I'm looking at buying a Dell Latitude D600 (my school has a servicing arangement with Dell and this looks like the best model).
I have a few questions and I figured that some of the hardware gurus in this forums would perhaps be willing to help me out.
The price for various upgrades (and the core) varies quite a bit depending upon how I get to the laptop (via the small business section, the recommended setup from my school's page on Dell's site, through the rest of the store on my school's page, etc.), but I think I've found the best deal. My only issue is that memory seems to be quite expensive. The minimum I can get is 128 MB, but I'd like at least 512, preferably with the possibility of upgrading to 1 GB in the future (I'll be keeping this laptop for a while). For $150 more I can get 512MB but it fills up both of the two memory slots. The single slot option for 512MB would cost an additional $170 on top of that. I suspect I can do better if I buy extra memory and install it on my own. Some searches on Froogle give me a price somewhere around $100 for a 512MB memory upgrade. Would it be difficult to install this on my own? I wouldn't hesitate to do so on my desktop, but I'm not familiar with doing so in a laptop. It seems to me that it would be preferable to add this in on my own and have the option to upgrade to 1GB later than pay Dell's prices.
Also, what is the difference between a 4 cell and a 6 cell battery? I can choose either but they're both the same price and I'm curious which is preferable. The Dell website says nothing about this.
Here are the specs I'm currently looking at:
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60GHz) w/ 14.1in SXGA+ Display
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, SP1, with media
128MB,1 DIMM,DDR SDRAM (note: I'm planning on upgrading this to at least 512MB, but I'm not exactly sure how)
40GB,HD,9.5MM,5400RPM
No Floppy Drive
DELL LOGITECH USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Internal 56K Modem
65W AC Adapter
8-24-24-24X SWDVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card
Dell Latitude Notebook
6 CELL PRIMARY BATTERY
3 Year Basic Plan
NTFS File System for all Operating Systems
TOTAL: $1,451.00
512MB,2 DIMMS,DDR SDRAM (instead of the other memory from Dell) would be an extra $150
Does that look like a decent deal?
Thanks for your help!
I have a few questions and I figured that some of the hardware gurus in this forums would perhaps be willing to help me out.
The price for various upgrades (and the core) varies quite a bit depending upon how I get to the laptop (via the small business section, the recommended setup from my school's page on Dell's site, through the rest of the store on my school's page, etc.), but I think I've found the best deal. My only issue is that memory seems to be quite expensive. The minimum I can get is 128 MB, but I'd like at least 512, preferably with the possibility of upgrading to 1 GB in the future (I'll be keeping this laptop for a while). For $150 more I can get 512MB but it fills up both of the two memory slots. The single slot option for 512MB would cost an additional $170 on top of that. I suspect I can do better if I buy extra memory and install it on my own. Some searches on Froogle give me a price somewhere around $100 for a 512MB memory upgrade. Would it be difficult to install this on my own? I wouldn't hesitate to do so on my desktop, but I'm not familiar with doing so in a laptop. It seems to me that it would be preferable to add this in on my own and have the option to upgrade to 1GB later than pay Dell's prices.
Also, what is the difference between a 4 cell and a 6 cell battery? I can choose either but they're both the same price and I'm curious which is preferable. The Dell website says nothing about this.
Here are the specs I'm currently looking at:
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60GHz) w/ 14.1in SXGA+ Display
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, SP1, with media
128MB,1 DIMM,DDR SDRAM (note: I'm planning on upgrading this to at least 512MB, but I'm not exactly sure how)
40GB,HD,9.5MM,5400RPM
No Floppy Drive
DELL LOGITECH USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Internal 56K Modem
65W AC Adapter
8-24-24-24X SWDVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card
Dell Latitude Notebook
6 CELL PRIMARY BATTERY
3 Year Basic Plan
NTFS File System for all Operating Systems
TOTAL: $1,451.00
512MB,2 DIMMS,DDR SDRAM (instead of the other memory from Dell) would be an extra $150
Does that look like a decent deal?
Thanks for your help!
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