My new laptop I just bought.

[SupDawg]

Inspiron 1720, Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.4GHz, 800Mhz,3M L2 Cache)
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 1720
Anti-glare, widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440 x 900)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600
120G 5400RPM SATA hard drive 5400RPM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, Inspiron 1720
1 Year Limited Warranty and Mail-In Service,Notebook
Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod


It's a gift for my wife - I got it at a real deal - Guess how much?

[jaketerminate]

Would've got a faster hard drive maybe 7200RPM but looking good.

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Originally Posted by SupDawg;

It's a gift for my wife - I got it at a real deal - Guess how much?

Seeing as how we know where you work, I'm figuring it's a lot less than we would have paid LOL...
Nice outfit.

[fvbounty]

Nice laptop, how about $799?

[SupDawg]

750.

[fvbounty]

Originally Posted by SupDawg

750.

I had a pretty good guess, that is a very nice laptop you have!!!!!!

[SupDawg]

Thanks... Got it at 47% off built price. It was 1304 before coupons..


And about the hard drive, I replaced my wife's 600M HD with a 7200 version, and I could not tell one iota of difference between the two. Looking forward to see what kind of battery life I get with this Penryn CPU.

[SRTDodge05]

Damn nice laptop for that price.

[fvbounty]

Originally Posted by SupDawg

Thanks... Got it at 47% off built price. It was 1304 before coupons..


And about the hard drive, I replaced my wife's 600M HD with a 7200 version, and I could not tell one iota of difference between the two. Looking forward to see what kind of battery life I get with this Penryn CPU.

What was the old HD a 5400 rpm? I 've changed out a 4200 rpm to a 5400 rpm and it felt way quicker!

[SRTDodge05]

The 5400rpm over the 4200 was a big jump. But from a 5400 to a 7200 you really wont see a difference. But you'll notice less battery life with a 7200rpm drive.

[SupDawg]

Yeah, it was a 5200 drive.

[SpeedDMN]

Sweet price! I think a 5200 is what I have in mine and the HDD is almost always the bottleneck. The activity light pretty much just stays on. Vista probably doesn't help that much either.

[zman88]

I'm sure you've done some tweaking. But I find that turning off indexing considerably helps with the hd activity light. I also turned off superfetch which helps, but have within the last month or so turned it back on. Disc light has since decreased drastically and find that using it really speeds things up. Of coarse there are many other tweaks, but, I find those 2 things to help the most.

[SRTDodge05]

Just follow this nice guide for tweaking. Windows Vista SP1 Service Configurations by Black Viper

[SRTDodge05]

Hey zman88 i see you made it over 300 posts way to go!