Can you help me please?  I'm looking for a laptop for college and this is a build that I have so far.  This build costs $573.  If this isn't a good build can you suggest a laptop for under $700.  Can you tell me if it is a good deal or not?

Inspiron 1501   AMD TurionTM 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0GHz/1MB)   

OPERATING SYSTEM(s)   Genuine Windows VistaTM Home Premium   LCD panel   15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLifeTM(glossy)   

MEMORY   1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm

VIDEO CARD   ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemoryTM (Integrated)   

HARD DRIVES   Size: 60GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)   

Network Card and Modem   Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem   Adobe Software   Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08  

Combo/DVD+RW Drives   8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability   

Sound Card   Integrated Audio   

Wireless Networking Cards   Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)   

Office Software (not included in Windows XP)   Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD   

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed)   No Security Subscription (Norton 30-day)   

Primary Battery   85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery   

Warranty and Service   1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day   

Internet Access Service   6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included   Environmental Options   Free Recycling Kit   

Dell Digital Entertainment   Starter pack - Yahoo! Music, Corel Photo and Dell Games

  Labels   Windows VistaTM Premium

Can you help me please?  I'm looking for a laptop for college and this is a build that I have so far.  Can you tell me if it is a good deal or not?

Inspiron 1501   AMD TurionTM 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0GHz/1MB)   

OPERATING SYSTEM(s)   Genuine Windows VistaTM Home Premium   LCD panel   15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLifeTM(glossy)   

MEMORY   1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm

  VIDEO CARD   ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemoryTM (Integrated)   HARD DRIVES   Size: 60GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)   

Network Card and Modem   Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem   Adobe Software   Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08  

Combo/DVD+RW Drives   8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability   

Sound Card   Integrated Audio   

Wireless Networking Cards   Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)   

Office Software (not included in Windows XP)   Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD   

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed)   No Security Subscription (Norton 30-day)   

Primary Battery   85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery   

Warranty and Service   1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day   

Internet Access Service   6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included   Environmental Options   Free Recycling Kit   

Dell Digital Entertainment   Starter pack - Yahoo! Music, Corel Photo and Dell Games

  Labels   Windows VistaTM Premium

When has hyping a game baeen bad?? If a company wants to hype a bad game then they will loose money and vise versa. I personally think DIRT is great as do the majority pf people. If thats the case, then the hype will be worth the "squeeze."Brewhawk

Hyping a game has been bad when the game bombed and all the hypers came back and whined about all the little problems that they ignored in the first place. 

So... have you never seen rally cars especially on things like dirt and gravel and going at high speeds? The controls are perfect and the cars react just how they should!!! DiRT is an amazing demo and from what many sites have said the game will look even better when it comes out!!! I can't wait for this game!

nickdastick

Sure rally cars can slide at high speeds, but in this game the car slides around even at low speeds (sub 20).

I was going to check out the selection at Wal Mart tonight.

By the way, can I use firedog or geek squad at Best Buy and Circuit City to add more ram.

Well I'm going to be typing papers and such.  It's my freshmen year so I haven't started the degree classes.  My main concern is the fact that I tend to multi task with multiple programs open. 

The websites describe these computers as being able to run one program at a time, and I don't want something like that will freeze when I really need it.  

I may possibly get a better laptop in two years, but I don't want to be stuck with a piece of junk for the first two.