New Laptop Suggestions

someone help? please

Hey, thanks very much for the response. I will be going to University of Waterloo in Computer Engineering. I am not sure if they have it. Right now I am in Alberta, Canada, and they have a 7% GST, while Ontario has 7%GST and 8$PST (totaling 15% Tax) That is why I want to buy now and not at the University.

I have heard that Pentium M is fairly expensive and will it cost a lot more if I buy them? I was going to go for P4M 2Ghz...

yes it will cost alot more...However for good reason...you get a much longer battery life with a pentium M...the p4m is heavly based on the P4 which is a pretty power hungry cpu...

Really it all depends on your needs...if you want ultimate portability then the pentium m is a good choice...

If you want ultimate portability with a budget you could go for a cheepo pIII M sytem from ebay...use that for your first 2 years of collage...once it gets slow upgrade to whatever is out at the time...

If you don't care about battery life...then go for the p4m...the battery should last 3 hours...

Now i have a word of warning about dell laptops...on their webpage and in their advertisments...it does not seem that all of the the cpu's used are pentium 4 m's...there are some strait p4 cpus it seems...If it does not have an M then DO NOT BUY IT!

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP

I went to the Dell website and I built this 600m for $2088 and -$100 savings so without GST it's $1988Can, what do u guys think? Should I get it?

Inspiron 600m
Intel Pentium®M Processor at 1.3GHz w/ 14.1" XGA Display & ATI 9000 Mobile 64MB Video

B13ZGHC-[221-1950]
Memory
512MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs)

512MB2D-[311-1885]
Hard Drive
30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive

30GB-[340-8045]
Floppy Drive / USB Memory Key
USB Floppy Drive Module

FD-[340-6896]
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition - English

WHXP-[412-0408][313-1828][420-2427]
Integrated Modem and NIC
Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card

56MPC-[313-1659]
Optical Devices
2X DVD+RW/+R Combo Drive

P2XDVDR-[313-1370][420-2574][462-2880]
Wireless Networking Card
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN (802.11b, 11Mbps) miniPCI Card

IP2100I-[430-0481]
Productivity Software
WordPerfect™ Productivity Pack

CNCOREL-[412-0399][412-0401][412-0174][412-0398][412-0245]
Security Software
Norton Antivirus® 2003, 90-day introductory offer (412-1234)

NAV2003-[412-0324]
Primary Battery
48 Watt Primary Battery

48WHR-[312-0055]
Warranty
1-Year Return-to-Depot Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year

S111RR-[900-9054][950-9910]

EDIT: oh by the way Shipping is $139<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by ra5555 on 08/10/03 00:57 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

hey thanks for the response again, I think I will get it then
I checked out the warrentee on offer, they are:

1-Year Return-to-Depot Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year

1-Year Return-to-Depot Service+Complete Care, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year [add $99 or $3/month1]

3-Year Limited Warranty, 3-Year Return-to-Depot Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year [add $130 or $4/month1]

3-Year Limited Warranty, 3-Year RTD Service+CompleteCare, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year [add $309 or $8/month1] Protect Your Investment

3-Year Limited Warranty, 3-Year On-Site Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year [add $230 or $6/month1]

3-Year Limited Warranty, 3-Year Onsite Service+CompleteCare, 24x7 Phone Tech Support,365 days a year [add $409 or $11/month1]

4-Year Limited Warranty, 4-Year On-Site Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year [add $569 or $15/month1]

I don't really think I would need 3 year warrenty because after 3 years I probably already have a new system to spar. I am thinking of getting a complete care service just in case I accidentally damages somehow (eg. drops or something)

thanks again