What about the Vostro 1720?

[TryingThingsOut]

Hey guys, got a bit more money now so now I'm thinking of something a bit better... What about the Vostro 1720?



http://www1.ca.dell.com/ca/en/busine...bsd&cs=cabsdt1

Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

LCDs
17.0 inch WXGA+ Anti-Glare LED Display

Memory

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz, 2 DIMM

Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9600M GS 512MB

Price: $1100 (before taxes, etc)

[Tankman]

Spec's look decent enough, I use CAD '05 on my Thinkpad™ laptops, '07 on desktops.

All older, spec's older too. All work fine. All XP Pro SP3.

My Thinkpad™ laptops have 14" screens, crystal clear.
This is for portability. I hated carting the larger 17" screened laptops I had in the past, this shoulder, the other shoulder, back 'n forth. Plus, the battery charge was shortened somewhat to power the larger LCD screens.

[ReMark]

Salivate over this mean machine.

http://www.xicomputer.com/products/PowerGoIntelXT.asp

[Tankman]

Is ReMark tryin' to make us hungry or what! Nice laptop ReMark!

Take a peek-a-boo at this one too! Thinkpad™ dual screen!

[TryingThingsOut]

Hahaha! Noooo brotha!

I need something for $1100, $1300, $1400

Somewhere in that price range

[Tankman]

Hahaha! Noooo brotha!

I need something for $1100, $1300, $1400

Somewhere in that price range

Try www.eBay.com for some excellent pricing for laptops.

[nocturne00]

nice one reMark, Core i7 processor and a quadro for GPU. actually that had a pretty good price compared to the Alienware models, most with those specs run to about $4000 up.lolz.
There is always one frustration with laptops on those specs, battery life will almost always never last for more than an hour

[TryingThingsOut]

Heh, I don't really care for battery life. 95% of the time I'm sure I'll find a plug somewhere. The laptop will be 80% at my home, 20% at school.

But yeah, what do you guys think of the Vostro 1720? (The model on the far right)

Or something that is int he $1200 range or so

[cone]

I'm also considering the dell vostro 1720 to run autocad 2010 and was wondering what you all think of the specs.

[ReMark]

Looks like the Vostro 1720 shares memory with the graphics chip. Heavy duty work will cause a performance hit. Other than that it should be fine for 2D work.