Hi. First time posting here.
I was looking to buy a laptop for my work and I needed some advice. I work as a sales rep and I want to use my computer in front of customers so it needs to respond quickly enough even though I don't need some kind of rocket ship either. I also need to have a very long battery life as I can't miss juice in the middle of the day as I'd be screwed for my latter customers. I don't mind upgrading the standard battery that comes with the laptop if needed. I will never use this for gaming either. Finally, the ability to pay monthly is, unfortunately, essential. The system must also be available in Canada as that's where I live.
Now I was looking at a Dell Inspiron 6000 with the 6 cell battery replaced with a 9 cell battery along with a 1.6 P-M and a 512 Meg of RAM but I was wondering if, for battery life, the ATI x300 64 meg discrete solution would be better than the integrated intel graphics (915GM if I'm not mistaken) as the ATI boards of this generation are supposed to have some neat energy saving features. Battery life is my only concern on this particular point.
So, should I go with the 6000 or the 6000d for my needs ? And the 6000 is a bit bulky (3kg) so if there are other viable options in the same price range (around 1650 cdn + taxes with a few cheap extras like a USB key), I'd like to know about them. Thanks.
I was looking to buy a laptop for my work and I needed some advice. I work as a sales rep and I want to use my computer in front of customers so it needs to respond quickly enough even though I don't need some kind of rocket ship either. I also need to have a very long battery life as I can't miss juice in the middle of the day as I'd be screwed for my latter customers. I don't mind upgrading the standard battery that comes with the laptop if needed. I will never use this for gaming either. Finally, the ability to pay monthly is, unfortunately, essential. The system must also be available in Canada as that's where I live.
Now I was looking at a Dell Inspiron 6000 with the 6 cell battery replaced with a 9 cell battery along with a 1.6 P-M and a 512 Meg of RAM but I was wondering if, for battery life, the ATI x300 64 meg discrete solution would be better than the integrated intel graphics (915GM if I'm not mistaken) as the ATI boards of this generation are supposed to have some neat energy saving features. Battery life is my only concern on this particular point.
So, should I go with the 6000 or the 6000d for my needs ? And the 6000 is a bit bulky (3kg) so if there are other viable options in the same price range (around 1650 cdn + taxes with a few cheap extras like a USB key), I'd like to know about them. Thanks.