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    Dell Inspiron 1720 vs Dell Studio 17

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by robjr14, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. robjr14

    robjr14 Newbie

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    I'll be purchasing my very first notebook here within a month. I'm switching from a Desktop. Notebook will be mostly for webdesign stuff (Adobe products and Flash) with the posibility of a few games as I used to be an avid gamer (Medal of Honor & Call of duty Series). I barely play any games though so this laptop doesn't have to be built for games. I'm just looking at a decent laptop that will run pretty well and that has a chance of actually playing games (nothing like Crysis) from time to time!

    I can't decide which notebook to go with

    The Dell Inspiron 1720.. here's the basic specs

    Cpu: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache)
    Monitor: LCD DISPLAY Anti-glare, widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440 x 900)
    Ram: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm
    Hard Drive: 250G 5400RPM SATA HDD
    Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT

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    Dell Studio 17

    CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
    Monitor: Hi Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch WLED display (1440x900)
    Ram: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
    Hard Drive: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
    Video Card: 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650
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    Thank you all in advance for those who will find the time to reply and help me out. Thanks again.
    Cheers.
    Rob.
     
    robjr14, Jul 9, 2008
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  2. j89

    j89 Notebook Consultant

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    for cooler look go with the studio. I think the Inspiron would be slightly better performance wise. the geforce 8600m gt (in my opinion) trumps the ati hd 3650. As for the processor, the T9300 is a lot stronger and proficient than the T8100
     
    j89, Jul 9, 2008
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  3. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'd get the studio 17. I don't even think that the 3650 is really slower than the 8600m gt. It also has a better feature set (standard remote, fingerprint, hdmi, LED screen!!!) but than again, the inspiron 1720 has a considerably faster processor.
     
    CeeNote, Jul 9, 2008
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  4. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    SomeFormOFhuman, Jul 9, 2008
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