Ching’s Laptop vs. Brian’s Laptop
Posted on June 27, 2009 by Ching under Toys.
As you know, I purchased a laptop to replace my Dell Mini 9 that I had sold. After ordering a Lenovo that wouldn’t stay connected to the internet and returning it within 24 hours, I ordered a Dell Mini 12 that was on backorder for over a month. Finally canceled that order and ordered a Dell Inspiron 13 instead.
In the meantime, during this whole ordeal, Brian’s laptop croaked so we had to get him a replacement. His laptop was ordered and arrived while I was waiting for the Dell Mini 12 order. He ended up getting a Dell Inspiron 15, which he is absolutely pleased with. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of our laptops.
| MINE | BRIAN’S | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T6400, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache | Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 2.0GHz 800Mhz, 1M L2 Cache | Mine is better. |
| operating system | Windows Vista Home | Windows Vista Ultimate with Bonus XP Professional (running on XP right now, but can switch back to Windows Vista anytime) | Brian wins this one. |
| display and camera | Glossy, widescreen 13.3 inch LCD (1280×800) w/ 2.0M pixel Camera | Glossy, widescreen 15.6 inch display (1366×768) w/ Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam | Mine is better. |
| memory | 3GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 2 DIMM | 3GB, DDR2, 2 DIMM | Same. |
| hard drive | 320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive | 250G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive | Ha! Mine is bigger! |
| internal optical drive | 8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) | 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive | |
| battery | 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery | 48 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery | |
| wireless card | Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card | Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card | |
| bluetooth | Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) | Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module (2.1) |
I think the rest of the boring details are the same. I think my computer is better, though. LOL. And, I got it for less. Of course, the $100 Dell coupon helped. =P
I originally had serious reservations about Vista. I didn’t think I would like it. Actually, I thought it would be a pain and that I would absolutely hate it. Surprisingly, I like it a lot. I don’t mind being on Vista at all.
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