Re: "I would not go with any of the brick and mortar store laptops or
anything from Dell."

Dell has some configuration options on the E1505 that, for a laptop, are
pretty good ... some advanced mobile ATI chipsets, and the more powerful
mobile members of the Core 2 Duo series (the ones with 4MB of cache).

It's still weak compared to a desktop, but as laptops go it's getting
close to the limits of what you can reasonably do.


CJ wrote:
> If your daughter is a gamer, I would not go with any of the brick and mortar
> store laptops or anything from Dell.
> Several companies are dedicated to making customized gaming machines.
> Alienware is probably the best known of these companies. You can customize a
> gaming laptop starting at $849. They are probably overall more expensive
> than other companies out there though. Their website is www.alienware.com.
> I've also heard good things about ibuypower.com laptop PCs. These machines
> you can get up to 2 GB RAM as well as a good video card and not pay all that
> much more than you will with Dell.
>
> I would start by going to Walmart or someplace like that and pick up some of
> the computer gaming magazines and doing some research on the companies out
> there advertising laptops and their capabilities.
>
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