My New Notebook:Dell LATITUDE D800 / 1,6 - MODEL : 5640

[jnb]

Hi all,

The following configuration is around US$ 1900. I am planning to
run 2D and some light 3D CAD applications on that. I'd appreciate
any feedback regarding performance and price balance. Thanks in
advance.
-JNB

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Intel Pentium M Centrino 1.6GHz
Intel 855PM / 1 MB L2 CACHE
512 MB DDR 266 MHz
15.4" WSXGA (1680 x 1050) DellSharp Wide Aspect Ratio TFT colour display
64 MB Nvidia GeForce 4 4200
HDD 40 GB EIDE/ATA-100 hard drive (5400)
DUAL-POINT Integrated DualPoint - TouchPad & PointStick pointing devices
Fax/Modem Integrated, 56K v.92 modem
DVD 4x / DVD-RW COMBO
ETHERNET Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet NIC
USB(2.0)x2, PCMCIx1, S-VIDEO OUT, P/S PORTs, INFRARED, WIRELESS, BLUETOOTH
Internal MiniPCI Wireless 802.11 card
Smart' Advanced Lithium Ion 9cell battery pack with ExpressCharge
Dell 2 button optical mouse
Microsoft XP
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[deepak_ramkumar]

only reccomendation, buy the cheapest hd you can, and then sell it on ebay and upgrade to the 60 gb 7200 rpm drive (which dell currently does not offer w/ the D800)

[Yoob@NBF]

that configuration isnt bad but i bet you coudl save a bit more if you skimp on the CPU a little

[j0nas]

1680 x 1050 dont makes sense.... everything is just to little. Apple is selling 20" cinema displays with that resolution....

[AxiomofIllusion]

Resolution is all about personal preference. For CAD I would want at least SXGA. I think you'll be happy with it. The other guys had good suggestions; I'll add that you should get the lowest ram offered from Dell (unless they are offering a free upgrade) and buy through a third party company, this will also save you some cash.

[Tigerotor77W]

Axiom,

By "at least XGA," do you mean either SXGA+ or SUXGA? I might be running CAD on a SXGA+ i8600 -- is that okay, do you think?