9300 Graphic Card Question

Run away, Run away!!!! (You've been warned)

Do not visit these forums (leave and do not return)! It's a frenzy of upgrades and returns. You will NEVER be satisfied (NEVER!). Having said that ...

Get what you can afford. But what happens is this: You start adding the different features to your 6000 and start to realize the 9300 (in my case the 9200) is just a little more ... and so it begins. Agonizing, wondering, changing orders, returning laptops, getting another laptop, getting multiple laptops, selling your children so you can buy MORE laptops, then, turning your basement into a small grow operation so you can buy even MORE laptops ... See what happens?

Run away, run away! You've been warned!

I think Col. Wild summed it up accurately.

Yeah, screen is the main difference.

Honestly though their is only three main differences: the video option to have the Geforce, the 17 inches, and the "truelife" glossy screen.

if the 9300 user's are ever able to upgrade there card above the 6800go then I am sure you will be able to buy one easily from one of the upgraders also probaly pretty cheaply.

OK, I am gonna play devils advocate here. tmbstone, with a budget of $1300 max, you can still get a I9300 with the better LCD and the Nvidia 6800 Go. Here is a machine I speced out for you that came to $2007 before the 750 off coupon, which brings it down to 1257 before tax. Tax might bring it a little over $1300 but not much, unless you are as lucky as I am and live in a state where Dell Home doesn't charge tax. Dell Home does not charge any tax unless they have a Dell shop in that state. You can twiddle with the specs little bit, but make sure it is hovering a little above $1999 before discount.

Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) SM16HN [221-7304] 1
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [420-4766][463-2282][412-0689][420-4928][412-0706][420-4830] 11
Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ 17UXGAS [320-4256] 2
Memory 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 512MB2D [311-3730] 3
Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800 256NV [320-4185] 6
Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive 80GB [341-1808] 8
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC [430-0493] 13
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 ADOBER [430-1048] 15
CD/DVD Drives FREE! 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive 24COMBP [463-8667][420-5111] 16
Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps) IP2200 [430-0996] 19
Bundled Software Productivity Pack including WordPerfect® ICORELM [412-0714] 22
Security Software No Security Subscription NS [412-0755] 25
Digital Music Dell Jukebox - easy-to-use music player and CD burning software MMBASE [412-0741] 26
Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) 6BAT [312-0285] 27
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options No Extended Service, Support or Ltd Warranty NW111N [950-9057][950-3337][950-3550][412-0361][960-2780] 29
Internet Access: Dial-Up 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHS [412-0585][412-0625][420-3224][412-0687] 37
Digital Imaging Paint Shop™ Pro® Studio trial, Photo Album™ Starter Edition DPS [412-0744] 38
Financial Software QuickBooks® Simple Start Special Edition QBSSP [420-5139] 83
TOTAL: $1,257.00

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Or to sum it up simply, you can afford the 17 WUXGA Truelife display and the Nvidia 6800 Go. Just look at the post above!

And if Dell does not charge any tax in your state, then you can evne think about backing the HD down to 40GB and adding the DVD write. After discount, that should bring you to exactely $1300, and give you a very respectable system even with a 1.6GHz processor for your money! Plus, the CPU is upgradable in the future. OK, thats all I gotta say....sorry for blabbing so much. Oh yeah....in any case, make sure you place your dell order before the endo f the 15th if you want the discounts for either the 6000 or 9300.

uhhh, additional benefits of 9300 over 6000 that was not mentioned are 6 USB ports vs. 4, subwoofer vs none and DVI vs analog only!!!

Who here honestly needs 6 USB ports? I cant only think of 3 possible needs for it.

External Harddrive
Wireless/Wired Mouse
USB Memory Key

If it was to truly be a desktop replacement...printer, webcam, and usb wireless internet...(can't think of what it's called)

external hard drive, external dvd writer, mouse, keyboard, usb headset, usb flash drive, webcam, usb pda connection, usb sync cable, usb camara connection, usb multi flash card reader, and maybe a usb light for those long dark trips?

ohh I forgot abunch things, I guess I also forgot USB Multicard readers, but wireless via USB on the 9300 isnt neccessary.

I think the 6000 has 400mhz memory vs. 533 on the 9300. The 7200rpm hard drive is also an option that's available on the 9300 that I didn't see on the 6000. As stated before, 17" vs 15.4" is an upgrade, however both WXGA and WUXGA resolutions are available on both. Whether to consider 'glossy' as an upgrade is left up to the buyer...for my purposes, glossy is a downgrade.

For the USB ports, I already bought a wireless mouse and a wireless numeric keypad/calculator combo so that's two of them gone. Add in a usb flash drive, my palm pilot and my digital camera cable and that's 5 of the 6 gone.

+gps device
+drawing pad
+tv tuner (if not pcmcia or mini pci)
+webcam (or other cams)
+printer

i think there is a use for all the usb ports =)

also on the 6000 there is a WSXGA option, the middle option between the 2 extremes, WXGA, and WUXGA!

would u rather have it than not need it or need it and not have it. hmmm