I've always wanted a laptop but felt there were none out there that could handle my photo editing needs. They simply just couldn't handle the more powerful programs. Well after searching long and hard and with a little help from Dell Coupons I decided to build up a Dell 9300:

1.) Pentium M 730
2.) 17" Wide Ultrasharp XGA display
3.) 512 megs of ram
4.) ATI Mobility 300
5.) 60gig HD
6.) DVD/CDRW combo

and other goodies

. At first I was worried it would be too cheaply made, I have prior experience with dell laptops from work, their C series are good but the newer D600's we got at work seem too cheaply made and flimsy. So needless to say I was a little worried. Well, when the laptop came in the first thing that came to mind was "HOLY *(&(&, this thing is huge". I was very satisfied right off with its build, its way more sturdy than other laptops I've tried and looked at. But where this laptop really shines is the DISPLAY and SPEED. It handles just as good as my Desktop which is what is really important to me. I can edit photos on this baby with ease using Photoshop CS2. I have so much resolution and desktop space coding with Dreamweaver or Visual Studio is perfect. Its also very very quiet you don't even know the fan is on.

PROS :

1.) Display
2.) Speed
3.) Build
4.) Looks

CONS:

1.) Size

All in all I can say I'm 95% satisfied with this laptop, size being the factor that takes away 5%. Finding a good bag for a 17" laptop is hard and expensive.

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by AzzKicker edited by fire100
last modified: 2005-08-24 15:35:40