Hi Everyone!
My 5 year old Dell Inspiron 8600's screen finally died so I am in the hunt for a new computer. After looking and looking I have narrowed my choices down to Alienware. So here is my delema. I cannot afford their top of the line stuff as my budget is $3500 and even that is really more than I want to spend. I definitely want the HD screen and a blue-ray player since this computer will go with me on deployments to be used for entertainment as well as for school and gaming. I am debating which screen size to go with. If I get the 15" then I can get a 2.5g processor, 200g hard drive and the 800gtx. If I get the 17" then I need to go with a slower processor and smaller hard drive and maybe drop to the 8700gt. I do have a 120g external that I can use. Anyway, would it be better to have the bigger screen and a slower computer or vise versa?
Thanks!
My 5 year old Dell Inspiron 8600's screen finally died so I am in the hunt for a new computer. After looking and looking I have narrowed my choices down to Alienware. So here is my delema. I cannot afford their top of the line stuff as my budget is $3500 and even that is really more than I want to spend. I definitely want the HD screen and a blue-ray player since this computer will go with me on deployments to be used for entertainment as well as for school and gaming. I am debating which screen size to go with. If I get the 15" then I can get a 2.5g processor, 200g hard drive and the 800gtx. If I get the 17" then I need to go with a slower processor and smaller hard drive and maybe drop to the 8700gt. I do have a 120g external that I can use. Anyway, would it be better to have the bigger screen and a slower computer or vise versa?
Thanks!
