Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["A Sprouse" <asprouse AT pickett-sprouse.com>]

Colleen:

One of our users has a Dell Latitude D505 (1.5 Ghz, 512 MB).  Purchased
August 2004.  So far she's been quite pleased w/ the reliability and
performance of her system.

I agree w/ the others on the list.  I believe within a matter of days you
would regret having only 128 MB of RAM.  For less than an additional $200
(see upgrades below), you could greatly improve the system's overall
performance and increase the lifespan of your D505.

Also, I suggest contacting a Dell Sales Rep directly as sometimes they will
"sweeten" the online quote a bit.  Recently I've dealt with Beck, a Small
Business Rep, at extension x38825.


Latitude D505 $1,047

 Catalog Number / Description   Product Code   SKU   Id

 Latitude D505:
IntelR PentiumR M Processor 725 (1.60GHz) w/ 14.1 XGA Display   D5P164
[221-6212]   1

 Operating System:
MicrosoftR WindowsR XP Professional, SP2, with media   XPPRO2   [420-4790]
11

 Memory:
512MB,Shared,DDR SDRAM,2 DIMMs   512M2D   [311-3256]   3




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Geschwind
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:36 PM
To: 'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'
Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations


Colleen,

I have to second this one. XP will run with 128 MB of RAM, but it will spend
so much time swapping stuff to virtual memory that it's crippling and you'll
think something is defective with your hardware. I wouldn't try XP with less
than 256 MB, and preferably would start with 384 or more.

I also have to second the sentiments about going with XP Pro rather than XP
Home.

- Bill

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kristen
James Eberlein
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:50 PM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations

Colleen, without knowing what you'll need to do with the laptop, my
recommendations might be off ... But 128 MB of RAM is awfully low. And
the Home Editions of any Microsoft product are *much* less robust than
the Professional Editions.

K.


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