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Agree with above poster. If you are a gamer, and really do not need portability, a desktop is best....Bought the 9300, and soon sent it back. Reason ? Did not like the keyboard over the desktop Microsoft keyboard, and knew, but did not care at the moment, that upgrading the video card would not come about soon, or ever. Got the system with the epp coupon, dpa coupon and another 12% off for around $1,795.00
Bought instead the XPS Gen 5, spec's below for around $ 1,555.00, (As you can clearly see, you do get more for less) and I can upgrade the video card numerous times, sound card if I wish, upgrade the memory to 4 gb if I wish, and it has the dual core for a better future path for multithreading software, games, and better cooling. Only down side is the portability. Bought the 9300 for a desktop replacement, so I was not going places with it anyway....
Gen 5
3.2 Ghz Dual Core
1 Gb Dual Channel DDR-2 667 Mhz
nVidia 6800 256 Mb PCI-Express
74 Gb ( 10,000 RPM ) Drive
Floppy drive
Dual Drive 16XDVD & DVD+/-RW
17 inch (1703 FP) LCDIEEE 1394 / Roxio 7.5 / etc, etc
Message Edited by SR45 on 07-03-2005 01:48 AM
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Posted July 2nd, 2005 15:00