the processor isnt mobile either --> lower battery time, more noice and a warmer notebook

Great System ? or not

DELL Inspiron 5100 (Notebook)
SYSTEM SPEC


Processor(s) >
Model: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Speed: 2.41GHz
Performance Rating: PR2631 (estimated)
Type: Standard
L2 On-board Cache: 512kB ECC synchronous ATC
Model Information: P4N (Northwood) Pentium 4 1.6-3G 1.5-1.6V

< System Mainboard >
Bus(es): ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB FireWire/1394 SMBus/i2c
MP Support: No
System BIOS: AT/AT COMPATIBLE
System Chipset: Intel Corporation 82845PE Brookdale Host-Hub
Interface Bridge (B1-step)
Front Side Bus Speed: 4x 133MHz (533MHz data rate)
Installed Memory: 1024MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)

< Physical Storage Devices >
Disk Drive: HITACHI_DK23EA-60 (55.9GB) Fluid Dynamic Bearing
CD-ROM/DVD: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N (CD 24X Rd, 24X Wr) (DVD 3X
Rd)

< Logical Storage Devices >
Hard Disk (C:): 36.1GB (27.0GB, 75% Free) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (D:): 19.7GB (16.9GB, 86% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E:): 0MB (0MB, 0% Free) (CDFS)

< Video System >

Monitor/Panel: Écran par défaut
Monitor/Panel: Panneau plat numérique (1024x768)
Adapter: MOBILITY RADEON 9000

< Physical/Chipset Memory Banks > 1024MB DDR-SDRAM 8-1-1-1R 6-1-1-1W 2.5-2-2CL
Bank 0 Setting: 512MB DDR-SDRAM 8-1-1-1R 6-1-1-1W 2.5-2-2CL
Bank 1 Setting: 512MB DDR-SDRAM 8-1-1-1R 6-1-1-1W 2.5-2-2CL

Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Multiplier: 1/1x


< AGP Bus >
Version: 2.00
Current Data Transfer Rate: 4x
Side Band Enabled: Yes
Fast-Writes Enabled: No
Fast-Writes Support: Yes
Aperture Size: 128MB

< FireWire/1394 Controller 1 >
Model: Dell Computer Corp Unknown (8029)

and is very nice for game and all other application try is great and small

Martin :wink:

Well I don't think that Mobility 9000 Radeon is the best thing you could want for gaming...

For apps though the P4 is definately good...

Of course P4 is really good for gaming than Laptops. They are also fast.

Having a pure P4 as the chip? Not a P4-M?

I suppose M is implicitely said

Might not be an M, dell was among the makers who released some laptop models using a desktop chip.
It might be slightly faster, but battery life will take a big hit.
Laptops will never match the performance, nor have the GPU options available on a desktop.
What your paying a big premium for is easy portablity.
total cost of ownership will almost double over 3 years.