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4.5 stars
"Great Laptop!"
Pros: Fast, good monitor, and affordable
Cons: Slightly heavy, speaker sounds like you are in a tin can (slightly)
Summary: I decided to get a laptop for college, after researching I saw that Dell would release a new series of Inspiron with the Santa Rosa technology which increased the FSB to 800mhz. So I set out to get a laptop. I got a 2.2 dual core processor, 2gb ram. 160gb hd,15.4" screen, 8600gt video, 1440*990 hd glossy screen and the 85 mwh battery. The computer runs great, especially at high resolution. The only problem is that some of the software upgrades are rather pricey. So I held off on upgrading Vistas and I opted not to get any productivity software installed because I could pick it up vastly cheaper through school. Eventually I ordered the laptop, took about 2 weeks for them to build it and then 2 days to deliever it. This computer runs amazingly well, I am very happy, I was worried that I wouldnt be able to run any games on it, but the dx10 video card and the high processor speed just eats through the games I play, on Half Life 2 game engine. I would recomend this laptop for anyone. Although I dont know what the price would be if I just ordered it without any couponds (Since I am ordering it for college I got 200 dollars off, along with a coupon I found online if the laptop was over 1399. The final cost for my laptop was just over 1750. A very good deal if I must say so myself. The only complaint I have is that if the image on the screen is dark (night scene) and you are in a well lighted room you can see yourself reflected in the screen (has glossy screen) I dont know really how the battery life is because I dont go very far, but I took if off one day and it lasted for just over 2 1/2 hours, but I wasnt doing anything extreneous on it. Also the computer is very good with connection to wi-fi and its a blast to use. Although being unfamiliar with Vista hindered me a little in the beggining but it worked out in the end, if you choose you can revert the style to past Windows editions (i.e. XP) All in all a very good computer for school, I greatly recomend it.
