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
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.
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. e