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Inspiron 1300
Hi! I'm thinking of buying the Inspiron 1300 for school. I'm wondering if choosing the Celeron M over Pentium M will affect the speed of the system noticeably. Also, this is my first time ordering from Dell, so I'm wondering if there is anything I should know or be aware of before I make the call. Thanks in advance! :)
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i dont really know what the difference between celeron m and pentium m is...what is it?
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I don't know.... that's why I'm asking. :)
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Depends on what you're doing. For performing every day tasks like homework I think the Celeron would be fine. If you plan on playing any somewhat intense games or doing graphics work definitely go with Pentium. The big advantages the PM has over the Celeron are increased amount of cache and a little bit better battery life.
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Sorry to be a bother, but now I'm wondering if I should get an Inspiron 640m instead. I'm a university student living in Canada and the portability the 640m offers is definitely an advantage. I'm not planning on playing any intense 3D games on the laptop (I don't have many anyway), but I do plan on doing basic office work, watching DVD's/DivX movie files, and surfing the Internet. Should I buy the 640m instead? Is it worth the extra price?
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Is it worth the extra price? If you're moving around a lot, for Core Duo and a pound less weight, I'd definitely say yes. Especially if the price difference is only one or two hundred dollars. The Core Duo will also most certainly have more longevity than either the Pentium or Celeron M.
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Couldn't resist throwing in my opinion.
Unless the extra couple of hundred dollars is impossible, it's definitely worth the extra cost. I had an e1405/640m for a couple of weeks, and the thing was fantastic for a sub-$800 machine.
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Depends on your needs and budget...as always. If all you do is: check email, use internet, MS Word, etc. you will never even be taxing a Celeron so you won't notice the difference. If you like to use Photoshop heavily, play games, plan to use Vista and the Aero interface, or like running a bajillion programs at once (including burning lots of CD's) then I would probably look at the dual core.
My personal testimonial: I own an Inspiron 1100 (the predecessor to the 1300): 3 years in, it's doing just fine (except for a corrupt registry failure that destroyed my hard drive...but that had nothing to do with Dell.) The biggest bottleneck in computers is STILL RAM after all these years, not processors, and RAM can be upgraded very easily in the future as you see fit (I also advise getting 1 bigger stick of 512 or 1GB instead of 2x something small because it makes future upgrades more effective.)
As for the 640m, you will probably notice the size difference before the weight difference. People always think, geez, 5.5lbs is like 20% lighter than 7lbs. In reality, 1.5lb weight difference isn't enough to worry about. 14" is more portable but mostly because of size, so if portability is a big issue, maybe spring for the 640m if the price difference is small (like 100-200.) It's not worth more than that though.
If you're planning to get a Dell, make sure to have a coupon
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Re: Inspiron 1300
Hi! I'm thinking of buying the Inspiron 1300 for school. I'm wondering if choosing the Celeron M over Pentium M will affect the speed of the system noticeably. Also, this is my first time ordering from Dell, so I'm wondering if there is anything I should know or be aware of before I make the call. Thanks in advance! :)
If you are going to be gaming or doing video editing get the pentium.
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Thanks for all your replies! I really appreciate your help. :) This is going to be my first laptop, and I don't know if I'm going to eventually use it for photo editing/playing games/doing more intensive things. I know I'm going to burn some CD's and/or DVD's, but what I'm planning to do with it for the forseeable future is work, Internet surfing, music listening, and movie watching. I heard laptops are hard to upgrade so I was thinking of buying it and leaving it "as-is". However, all of you techies (I'm saying this as a compliment :)) have inspired me to look into the upgrade-ability of the laptop.
I can go up to around $1000 if I need to, but I'm trying to minimize the costs. Portability is important to me, but if it's only going to be, let's say, 1 lb lighter but it's $200 more expensive, I would rather carry a heavier laptop. I've read the reviews for both laptops on this site (very informative, btw :o ) and they both seem pretty good. So now I'm left with a dilemma. lol
Evil_Sheep: The pictures from the reviews make the 640m look thicker than normal notebooks (the reviewer also points out the thickness in his or her review). Does the size make up for the extra thickness? Also, I'm planning on using this laptop for 3-4 years, should I get Dell Complete Care? Finally, where can I get Dell coupons (I love discounts lol)? :)