cdiesel
New Member
Well, I think someone (NOT me!) spilled something on my laptop and killed it the other day. It's a couple years old, so it's time for a new one anyways. I've always bought Dells for laptops, and have been pretty happy with them. I've never actually had any major problems (the only thing I can think of is the sound card went out on this one about six months ago), so I'm not at all opposed to buying another. The only problem I have with another Dell is looking at their site, all the units seem to be at least 6-8 months old already. I hate to buy a "new" machine and have it already be out of date.
It'll primarily be used for email and the web, but I do a couple hours of design work (Corel, Illy &Photoshop) a week at home. I was using a dual core machine at 1.8Ghz I believe with 3GB of RAM and it was acceptable for the small amount of designing I do on it.
One thing I saw on the Dell site that looked cool was the Mini 9, whatever that is. A few of the models came with the Mini 9 for like $99. I'm doing more and more traveling, and my old laptop is pretty heavy. I would prefer either a lightweight machine or something like a larger more powerful machine and an additional Mini 9 for traveling.
Any input is greatly appreciated!
It'll primarily be used for email and the web, but I do a couple hours of design work (Corel, Illy &Photoshop) a week at home. I was using a dual core machine at 1.8Ghz I believe with 3GB of RAM and it was acceptable for the small amount of designing I do on it.
One thing I saw on the Dell site that looked cool was the Mini 9, whatever that is. A few of the models came with the Mini 9 for like $99. I'm doing more and more traveling, and my old laptop is pretty heavy. I would prefer either a lightweight machine or something like a larger more powerful machine and an additional Mini 9 for traveling.
Any input is greatly appreciated!
