Yesterday, my bro bought his new lappy from BestBuy on a 1day sale.

He got the GateWay 8510GZ

I’m just wondering if this is what I should get? I’ll have enough cash for it, by about October (new job, Baggggggboiiii)

Price (he paid): $1599.99 (CDN)

Specs:

Intel Pentium M Processor 740
Screen Size  17.0”
512MB DDR2 400MHz (Exp. To 2GB)
100GB 5400RPM
Dual Layer, Multi-Format DVD-RW
Graphics ATI Radeon X700 64 MB Shared
Product Weight 3.50 kg
Audio Type ATI Mobiltiy Radeon X700
Battery Type 8-Cell Lithium Ion
2MB L2 Cache
Fax/Modem 56K V.92
I/O Ports 4 x USB,  1 x VGA; 1 x IEEE1394; 1 x RJ11; 1 x RJ45
PC Card Slots 1 x Type II
Pointing Device Touchpad
Preloaded Operating System Windows XP Home SP2
Processor Speed 1.73GHz
Product Dimensions 40.8(W) x 3.6(H) x 27.4(D) cm
Removable Storage MMC, SD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro
Screen Type Ultrabright TFT
Speakers  Gateway 7330GZ
533 FSB
1 Year Limited Parts & Labour

nope.

i got a 700m dell -750 off with the dell coupon.

original price was 2400 minus there special deal minus the 750 i got it for about 1350 american with 3 years of warranty and what not.

wait around for the coupons expect one around xmas.

the 700m has worse memory, chipset, battery, HD, and optical drive…

u can pick any other dell laptop i chose the laptop cuz its portable and wat now and i got it with better spec that urs rite there.

u can pick any other dell laptop i chose the laptop cuz its portable and wat now and i got it with better spec that urs rite there.

I’m with Kidd.  I got the 700M and I’ve been so freaking happy with it.  I got it with 256 RAM and bought aftermarket RAM, its way cheaper than Dell’s overpriced stuff (1GB now).  Chipset?  No idea what it is or what is good or bad.  Battery?  I got the bigger one and its surprisingly good.  Much better than what I thought.  HD?  Come on, they are all the same.  Drive?  I just got the DVD/CDRW because this is just my portable solution not a desktop replacement…

u can pick any other dell laptop i chose the laptop cuz its portable and wat now and i got it with better spec that urs rite there.

I’m with Kidd.  I got the 700M and I’ve been so freaking happy with it.  I got it with 256 RAM and bought aftermarket RAM, its way cheaper than Dell’s overpriced stuff (1GB now).  Chipset?  No idea what it is or what is good or bad.  Battery?  I got the bigger one and its surprisingly good.  Much better than what I thought.  HD?  Come on, they are all the same.  Drive?  I just got the DVD/CDRW because this is just my portable solution not a desktop replacement…

i got a 2 ghz 1 gig 80 gig hd.

the hd is bigger but i got enuff externals lying around.

i also got it with the dvd rw.

the bigger battery its light good on battery life.

and gateway is very very very unreliable when it comes to laptops.

I got the 1.8GHz and the 40GB drive…

i wasnt looking for much of a desktop replacement either but i got carried away :|  :roll: