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eMachine M6810 or Dell i9100

post #1 of 11
10/7/04 at 10:14am
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I got the ok to buy a laptop but I'm on a budget. Under $1500 is the budget. The two laptops I'm looking at are listed below. I will be doing mostly web surfing, and using Office apps, but I will play a game or two on it also. All my heavy gaming will be done on my desktop. I know about the BestBuy PSP warranties, but now much about the Dell warranty other then when I deal with them at work. I don't have much good to say about them as far as that is concerned.



eMachine M6810
-Athlon 64 3200
-512MB PC2700
-60GB Hard Drive
-DVD/CDRW
-ATI 9600 w/64mb
-15.4" WXGA LCD
-3yr BestBuy PSP


Dell i9100
-P4 3GHz
-512MB PC3200?????
-60GB Hard Drive
-DVD/CDRW
-ATI 9700 w/128mb
-15.4" WSXGA+ LCD
-3yr Dell Warranty
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post #2 of 11
10/7/04 at 10:27am
Before you buy you should realize that the i9100 is a HUGE laptop with sub par battery life, I'd go with the eMachines. I had one before my current laptop then returned it. It was good, I just dont like widescreen.
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post #3 of 11
10/7/04 at 10:39am
Join ME and we shall rule the universe...TOGETHER !!!!

eMachines M6811 ---- $1599
Hitachi 60GB 7200RPM - $166
Extra 512MB RAM ---- $65.60
Overclock the GPU --- $FREE
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..............TOTAL = $1830.60
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post #4 of 11
10/7/04 at 3:01pm
The M6810 has the ATI 9600 w/64mb, not the 9700.
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post #5 of 11
10/8/04 at 11:28am
And it still ROCKS!!!

Amazing isn't it!!!
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post #6 of 11
10/8/04 at 11:41am
I haven't had great luck with the emachines, but I think my situation was freakish in that I had so many problems. I highly recommend them based on their performance and power in relation to the price. Bestbuy has done well in replacing my units when something went wrong.

I haven't any experience with dell service, but I know at work they have had quite a few problems with their dell laptops. It seems dell has more attachments and such, as far as docking stations, etc. Besides for the cracking hinge problem with the emachines I would totally recommend them. It just happend to me a few times, so I went another route and traded it in for an HP.
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post #7 of 11
10/8/04 at 3:34pm
9100 will give much better gaming performance. Head over to the Dell forums and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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post #8 of 11
10/8/04 at 3:35pm
Edit: since you'll be gaming mostly on the desktop, go with a non-9100. I'd recommend the 8600 over the eMachines anyhow...
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post #9 of 11
10/9/04 at 2:39pm
The Dell screens suck.

The 9100 is HUGE. I dont think you realize how big it is until you see it for yourself, but my 17" Sony A was lighter, thinner, and not as long heighthwise. Than a 15.4".

If you're not going to game much on it why get a serious desktop replacement machine? I have a 12.1 4 lb notebook and I have to say, I really prefer carrying it around to the 10lb beast of the 9100 or 8.5lb semibeast of the Sony A.

I can play some games on this one. UT2004 works fine, it's smooth in 800x600. Which is not that great of a resolution, but at least it works and I can play.

You should consider something else besides the dell, seriously. THe 8600 is a nicer machine, but I still don't like Dell screens, they have 35ms resposne and it's very noticable compared to 25ms screens to me. Of course, I can actually tell a difference between 12ms and 16ms response rates.
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post #10 of 11
10/9/04 at 4:39pm
Not all Dell screens suck. Many are pleased with their Dell screens, myself included. But I agree. The 9100 is probably not what you are looking for. I'm still putting in my vote to replace your choice of a 9100 with an 8600.
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post #11 of 11
10/10/04 at 12:19am
People who are pleased with Dell screens merely have not seen the screens other manufacturers use.
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