$750 off $1499 Dell laptops starts again tomorrow (8am CST).

[fly]

If you need a laptop, tomorrow is the day to get one from dell. Once again, they are running their $750 of $1499 laptops. The coupon is only good for 10,000 uses and will be gone before lunch.

if you need one, get ready.

http://slickdeals.net/#p5964

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Damn, nice deal

My company is forcing me to buy a new one this month (with their money of course)

 

[Desslock]

Damn, nice deal

My company is forcing me to buy a new one this month (with their money of course)

Those dirty rat bastards.

 

[APRIL]

This is a hot thread.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Those dirty rat bastards.

My machine is two years old, and what they're offering me isn't much better

I've got a P4 2.2Ghz, 15" screen, DVD/CD-RW, 1GB RAM, 30GB HD and all they want to give me is a Centrino 1.8, same everything else and a slightly better video card with only 32MB of RAM

 

[thrawn]

oh my

 

[simple]

I'm only posting in this thread because it's full of hot people

 

[fly]

My machine is two years old, and what they're offering me isn't much better

I've got a P4 2.2Ghz, 15" screen, DVD/CD-RW, 1GB RAM, 30GB HD and all they want to give me is a Centrino 1.8, same everything else and a slightly better video card with only 32MB of RAM

Centrino =

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Centrino =

Is a 1.8 Centrino any faster than a 2.2 regular P4?

I don't give two shits about the enhanced power management crap, that's what 3 batteries are for

 

[JAXvillain]

Is a 1.8 Centrino any faster than a 2.2 regular P4?

I don't give two shits about the enhanced power management crap, that's what 3 batteries are for

slower would be my guess...I don't think the centrino is optimized performance wise in any way beyond the normal p4 other than power

 

[smileynev]

slower would be my guess...I don't think the centrino is optimized performance wise in any way beyond the normal p4 other than power

As far as I am aware the centrino is significantly faster then a comparable P4. I would guess its at least as fast if not a lot faster then that 2.2.

Is this stackable with a 15% coupon that my coworker received when she ordered a new dell?

 

[fly]

As far as I am aware the centrino is significantly faster then a comparable P4. I would guess its at least as fast if not a lot faster then that 2.2.

This is true.

Is this stackable with a 15% coupon that my coworker received when she ordered a new dell?

I'm guessing not.

 

[JAXvillain]

As far as I am aware the centrino is significantly faster then a comparable P4. I would guess its at least as fast if not a lot faster then that 2.2.

Is this stackable with a 15% coupon that my coworker received when she ordered a new dell?

centrino was out before hyperthreading though, no?...I don't see how it could be faster than an ht p4

 

[Syrup Beaver]

As far as I am aware the centrino is significantly faster then a comparable P4. I would guess its at least as fast if not a lot faster then that 2.2.

Is this stackable with a 15% coupon that my coworker received when she ordered a new dell?

Sweet, I just want to be able to play Doom III in meetings

 

[Syrup Beaver]

centrino was out before hyperthreading though, no?...I don't see how it could be faster than an ht p4

This is a pre-HT P4

 

[fly]

centrino was out before hyperthreading though, no?...I don't see how it could be faster than an ht p4

That's cause HT was invented to give the P4 a fighting chance. Intel has moved its focus away from the P4 to the Pentium M last time I read, because it was a much better designed chip.

The P4 pipeline is redickulous.

 

[smileynev]

That's cause HT was invented to give the P4 a fighting chance. Intel has moved its focus away from the P4 to the Pentium M last time I read, because it was a much better designed chip.

The P4 pipeline is redickulous.

The P4 always has been and always will be a crappy chip. The Pentium 3 was a much better design. I think the Centrino borrows a lot from the P3 in that far more instructions can be execute per clock cycle then the P4.

Of course, all pale in comparison to the G5.

 

[Galen]

I bought my Dell laptop back in November and got around 150 GBP ($283) off.
I am very happy that I chose Dell, I have nothing but praise for them.

 

[smileynev]

I bought my Dell laptop back in November and got around 150 GBP ($283) off.
I am very happy that I chose Dell, I have nothing but praise for them.

They sell our good, wholesome, American computers to fancy frog humping foreigners?

 

[Galen]

They sell our good, wholesome, American computers to fancy frog humping foreigners?

I wouldn't know, mine was made down the road in Limerick.