NoDice said:
Doesent apply to the laptop,, but whats the differeance between Intells core duo and core 2 duo?
The core 2 duo is 64bit compatible while the core duo is not. Also the core2 is about 10% faster than the core duo at the same clock speed (though it consumes about 10% more power too)
NoDice said:
and with the 2 Duo T7500 chip(2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) running the cheap basic Vista Home Premium (32-bit), does/can it read all 4 gigs of ram? {Should i opt for 2 or 3GB} or is it useless untill you go to 64bit. (does the school provide vista business/ultiment cheaply like it does XP) and any reason to have it dule boot to both XP pro and Vista.. Havent really desided which i wont to use. …sigh but the dv9700 series lappy does have 2 HD’s
Yes it will read all 4gb of ram, even on 32 bit vista, that limitation was a chipset problem that intel used to have with the first coreduo/core2duo chipsets but that shouldnt be a problem with the laptops you are looking at.
Also, the school doesn’t have vista (yet). Don’t dual boot unless you find that you NEED XP or something.
NoDice said:
And battery choices8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery +Included
High Capacity 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery +40
Extra 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery +$129.00
Extra High Capacity 8 Cell Lithium Ion Batteries +$149.00
They dont give any stats of what the differeances are.. am i better off just getting the included cheapo and buy a aftermarket battery when the time comes
Don’t buy an aftermarket battery, they are almost always inferior to the originals. I would suggest the high capacity battery.