New laptop help

[Royal Flush]

How much do you want to spend, fish?

Dual Core or (Quad core - if they're out yet). WUXGA screen. 2GB of RAM minimum with the option to increase it if you wanted to.

NVIDIA graphic cards have compatibility problems with Poker Tracker.

Dell's are good, Alienware are supposedly  better. I've been told MESH are good also.

I don't want to go crazy buying a top of the range gaming machine, but i want it to last for a few years without worrying about performance. I was looking at the dell inspiron 9400 and the XPSM1710 last night, would they do the job?

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9400 with WXUGA in September. No problems at all with it so far. Four tables with no overlap (and a bit of spare room), it doesn't get particularly hot and a 3-4 hour battery life. I would definitely recommend getting it, it was about £900, and make sure you get WXUGA (which is basically the code for widescreen).

Rob

Cool, i just looked at it now and came up with this:


Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Operating System Re-Install CD) - English
Basic Package, 3 Year At-Home Service
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
120GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW with Software
256MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 graphics card
9 Cell, 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery


The basic 9400 with the WUXGA screen +£100 2GB Ram instead of 1GB +£225 GeForce Video card +£210 it all comes out at about £1550

If i remember rightly dell in January always offer free double Ram so will probably save £225 of it then but otherwise is that a good price?

[Royal Flush]

Forgot to say Rob, well done in the poker dome, win that damn thing!!

[byronkincaid]

How much do you want to spend, fish?

Dual Core or (Quad core - if they're out yet). WUXGA screen. 2GB of RAM minimum with the option to increase it if you wanted to.

NVIDIA graphic cards have compatibility problems with Poker Tracker.

Dell's are good, Alienware are supposedly  better. I've been told MESH are good also.

I don't want to go crazy buying a top of the range gaming machine, but i want it to last for a few years without worrying about performance. I was looking at the dell inspiron 9400 and the XPSM1710 last night, would they do the job?

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9400 with WXUGA in September. No problems at all with it so far. Four tables with no overlap (and a bit of spare room), it doesn't get particularly hot and a 3-4 hour battery life. I would definitely recommend getting it, it was about £900, and make sure you get WXUGA (which is basically the code for widescreen).

Rob

Can you plug a mobile phone thingy in it to get internet access? Or do you not need it on your travels cos everywhere's wireless now?

[Nem]

How much do you want to spend, fish?

Dual Core or (Quad core - if they're out yet). WUXGA screen. 2GB of RAM minimum with the option to increase it if you wanted to.

NVIDIA graphic cards have compatibility problems with Poker Tracker.

Dell's are good, Alienware are supposedly  better. I've been told MESH are good also.

I don't want to go crazy buying a top of the range gaming machine, but i want it to last for a few years without worrying about performance. I was looking at the dell inspiron 9400 and the XPSM1710 last night, would they do the job?

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9400 with WXUGA in September. No problems at all with it so far. Four tables with no overlap (and a bit of spare room), it doesn't get particularly hot and a 3-4 hour battery life. I would definitely recommend getting it, it was about £900, and make sure you get WXUGA (which is basically the code for widescreen).

Rob

Cool, i just looked at it now and came up with this:


Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Operating System Re-Install CD) - English
Basic Package, 3 Year At-Home Service
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
120GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW with Software
256MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 graphics card
9 Cell, 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery


The basic 9400 with the WUXGA screen +£100 2GB Ram instead of 1GB +£225 GeForce Video card +£210 it all comes out at about £1550

If i remember rightly dell in January always offer free double Ram so will probably save £225 of it then but otherwise is that a good price?

£225 for 1GB of RAM is a joke. Apart from that it looks good. You should find out what is the maximum RAM you can install in this computer.

[M3boy]

Google for it ya lazy B'stad!!!!! lol

Plenty of sites m8 and reviews

Would rather get some first hand experience!

Fair point, was just messin with ya anyways

[RobS]

How much do you want to spend, fish?

Dual Core or (Quad core - if they're out yet). WUXGA screen. 2GB of RAM minimum with the option to increase it if you wanted to.

NVIDIA graphic cards have compatibility problems with Poker Tracker.

Dell's are good, Alienware are supposedly  better. I've been told MESH are good also.

I don't want to go crazy buying a top of the range gaming machine, but i want it to last for a few years without worrying about performance. I was looking at the dell inspiron 9400 and the XPSM1710 last night, would they do the job?

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9400 with WXUGA in September. No problems at all with it so far. Four tables with no overlap (and a bit of spare room), it doesn't get particularly hot and a 3-4 hour battery life. I would definitely recommend getting it, it was about £900, and make sure you get WXUGA (which is basically the code for widescreen).

Rob

Cool, i just looked at it now and came up with this:


Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Operating System Re-Install CD) - English
Basic Package, 3 Year At-Home Service
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
120GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW with Software
256MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 graphics card
9 Cell, 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery


The basic 9400 with the WUXGA screen +£100 2GB Ram instead of 1GB +£225 GeForce Video card +£210 it all comes out at about £1550

If i remember rightly dell in January always offer free double Ram so will probably save £225 of it then but otherwise is that a good price?

Not sure about this, I don't think I got an enhanced video card or extra memory, and I definitely didn't get the 3 year insurance package.

As for Poker Dome, cheers the $1 mill would be nice! Semi-final to be recorded Jan 20th.

[RobS]

How much do you want to spend, fish?

Dual Core or (Quad core - if they're out yet). WUXGA screen. 2GB of RAM minimum with the option to increase it if you wanted to.

NVIDIA graphic cards have compatibility problems with Poker Tracker.

Dell's are good, Alienware are supposedly  better. I've been told MESH are good also.

I don't want to go crazy buying a top of the range gaming machine, but i want it to last for a few years without worrying about performance. I was looking at the dell inspiron 9400 and the XPSM1710 last night, would they do the job?

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9400 with WXUGA in September. No problems at all with it so far. Four tables with no overlap (and a bit of spare room), it doesn't get particularly hot and a 3-4 hour battery life. I would definitely recommend getting it, it was about £900, and make sure you get WXUGA (which is basically the code for widescreen).

Rob

Can you plug a mobile phone thingy in it to get internet access? Or do you not need it on your travels cos everywhere's wireless now?

I guess you can but I've never tried, everywhere seems to have either broadband or wireless so I've not looked into the mobile possibilities.

[M3boy]

On the "mobile phone" point, I use Blue Tooth to connect my mobile to both Laptop and PC - as a backup connection if my broadband ever goes down, or when say Fishing and have no broadband access - seems to work well enough.

[Royal Flush]

£225 for 1GB of RAM is a joke. Apart from that it looks good. You should find out what is the maximum RAM you can install in this computer.

Yeah like i say i am pretty sure that 1Gb will be free if i wait till the Jan offers. The max it lists is 2GB, not sure if it takes more.

On the "mobile phone" point, I use Blue Tooth to connect my mobile to both Laptop and PC - as a backup connection if my broadband ever goes down, or when say Fishing and have no broadband access - seems to work well enough.

Yeah it comes blue tooth enabled so could be useful with hotel disconnects.

As for Poker Dome, cheers the $1 mill would be nice! Semi-final to be recorded Jan 20th.

If you lost to those animals think how little respect you would have!

Nice result in the Bellagio too, nice to see someone carry Green to a final

Now be a good lad and when you return to Vegas get on the dice!

[RobS]

If you lost to those animals think how little respect you would have!

Nice result in the Bellagio too, nice to see someone carry Green to a final

Now be a good lad and when you return to Vegas get on the dice!

All fair points apart from the dice. Maths lectures are more interesting than the dice!

[Royal Flush]

If you lost to those animals think how little respect you would have!

Nice result in the Bellagio too, nice to see someone carry Green to a final

Now be a good lad and when you return to Vegas get on the dice!

All fair points apart from the dice. Maths lectures are more interesting than the dice!

You will never reach the pinnacle of poker like your m8 TJ if you don't learn correct dice strategy.

[Longines]

If you want a Dell, www.dmxdimension.com usually has links to some of their better deals. They get commission if you click through from them - I'm nothing to do with them but have found them useful in the past.

Following their link for the 9400 and doing a bit of customisation, I come up wth this:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Operating System Re-Install CD) - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™
1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
120GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW with Software
256MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 graphics card
9 Cell, 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Dell™ Wireless 350 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate

Cost is £945 delivered. Take out the two RAM SIMMs and flog them on eBay for £50 each, buy 2x1GB from www.crucial.com/uk for £165 and you've got a very nice machine for £1000.

I downgraded the support to 1 year collect & return as I've done with the Dells I've recently recommended for various relatives. If something goes wrong in year 2 or 3, a bit of determination and the Sale Of Goods Act should suffice...

HTH.

[RED-DOG]

you shouldnt really have any problems with lag as long as you stay clear of Ladbrokes which seems to use too much of most people's processor power for some unknown reason.

I really struggled with this problem on Ladbrokes, but I found a solution.

Laddies uses a lot of processor power because of the way it updates the lobby, if you click on say, the MTT tab, but don't click "regular" or "all" the list doesn't populate or update.

Hey presto! No heavy processor usage.

[UpTheMariners]

ive got a dell inspriron 9400 laptop with 1900x1200 resolution, can fit four tables perfectly BUT i have had nothing but problems with it. the service is really poor, speaking to asia to trying to get it fixed doesnt help! 3 months and they still haven't fixed the problems yet... AVOID DELL!!!!

[Nem]

ive got a dell inspriron 9400 laptop with 1900x1200 resolution, can fit four tables perfectly BUT i have had nothing but problems with it. the service is really poor, speaking to asia to trying to get it fixed doesnt help! 3 months and they still haven't fixed the problems yet... AVOID DELL!!!!

Is it a hardware problem or a software one?