im trying to decide which laptop i should get for school. i will be using it for homework and gaming. I won't have to carry it around for school, but ill be bringing it to friends houses to game. One is from IBuyPower and the other from dell, here are the specs
IBuyPower:
Case ( Battalion 101 W860CU 15.6" Full HD 1920X1080 Widescreen LCD TFT Notebook w/eSATA port, Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR), Fingerprint Reader, Li-Polymer 3800mAh battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic Black Color )
Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Mobile Processor (4x 1.73GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Memory ( 4GB [2GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Notebook Memory] - Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( Mobility DDR5 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCI-Express 3D Video [W860CU] )
Primary Hard Drive ( 500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Notebook Hard Drive )
Data Hard Drive ( None )
Optical Drive ( 2X Blu-Ray-R/8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [W860CU] )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( Built-in 7-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Notebook] )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Dimension 14.75"(W) x 10.0"(D)x 1.65"~2.0"(H)
Weight 7.38 lbs with Battery
Cost: $2007
now the Dell:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA HDD (7200rpm) edit
MEMORY 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
WIRELESS CARDS Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6200 edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit
HD DISPLAY 17.3” HD+ (900p) LED Display with TrueLife™, Camera/Facial Recognition SW & MultiTouch edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled edit
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1)
Width: 16.28" (413.6mm)
Height: 1.1" (27.7mm) front / 1.54" (39.0mm) back
Depth: 11.04" (280.6mm)
Weight: Starting at 7.08 lbs
cost: $1849
The dell has a touch screen, and more ram, and a backlit keyboard. but the ibuypower has better a video card, and is smaller, plus higher screen res and blu-ray.
IBuyPower:
Case ( Battalion 101 W860CU 15.6" Full HD 1920X1080 Widescreen LCD TFT Notebook w/eSATA port, Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR), Fingerprint Reader, Li-Polymer 3800mAh battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic Black Color )
Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Mobile Processor (4x 1.73GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Memory ( 4GB [2GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Notebook Memory] - Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( Mobility DDR5 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCI-Express 3D Video [W860CU] )
Primary Hard Drive ( 500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Notebook Hard Drive )
Data Hard Drive ( None )
Optical Drive ( 2X Blu-Ray-R/8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [W860CU] )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( Built-in 7-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Notebook] )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Dimension 14.75"(W) x 10.0"(D)x 1.65"~2.0"(H)
Weight 7.38 lbs with Battery
Cost: $2007
now the Dell:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA HDD (7200rpm) edit
MEMORY 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
WIRELESS CARDS Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6200 edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit
HD DISPLAY 17.3” HD+ (900p) LED Display with TrueLife™, Camera/Facial Recognition SW & MultiTouch edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled edit
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1)
Width: 16.28" (413.6mm)
Height: 1.1" (27.7mm) front / 1.54" (39.0mm) back
Depth: 11.04" (280.6mm)
Weight: Starting at 7.08 lbs
cost: $1849
The dell has a touch screen, and more ram, and a backlit keyboard. but the ibuypower has better a video card, and is smaller, plus higher screen res and blu-ray.
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