they offer a better graphics card because the one you have now is integrated and it doesn't work very well with Vista. Aside from that it looks pretty good.

Also are you only interested in Dell or it doesn't matter which company as long as it fits your needs?
 
Vista Basic has nothing special really, it's missing several key features such as the Aero glass effects and media centre. Plus some networking features, and Flip 3D etc... Vista Home Premium has more but you really do want 2GB of RAM, my laptop has 1GB and it's awfully slow.
 
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