HELP

[Derek2U]

Guys I want to buy a notebook mostly for my apt. I want it
very powerful & I might have to install WIN2000 in order to
install a few programs. I'm looking into buying a HP mobile
printer with it. Any specific ideas? derek

[Racehorse]

laptop ...

I'm a confirmed Dell guy.... have owned multi other brands of desktops, have built close to a hundred more from scratch ...am online this evening configuring a new desktop for my wife's office...

so, when I took a glance here on PA and saw your question, I thought I give it a quick go

I get no money or have anything to do with Dell other than to use their products .. don't even own any DELL stock ...

this is close to one I have and it is a dandy ...
but, I'm of little help on a portable printer .. haven't used one in five years and changes have been large since then so my thoughts would be worthless concerning the printer.

first, I'll make the observation that you don't need the lightweight one, as you stated it was for your apt ... but I'd recommend an external mouse

this one comes with Win2K which you stated you "might have to install"

the "M" processor is a dandy but the higher speed hard drives for laptops are only 5200k which is a decided disadvantage to me


here is a quickie configuration ... don't know how the data will line up on this fourm but it shouldn't be too hard to decipher ...

Latitude C840: Mobile Pentium® 4 Processor,2.4Ghz-M 15.0 UltraSharp™ UXGA C240 [221-2071]

Memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM, 2 DIMMS 512M [311-1370]

Video Memory: Nvidia® GeForce4 440 GoTM card with 32 MB
DDR video memory 32VM [320-0199]

Hard Drive: 40GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM 405400 [340-3964]

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Service Pack 3 W2KSP3 [420-1574]

Mouse: Logitech USB 2-Button Optical Mouse in Grey GUSB2BO [310-1476]

Fixed Optical Device Options: FREE UPGRADE! 24-10-24X CDRW ICDR24P [461-7078]

Microsoft® Office: Microsoft Office Small Business with Adobe Acrobat 5.0 SBEXPAD [365-1234] [461-7110] [412-1202]

Hardware Support Services: 3Yr Mail-In Service T3YRR [950-8540] [950-8542]

File Systems: NTFS,FILE SYSTEM,WIN NT/2K/XP NTFS [420-0153]

Factory Installed Software (Readyware): Norton Antivirus® 2003, 12-month subscription upgrade RNAV2K3 [410-0161]

Security Software - Shipped Separately: Symantec Antivirus CorpEd 8.0 (1 user license)

$2338.00 showing a $150 discount and free shipping .. don't know if Dell charges tax in NYC or not but the price should be in close to $2182 plus tax delivered to you ...

it IS a nice box, for as I said, it is close to the one I have *(mine is about six months old)

the 15in screen is nearly the same size as a 17in CRT

[sq764]

$2300?? Jesus..

You can find a 2.2 gig, 512 MG Ram, DVD reader/writer with a 15 in. flat screen lcd, with WINXP for under $1150..