As my laptop (toshiba tecra M1) is TOTALLY out dated and literally falls apart (screen needs to be supported, boxes are falling of,...) I'm REALLY in need of a new laptop.
So I went to the site of dell and found the Dell VOSTRO 17
with this setup
Code: [Select]PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5870 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB) bewerken
BESTURINGSSYSTEEM Legitieme Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1 - Nederlands bewerken
VERZENDINGSDOCUMENTEN Nederlands - Documentatie voor Vostro-laptop bewerken
TOETSENBORD Internal Keyboard - Belgian (AZERTY) bewerken
LCD-SCHERM 17-inch WXGA+-breedbeeldscherm (1.440 x 900) met niet-schitterende coating bewerken
GEÏNTEGREERDE WEBCAM Glanzend zwart zonder CAMERA bewerken
GEHEUGEN 4.096 MB 667 MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2 x 2.048] bewerken
HARDE SCHIJF 250GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor bewerken
GRAFISCHE KAART 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GS (128-bits) grafische kaart bewerken
OPTISCH(E) STATION(S) Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software bewerken
HOOFDBATTERIJ 8-cel lithium-ion hoofdbatterij (77 W/h) bewerken
for the price of 840euro.
Now I'm thinking of upgrading the processor to: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100 (2,10 GHz, 3 MB L2-cache, 800 MHz FSB)
But it costs 50euro more, is it smart to do that?
And an other thing isn't it STUPID to have a processor with 800Mhz and a RAM that only has 667MHz?

Thanks in advance

Jonas For €50, I don't think that upgrade is worth it.
The T8100's main advantages are a slight clock speed and L2 cache advantage, plus better power saving features.
As for the RAM speed, it's not really important.
Hope this helps.