smithers08 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hi guys . i have recently found my laptop (inspiron 1501 . 1.8 ghz proccesor and 1024MB RAM , 120 GB hard drive) quite slow , therefore i have decided to look for a new one . The inspiron 1525 . Dell Inspiron 1525 Intel core 2 Duo processor T8300 (2.40GHZ) Windows Vista 4096MB of RAM 320GB hard drive (5,400 rpm) Integrated intel graphic media accelerator x3100 8x DVD RW drive As you can see , there is a huge inprovement on the RAM and hard drive . My question is , will this have a major effect on increasing the amount of leagues i can play on FM , also has anybody had any experience with a inspiron 1525 , and if possible , share their views . Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robzilla Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Yup the Core Duo processor and increased RAM (size and speed no doubt) will help a lot. One thing I would say is that if I bought that laptop, the first thing I'd do is swap out the hard drive for a 7200rpm one - it's a commonly overlooked factor but FM is heavy on disk I/O and a slow HD will affect performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 If you're thinking about a 1525, consider if you can get a good deal on an XPS as well, sometimes you can get equivalent specs for pretty much the same price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3AN Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Originally posted by pelicanstuff:If you're thinking about a 1525, consider if you can get a good deal on an XPS as well, sometimes you can get equivalent specs for pretty much the same price. Ye i agree. I looked at the 1525, but then found that the XPS systems are roughly the same price but with a much better graphics card(even though this has little or no bearing on how well FM runs). I know have a XPS M1530 with T8300, 3gb RAM, and 250gb hard drive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers08 Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks for the replies . in response to robzilla , can you get a 7,200 hard drive for the inspiron 1525 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Not sure, I think so. Try playing with the configuration options on the dell website. You can certainly get them for the XPS as I have one - it's great. Gets a bit warm though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humbucker740 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 You can get a 7,200 for any computer/laptop. I have one in mine. I run an Acer with these spec's: 2gig Ram 1.73 Dual Core 120 gig (size doesn't matter here) 7,200 RPM Hard Drive Everything else doesn't matter... the RPM's here barely matter. I can run excess of 5-10 leagues with a large database quickly and easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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