$400 Dell Laptops

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by wendy666

I saw the Dell Vostro 1000 15.4 inch 512MB 80GB Laptop is still available for $399 at a deal site

you just cant live with only 512mb of memory


with vista you need at least twice that .... if not 4 times as much.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Laz

you just cant live with only 512mb of memory


with vista you need at least twice that .... if not 4 times as much.

The one thing I hate about laptops is the way they place memory.. More then likely that lap top has 2 256mb chips.. And most laptops only have two slots unlike four on desktops..

1gb of ddr2 runs about 30dollars brand new, so it would cost you 60 bucks to run 2gbs in a laptop.. And if you were lucky enough to get a laptop that ran 4gb those ****ing 2gb chips jump up to hundred dollars..

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Valiant

The one thing I hate about laptops is the way they place memory.. More then likely that lap top has 2 256mb chips.. And most laptops only have two slots unlike four on desktops..

1gb of ddr2 runs about 30dollars brand new, so it would cost you 60 bucks to run 2gbs in a laptop.. And if you were lucky enough to get a laptop that ran 4gb those ****ing 2gb chips jump up to hundred dollars..

Seems like most laptops these days will run 4gb with vista. 2gb chips are pretty damn cheap now and you can easily get two of them for roughly $80 or less if you hunt for a deal.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Laz

you just cant live with only 512mb of memory


with vista you need at least twice that .... if not 4 times as much.

From my experiences with my own laptops, 512 is somewhat tolerable in XP but if you plan to typically have more than one application open at a time 1gb is pretty needed. With vista 1gb is pretty painful and with how low memory prices are these days if your laptop will take it I would just upgrade to 3-4gb with after market chips.