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Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank
Dell has excellent service and is fine for desktops and servers, and has great prices, but in my opinion Dell laptops are inferior in performance to similar laptops from other manufacturers. I would instead recommend HP or Toshiba.
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Very true, and good point. Although, I just wanted to put emphasis on the value of Dell computers. I am somewhat satisfied with Dell's overall value, and I am not qualified to talk about their laptops, since I do not own one. But I do have a desktop Dell PC, so there is a big difference (irrelevent I guess). If money was not a problem, I would not have gotten a Dell. So get something uber like AlienWare.
I think the big thing about the Intel Centrino is that it does not use up a lot of voltage to operate; this is good for laptops (especially for extended battery life usage). But since the Centrino processors are built specifically for mobile use, I am not sure if they are quite at par with a regular desktop processor (or similar to an Intel Pentium IV in this case). If somebody wants to clarify, please go right ahead.
What I do know is not to get a Celeron since these processors are cheaper, and were specifically designed for basic computing needs (email, typing documents, etc.). Which is not what you want when using Inventor or 3D StudioMax.