Sounds like a nice rig though I am not up on the newer
Dell models. Other than
to say you might want to get some of the upgrade
elsewhere I offer these thoughts:
Get a second battery, run them together and you wont
be deep-cycling one, they
will degrade ("wear out" in the lifetime sense, not
per charge) slower, and you
have longer run time if you need it.
Get a real SATA hard drive & an IcyDock enclosure
rather than a pre-made
external. About $160 would net you 500GB 7200RPM,
USB+eSATA, & tray swap capable
like the Barracuda & IcyDock I put together.
Don't install the Roxio since Nero or a
shareware/freeware solution are better
products. For that matter even Cyberlink PDVD I find
not worth the hassle when
Media Player Classic (and I assume VLC) suits the bill
for free.
If you are serious about wireless, get a Cisco card as
the have more power &
better range IMO. I find nothing but issues with
consumer grade cards & signal
strength but have not used the new Intel stuff.
Beware if the Bluetooth stack is Widcomm & you want to
use a headset. Broadcom
has decided in their infinite wisdom in stacks newer
than v5.0.x to make all
headsets use handsfree profile which is great for VoIP
(so they say) but ruins
the ability to headsets as wireless headphones for
non-streaming audio. In other
words, things like windows sound events get lost
because the headset is in
standby until a stream kicks in.
Most of all, have fun!
Wayne Johnson wrote:
> I just rec'd a small windfall & I'm buying a Dell
laptop because Dell
> will finance the thing. Please no Dell bashing but
otherwise I'd like
> your opinion on the specs below.
>
> Latitude D830
> Intel® Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.40GHz) 4M L2 Cache,
800Mhz Dual Core
> Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media
> 15.4 inch Wide Screen WUXGA LCD Panel
> 2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
> 80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM
> 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD
> 256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 140M
> Intel® 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card
> Dell Wireless® 360 Bluetooth Module for Windows XP
> Standard Touchpad
> 9 Cell Primary Battery
> D/Port Advanced Port Replicator
> 90W A/C Adapter
> Western Digital 160GB Passport USB 2.0 Portable Hard
Drive
> No Floppy Drive
> McAfee ® SecurityCenter 3 Years Subscription
> 3 yr Limited Hardware Warranty with Next Business
Day On-Site Service
> 3 Year CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service
> Gold Technical Support, Latitude, 3 Years
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