ok, there's a laptop for sale on black friday that i'm interested in, and here's the specs

"Key Features & Benefits:

Intel Celeron Processor 575

2.00 GHz, 667MHz FSB, 1MB Cache

2048MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Expandable up to 3072MB with 2 accessible memory slots

15.4" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display

Viewing is enhanced with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (shared) with up to 765MB Total Available Graphics Memory

160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)

Store all of your digital media on this expansive drive

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic with Service Pack 1

Makes your computing experience more efficient, more secure and more fun

SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW drive

With double-layer support

Additional Features

HP Imprint finish & Integrated Microphone
Multimedia Drive - with Double Layer Support
Display - 1
Network Card - Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Option - 802.11b/g WLAN, Audio - Altec Lansing
Fax/Modem - High speed 56k modem
Keyboard - 101-key compatible
Pointing Device - Touch Pad with Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
External Notebook Ports: 3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
Security - Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
Power - 65W AC Adapter
6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 (including 60 days complimentary live update)
HP Help & Support Center
HP PC Recovery (SoftThinks Restore Solution)
HP Wireless Home Network Setup
HP Total Care Advisor
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher Edition: 60 Day Trial Version
HP Smart Web Printing
HP PhotoSmart Essentials
HP DVD Play
Muvee autoProducer, Cyberlink DVD Suite
Adobe Acrobat Reader
HP Games powered by Wild Tangent"


does someone know what the hell "wireless option" means? people keep asking in the lounge thread and no one seems to know

11/7/2008 5:43:16 PM

really?

11/7/2008 6:22:35 PM

It has a standard builtin wireless card. Nothing special.




And it's a celeron running vista.



You're gonna probably hate yourself 3 months after you buy that thing and find out there's no way to upgrade the processor.

11/7/2008 6:40:18 PM

what? the processor has fuck-all to do with OS performance... this here is more likely to be an issue:

Viewing is enhanced with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (shared) with up to 765MB Total Available Graphics Memory

[Edited on November 7, 2008 at 6:46 PM. Reason : not necessarily with OS performance, but in general]

11/7/2008 6:45:51 PM

Quote :

"the processor has fuck-all to do with OS performance..."

oh lawd.

11/7/2008 6:48:43 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

800MHz supported, 1GHz recommended... and those are official numbers, I'm sure you could get away with 400MHz and enough memory. OS performance hasn't been particularly CPU bound in decades... did you have an actual point of substance, or is "oh lawd" the extent of your rebuttal?

11/7/2008 7:04:17 PM

Quote :

"ok, there's a laptop for sale on black friday that i'm interested in, and here's the specs"

It's tomorrow, not Black Friday

I'll probably pick it up and stick XP on it

11/7/2008 7:04:39 PM

and that can't be a BF deal b/c last year i picked up a Pentium T2310 w/ Home Premium on it for $300

11/7/2008 7:19:23 PM

^^ yeah i know, early black friday is what i meant

and this is going to be mainly for school and browsing. i don't do any gaming or anything like that. i'm guessing its sufficient for that right?

11/7/2008 7:47:42 PM

celeron is ancient, cant believe they're still selling stuff with that processor these days. you'd think it'd at least be pentium m/centrino...

[Edited on November 8, 2008 at 9:07 AM. Reason : ]

11/8/2008 9:06:17 AM

Quote :

"Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic with Service Pack 1"

= shit

either get vista ultimate or xp pro

11/8/2008 11:55:12 AM

poopy screen res, too.

11/8/2008 11:19:52 PM

Quote :

"800MHz supported, 1GHz recommended... and those are official numbers, I'm sure you could get away with 400MHz and enough memory. OS performance hasn't been particularly CPU bound in decades... did you have an actual point of substance, or is "oh lawd" the extent of your rebuttal?"

I'm not going to sit here and argue with you on the internet if you cant tell the difference between pentium/core2 class processor and a celeron in day to day operating system tasks (with all other things equal).


Everyone knows Microsoft lowballs the requirements for their operating systems. Dont come in here and suggest that you could smoothly run Vista on an 800mhz processor if you want to be taken seriously.

11/9/2008 12:03:05 PM