Laptop buying question.....?

Question

I am starting college in a couple of weeks and am buying a laptop to use for school. The following comes standard with the deal I am getting:
Inspiron 1525 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition

Memory 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 (2 Dimms)
LCD Panel Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 INTAC
Hard Drive Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 160GB
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC
Modem Integrated Modem I56NM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 ADOBER
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD / DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW Drive) 8XDVDRW
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0 IS
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
I am just using this for school ( I have some online classes and need to have good internet access) and playing the Sims2. Do I need to upgrade anyone these systems or will this give me a good computer?

Answer 1

Well if you have the money Apple is pretty good!



Used by many college students.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10045281-16.html



Apple is very reliable and the telephone service is top notch!



Many reviews available online for your computer.



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inspiron+1525+reviews&aq=0&oq=Inspiron+1525+review



Check out Consumers Report magazine for latest laptop reviews.



http://shopping.msn.com/content/consumer-reports-laptops/ctid152/?contenttext=contentname:consumer-reports-laptops#topRated



Good luck.

Answer 2

My mother has the Inspiron 1525 in red! Its a cute laptop, I like it. It just get's hot sometimes, the fan is mega loud and the screen is very wobbly! The deal your getting is good, my mom got the basic kind and she uses it for work and its very fast still! But I would suggest getting the Studio Laptop's from Dell, they are amazing. I want to buy one, but I just got a laptop for Christmas. Haha.

Answer 3

Dell is awsome.. i got 2 dell 1520 in red :) and my friend got 1 1525 white..



go for 1525... its the best laptop in this category.. :)

Answer 4

except you will improve to a greater ideal motherboard and CPU, then i could basically decide for the hot one. the reason for this could be that there might desire to o.k. be different themes that could desire to fee greater money to repair, or there might desire to be different themes arise quickly after the restoration. greater ideal to purchase the hot one and have the guarantee. even with the undeniable fact which you're able to make this an possibility to enhance your laptop to a much greater ideal and swifter device. you're able to make it precisely the form you're able to like it. yet the two way, you will ought to spend some income this concern you have. stable success to you.

Answer 5

You should go to Best Buy the geek squad will hook you up, just explain that u need it for online classes and sims2 and they'll help you choose the right one



good luck!