TryingThingsOut Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 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/business/Laptops/laptop-vostro-1720/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-vostro-1720&s=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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Salivate over this mean machine. http://www.xicomputer.com/products/PowerGoIntelXT.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Is ReMark tryin' to make us hungry or what! Nice laptop ReMark! Take a peek-a-boo at this one too! Thinkpad™ dual screen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingThingsOut Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Hahaha! Noooo brotha! I need something for $1100, $1300, $1400 Somewhere in that price range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturne00 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingThingsOut Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cone Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I'm also considering the dell vostro 1720 to run autocad 2010 and was wondering what you all think of the specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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