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How is this Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop? Please answer!!!?

For $597 dollars, how do think this system is? I do not want to spend any more than this. How well will it run? Is this a good configuration? I want a fast, smooth running system that can also run 3d games smoothly at low quality. Thanks. P.S. An answer tonight would be GREAT. Inspiron 15 Catalog Number 29 Retail 19 Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id System Color: Pacific Blue BLU 1 [311-9619] 2 INSPIRON 15: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.20GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) MRT66HN 1 [224-4530] 1 Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition SP1 VHB31E 1 [330-2240][420-6436][420-6576][420-7622... 11 Productivity: Microsoft Works IWRK9 1 [420-8051] 22 Hardware Support Services: 1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis S1OS 1 [412-0360][950-3337][950-9797][960-2780... 29 LCD Panel: Glossy, widescreen 15.6 inch display (1366x768) XGA 1 [320-7444] 5 Memory: 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz 3G2D 1 [311-9623] 3 Hard Drive: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 250GB 1 [341-8131] 8 Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD INTAC 1 [320-7990] 6 Combo or DVD+RW Drive: 8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) 8XDVDRW 1 [313-7112][420-8183][421-0542] 16 Battery Options: 6-cell battery 6BAT 1 [312-0827] 27 Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card DW1397 1 [430-2929] 19 Integrated Web Cam: No Webcam Option NCAM 1 [320-7883] 21 Sound: High Definition Audio 2.0 IS 1 [313-4783] 17 Adobe Software: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 ADOBER 1 [410-1883] 15 Network: Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC 1 [467-0019] 13 PROCESSOR LABELS: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB 1 [330-0254] 749 OS LABELS: Windows Vista™ Basic VBN 1 [310-8627] 750 Entertainment and Editing Software: WildTangent Games WLDTNG 1 [420-9352] 195 Software - Antivirus: McAfee 30 day Trial MC1030D 1 [410-2184] 25 Designed for Dell Mice: Logitech V220 Cordless Optical Mouse - Midnight Blue A1201639 1 [A1201639] 5584 Dell Remote Access: Dell Remote Access, free basic service DRAFB 1 [420-9800][993-1919] 813 Datasafe: Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DOB2GB 1 [420-9518][988-0099][988-7707] 34 Dial-Up Internet Access: No ISP requested NISP 1 [412-0148] Thanks Michael, I am sure that they have fixed that problem. But what I want to know is how smoothly it runs. Windows XP would run at lightning speed with this setup I know. I want to know how smoothly vista would run on the internet and with normal programs. The games comment was added because I play Combat arms which runs incredibly slow on my 9 year old PC. Thanks.

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1. I have a Inspiron 1520 set up pretty much like the one you've posted. They may have fixed it by now, but to get games to play on it I had to take Vista off and load Windows XP (about a year and a half ago). I couldn't even get it to run off the battery with Vista. I've got Windows 7 running on it now and no problems at all.