Is this a good trade? Laptop for Desktop

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#1 suey22
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I'm trading my Dell Studio 1537 for a desktop and this guy offered me an Alienware Aurora 7500

My laptop is only a few years old and the 7500 came out in 2005 i think.

His specs are something like, 4GB ram, 225GB HDD, and has yet to tell me what GPU.

My laptop is pretty much the same memory and storagewise, but has an integrated GPU.

Would this be a good trade if i was interested in doing a few upgrades or should i look for something a little newer?

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#2 C_Rule
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Doesn't look worth it to me. Outdated desktop is extremely outdated.
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#3 kyalmon
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Can't be much worse then his laptop though?
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#4 C_Rule
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Can't be much worse then his laptop though?kyalmon
Performance wise it may be the same/better, but his laptop is probably worth more.
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#5 suey22
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So if I can get some cash or a monitor along with it then it might be worth it? My laptop is trash, I do everything possible to keep it running smooth but it still likes to screw up on me.
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#6 kyalmon
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Who cares if it's worth more? Performance wise if it's better then the laptop I'd take it. :P
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#7 RayvinAzn
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Who cares if it's worth more? Performance wise if it's better then the laptop I'd take it. :Pkyalmon
The processor in a machine from 2005 is almost certainly a single-core processor. The odds of it even being a platform that supported dual-core processors is slim, and the odds of you being able to find a working dual-core processor for said platform at a reasonable price given its performance are practically zilch.
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#8 xXDrPainXx
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That 7500 I'm guessing is in the range of a single core 1.6Ghz to 2.4GHz CPU. GPU range is probably going to be an ATI 800XT or Nvidia 7xxx Series. I guess you can game on it in some fashion but I doubt it is going to play todays or even titles 2-3 years old.
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#9 suey22
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Ok new question, how much do you think my laptop is worth?

and is 600$ good for the last gen Macbook Pro 15?

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#10 Silicel1
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the cpu is lost but you can still game on it for 2008 max and some memory upgrade and good to go, its not all that bad

Alienware aurora 7500

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
OS: MS Windows XP Home
Chassis:
Alienware Full Tower, Black
*Power Supply: 650W ATX 2.0
*Motherboard:
Nvidia nForce 4 SLI X16
*Memory:2×512 MBDual Channel Low Latency
DDR PC3200
Hard Drives: 2×74 GB WD Raptor in RAID 0, 160 GB
Samsung
Optical Drive: 16x Lacie DVD Burner
Graphics Cards:2x Nvidia
Geforce 7900GT, SLI enabled
Sound: Integrated 7.1
Extras: Alienware
Liquid Cooling System with AlienIce 2.0 video cooling, Alienware USB keyboard,
28-in-1 Card reader

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#11 C_Rule
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Ok new question, how much do you think my laptop is worth?

and is 600$ good for the last gen Macbook Pro 15?

suey22
If you're wanting to game, don't waste your money on a Mac.
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#12 RayvinAzn
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[QUOTE="suey22"]

Ok new question, how much do you think my laptop is worth?

and is 600$ good for the last gen Macbook Pro 15?

C_Rule
If you're wanting to game, don't waste your money on a Mac.

If I had to guess, he already has one and that's the laptop he's thinking about getting rid of.
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#13 C_Rule
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[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="suey22"]

Ok new question, how much do you think my laptop is worth?

and is 600$ good for the last gen Macbook Pro 15?

RayvinAzn
If you're wanting to game, don't waste your money on a Mac.

If I had to guess, he already has one and that's the laptop he's thinking about getting rid of.

Thought his laptop was a Dell Studio 1537. o.O
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#14 ATLReppa770
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[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="RayvinAzn"][QUOTE="C_Rule"] If you're wanting to game, don't waste your money on a Mac.

If I had to guess, he already has one and that's the laptop he's thinking about getting rid of.

Thought his laptop was a Dell Studio 1537. o.O

Thought that was a joke ..
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#15 C_Rule
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I'm confused...
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#16 ATLReppa770
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I'm confused... C_Rule
I thought the joke was about him ever having a Mac. ...... Was it not? :|