Building a Mobile worstation

[mintaka]

I'm in the process of building a mobile workstation, this is what i have so far, any input would be appreciated, any other hardware componenets i shouold look at or consider?

Dell

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad QX9300 (2.53GHz, 12M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 32-bit
LCD 17" UltraSharp™ WXGA+ (1440x900) LCD Display edit
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M, 512MB Discrete edit
MEMORY 4.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS edit
RAID CONFIGURATION All Hard Drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration
HARD DRIVE 320GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
BATTERY OPTIONS 9 Cell Battery edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card

 

[WinstonTJ]

Buy a netbook, use Remote Desktop and save $1,500.

 

[bigb]

check er out.....not as powerful as the one you list but 2 screens, come on.....

http://gscreen.blogspot.com/

 

[risktaker]

You call that a "mobile workstation"?

Looks like a run-of-the-mill laptop.

 

[WinstonTJ]

Quote from bigb:

check er out.....not as powerful as the one you list but 2 screens, come on.....

http://gscreen.blogspot.com/

Bet you could buy 5 netbooks for the price of that toy.

Get a larger 12" netbook and be done with it.

 

[RoadBerry]

Quote from mintaka:

I'm in the process of building a mobile workstation, this is what i have so far, any input would be appreciated, any other hardware componenets i shouold look at or consider?

Dell

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad QX9300 (2.53GHz, 12M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 32-bit
LCD 17" UltraSharp™ WXGA+ (1440x900) LCD Display edit
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M, 512MB Discrete edit
MEMORY 4.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS edit
RAID CONFIGURATION All Hard Drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration
HARD DRIVE 320GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
BATTERY OPTIONS 9 Cell Battery edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card

If you're going with Win 7 go 64-bit, it's the future and I haven't had any compatibality problems, but I'd stay with XP pro for trading untill Win 7 has been out for a while.
The newer 17.3 screens are 1600x900. Better for trading. Get LED they are brighter and crisper. Probably better battery life too.
For wireless get N or Draft N.
Sometimes the Dell 9 cell batteries extend out the back about 3/4 inch making it harder to find a bag. My 6 cell battery is getting a little over 4hrs.

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