Dell 8600 vs. Gateway M350S ???

Okay here goes...

Which system would you purchase if you were in the market to purchase a new
laptop. I'LL be using it for the internet, Office applications, some photo
editing and a very small amount of video editing.

The Dell 8600:
Pentium M 1.5GHz
15.4 Inch Wide Screen
512 MB DDR, 333MHz, 2 Dimms
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
24X Combo DVD/CD-RW
Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN 802.11b/g PCI Card
64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX (graphics card)
PRICE: $1,420.99

Gateway M350S:
Pentium 4 2.6 GHz with Hyper-Threading
15.1 Inch Screen
512 MB DDR, 333MHz, SDRM
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
24X /10X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM combination drive
Integrated Wireless IEEE 802.11g mini PCI Card
Integrated Intel Graphic Chipset 64MB (graphics card)
PRICE: $1,100.00

What do you guys think is the better buy?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or comments !!!!!!!!!!

newtothis wrote:
> Okay here goes...
>
> Which system would you purchase if you were in the market to purchase
> a new laptop. I'LL be using it for the internet, Office applications,
> some photo editing and a very small amount of video editing.
>
> The Dell 8600:
> Pentium M 1.5GHz
> 15.4 Inch Wide Screen
> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, 2 Dimms
> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> 24X Combo DVD/CD-RW
> Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN 802.11b/g PCI Card
> 64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX (graphics card)
> PRICE: $1,420.99
>
> Gateway M350S:
> Pentium 4 2.6 GHz with Hyper-Threading
> 15.1 Inch Screen
> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, SDRM
> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> 24X /10X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM combination drive
> Integrated Wireless IEEE 802.11g mini PCI Card
> Integrated Intel Graphic Chipset 64MB (graphics card)
> PRICE: $1,100.00
>
> What do you guys think is the better buy?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or comments !!!!!!!!!!

I would go gateway because I don't like, nay hate, Dell for home users.
But I would get a better Gateway if you are going for a decent laptop.
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Jeffrey
ICQ# 44404094
Yahoo!: mrmac14
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Do you feel the Gateway M350S is not a good laptop, why? What would you
consider a "better gateway"?

I'm looking for a good laptop for a reasonable price (hopefully less than
$1,500).


"xzavior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> newtothis wrote:
> > Okay here goes...
> >
> > Which system would you purchase if you were in the market to purchase
> > a new laptop. I'LL be using it for the internet, Office applications,
> > some photo editing and a very small amount of video editing.
> >
> > The Dell 8600:
> > Pentium M 1.5GHz
> > 15.4 Inch Wide Screen
> > 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, 2 Dimms
> > 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> > 24X Combo DVD/CD-RW
> > Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN 802.11b/g PCI Card
> > 64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX (graphics card)
> > PRICE: $1,420.99
> >
> > Gateway M350S:
> > Pentium 4 2.6 GHz with Hyper-Threading
> > 15.1 Inch Screen
> > 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, SDRM
> > 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> > 24X /10X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM combination drive
> > Integrated Wireless IEEE 802.11g mini PCI Card
> > Integrated Intel Graphic Chipset 64MB (graphics card)
> > PRICE: $1,100.00
> >
> > What do you guys think is the better buy?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or comments !!!!!!!!!!
>
> I would go gateway because I don't like, nay hate, Dell for home users.
> But I would get a better Gateway if you are going for a decent laptop.
> --
> ------------------
> Jeffrey
> ICQ# 44404094
> Yahoo!: mrmac14
> ------------------
>
>

Nothing wrong with Dell, good reliable kit. But I think the wide screen is
stupid.
Personally I prefer the 8200 with UXGA 1600x1200 screen,
or you can get it on the 5150.
Regards
Martin

My problem would be with the video card. "Intergrated video card" means a
very crappy one that will hog resources and slow you down. If you can I
would get a different video card in it or pick a different model. Also
look at referbished units and check on eBay for slightly older models for
great prices. I got a Gateway 600 with 2Ghz, 512 MB of RAM, 30 GB Hard
drive, a ATI Radeon 9000 video card with 64 MB of video RAM, 15.7 in screen
and 802.11b WLAN for about $1,200.

newtothis wrote:
> Do you feel the Gateway M350S is not a good laptop, why? What would
> you consider a "better gateway"?
>
> I'm looking for a good laptop for a reasonable price (hopefully less
> than $1,500).
>
>
> "xzavior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:tP2Mb.9354$(E-Mail Removed) m...
>> newtothis wrote:
>>> Okay here goes...
>>>
>>> Which system would you purchase if you were in the market to
>>> purchase a new laptop. I'LL be using it for the internet, Office
>>> applications, some photo editing and a very small amount of video
>>> editing.
>>>
>>> The Dell 8600:
>>> Pentium M 1.5GHz
>>> 15.4 Inch Wide Screen
>>> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, 2 Dimms
>>> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
>>> 24X Combo DVD/CD-RW
>>> Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN 802.11b/g PCI Card
>>> 64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX (graphics card)
>>> PRICE: $1,420.99
>>>
>>> Gateway M350S:
>>> Pentium 4 2.6 GHz with Hyper-Threading
>>> 15.1 Inch Screen
>>> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, SDRM
>>> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
>>> 24X /10X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM combination drive
>>> Integrated Wireless IEEE 802.11g mini PCI Card
>>> Integrated Intel Graphic Chipset 64MB (graphics card)
>>> PRICE: $1,100.00
>>>
>>> What do you guys think is the better buy?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or comments !!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> I would go gateway because I don't like, nay hate, Dell for home
>> users. But I would get a better Gateway if you are going for a
>> decent laptop. --
>> ------------------
>> Jeffrey
>> ICQ# 44404094
>> Yahoo!: mrmac14
>> ------------------

--
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Jeffrey
ICQ# 44404094
Yahoo!: mrmac14
------------------

eBay scares me for buying a laptop. I hear all kinds of scams about crooks
selling computer products on eBay. I do however buy many smaller items on
eBay, but not sure how to weed out the scams from the legit auctions in
terms of buying a larger (laptop) related product.

How did you confirm your auction was a legit one when you purchased the
laptop you described?

Thanks...

"xzavior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My problem would be with the video card. "Intergrated video card" means
a
> very crappy one that will hog resources and slow you down. If you can I
> would get a different video card in it or pick a different model. Also
> look at referbished units and check on eBay for slightly older models for
> great prices. I got a Gateway 600 with 2Ghz, 512 MB of RAM, 30 GB Hard
> drive, a ATI Radeon 9000 video card with 64 MB of video RAM, 15.7 in
screen
> and 802.11b WLAN for about $1,200.
>
> newtothis wrote:
> > Do you feel the Gateway M350S is not a good laptop, why? What would
> > you consider a "better gateway"?
> >
> > I'm looking for a good laptop for a reasonable price (hopefully less
> > than $1,500).
> >
> >
> > "xzavior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:tP2Mb.9354$(E-Mail Removed) m...
> >> newtothis wrote:
> >>> Okay here goes...
> >>>
> >>> Which system would you purchase if you were in the market to
> >>> purchase a new laptop. I'LL be using it for the internet, Office
> >>> applications, some photo editing and a very small amount of video
> >>> editing.
> >>>
> >>> The Dell 8600:
> >>> Pentium M 1.5GHz
> >>> 15.4 Inch Wide Screen
> >>> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, 2 Dimms
> >>> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> >>> 24X Combo DVD/CD-RW
> >>> Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN 802.11b/g PCI Card
> >>> 64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX (graphics card)
> >>> PRICE: $1,420.99
> >>>
> >>> Gateway M350S:
> >>> Pentium 4 2.6 GHz with Hyper-Threading
> >>> 15.1 Inch Screen
> >>> 512 MB DDR, 333MHz, SDRM
> >>> 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> >>> 24X /10X/24X CD-RW and 8X DVD-ROM combination drive
> >>> Integrated Wireless IEEE 802.11g mini PCI Card
> >>> Integrated Intel Graphic Chipset 64MB (graphics card)
> >>> PRICE: $1,100.00
> >>>
> >>> What do you guys think is the better buy?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or comments !!!!!!!!!!
> >>
> >> I would go gateway because I don't like, nay hate, Dell for home
> >> users. But I would get a better Gateway if you are going for a
> >> decent laptop. --
> >> ------------------
> >> Jeffrey
> >> ICQ# 44404094
> >> Yahoo!: mrmac14
> >> ------------------
>
> --
> ------------------
> Jeffrey
> ICQ# 44404094
> Yahoo!: mrmac14
> ------------------
>
>