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Is Dell m1710 worth buying for 3d animation game developer?

Here's the specs: - Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz, 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB) -- What does FSB means? - Genuine Windows® XP Professional Edition - 4GB of Dual Channel 667MHz DDR2 memory - 512MB NVIDIATM GeForceTM Go 7900 GTX Graphics Card - High definition integrated stereo sound with Integrated subwoofer - 120GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive - 8X DVD+/-RW with Dual-layer DVD+R write capability - 4-pin IEEE 1394 integrated port (1394 cable and software sold separately) - 6-USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors - RJ11 Modem port - Video: Digital Video Interface (DVI) - Video: 15-pin monitor connector - S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector - Component Video and S/PDIF digital audio out - 5-in-1 removable memory card reader - Audio jacks: Stereo headphones/speakers miniconnector (same as line-out), microphone miniconnector Total cost about 5,500 USD Is there any other laptop with same specs but lower price? Or is there any better specs than this?

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1. You're not going to find too many high-performance laptops that can perform within the range of this Dell Laptop. If you're concerned about performance, I'd skip the 120 GB 5400 RPM Hard drive and skimp down to a 7200 RPM hard drive. You won't have as much storage, however, your seek times will be alot faster with that kind of hard drive. As for suggestions.. you can save some dough by going with 2 gigs of memory.. 4 is excessive even for that computer. FSB (Front Side Bus) - the data bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard. The faster the better. Short of sizing up an Alienware Laptop thats equipped with a desktop processor (will eat batteries like nobody's business), I don't think you'll find anything too much cheaper. You may want to check out Toshiba's Qosmio line up of lap tops. They have similar offerings that perform close to the Dell system you're considering.
2. I think no one can below that price... The lower version of DELL XPS M1710 (Intel Core Duo T2500, 1 GB DDR2, GeForce 7900GS 256 MB)which is cost US$ 2400 (maybe) is more powerfull than ACER TravelMate 8204WLMi (Intel Core Duo T2500, 1 GB DDR2-533, ATi Mob. Radeon X1600 256 MB HyperMemory 512 MB) US$ 2399