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meanSpleen · 05-06-2006, 03:20 PM

This past week, my boss calls me into her office and tells me to "Go to dell.com and pick out a new notebook. I didn't realize yours was so old. Choose what you want, you don't have to get one of the lousy ones we get for the regional operators. Get a good one"

After the resulting jaw drop I thanked her and I would let her know after I go through the site.

ANYWAY - Any thoughts on the Dell Precisions m65? What I built for myself is -
CPU - Intel Core Duo T2500 (2.00GHz) - dual core
Screen - 15.4 WSXGA LCD (1650x1050 max resolution same as the Dell 2005FPW, only smaller)
GPU - Nvidia Quadro FX 350M, 512mb
Mem - 1GB ddr2
Some CDr/DVD combo drive (non-dvdr)
a port replicator and monitor for the cubicle.

The only real change from the stock settings is a faster cpu and screen. The combo drive too, but that hardly counts! My only restriction on this was that it had to be from Dell, because we have an account there and we get discounts because of it. I know I could just get the biggest fastest most glamourous options there are for this thing, but I really don't see any point in a better screen when it will be small enough 1650x1050 res, and fast enough (way fast enough) with a 2ghz dual core cpu.

Note: I don't do any heavy duty graphics editing, or much of anything taxing on the computer outside of autoarchiving a few hundred emails every week. The boss tells me to get a good computer, then darnit, I'm going to get a good computer

05-06-2006, 03:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	So my boss says, "Choose a laptop for us to buy you" This past week, my boss calls me into her office and tells me to "Go to dell.com and pick out a new notebook. I didn't realize yours was so old. Choose what you want, you don't have to get one of the lousy ones we get for the regional operators. Get a good one" After the resulting jaw drop I thanked her and I would let her know after I go through the site. ANYWAY - Any thoughts on the Dell Precisions m65? What I built for myself is - CPU - Intel Core Duo T2500 (2.00GHz) - dual core Screen - 15.4 WSXGA LCD (1650x1050 max resolution same as the Dell 2005FPW, only smaller) GPU - Nvidia Quadro FX 350M, 512mb Mem - 1GB ddr2 Some CDr/DVD combo drive (non-dvdr) a port replicator and monitor for the cubicle. The only real change from the stock settings is a faster cpu and screen. The combo drive too, but that hardly counts! My only restriction on this was that it had to be from Dell, because we have an account there and we get discounts because of it. I know I could just get the biggest fastest most glamourous options there are for this thing, but I really don't see any point in a better screen when it will be small enough 1650x1050 res, and fast enough (way fast enough) with a 2ghz dual core cpu. Note: I don't do any heavy duty graphics editing, or much of anything taxing on the computer outside of autoarchiving a few hundred emails every week. The boss tells me to get a good computer, then darnit, I'm going to get a good computer __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!