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E1705 with solo and what TV tuner to get.

post #1 of 16
2/13/06 at 5:31pm
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Hello! New and first post.

I just purchase this item for $1350.00 OTD

Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center
Processor Name: Intel Pentium M T1300
Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
RAM: 1 GB 667Mhz
Hard Drive Capacity: 80 GB
256 MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW
Wireless: 802.11a/g
Screen Size: 17 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife

I want opinions, if I did not short change myself by getting a solo instead of a duo. I was also comparing this with the XPS M140, but you can't upgrade the graphics card on that system.

I bought this through Ebay brand new and I think it will cost me a little over $2000 if I went thorugh dell including there discounts. I wanted to get the latest but did not want to pay the hefty price. I think overall it is a good set-up. It definitely is faster than my ibook and I am pretty impress with it's gaming power so far running HULK.

I am more of an apple user, not a stranger to windows but I am a little bit rusted regarding windows technology.

Oh yah! any ideas regarding what tv tuner to get would be great.
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post #2 of 16
2/13/06 at 5:34pm
I recently bought a 1.83 duo for around 1,500 including shipping. You probably could have gotten a better deal, but I hope you enjoy your machine!
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post #3 of 16
2/13/06 at 5:36pm
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Originally Posted by SpencerGR
I recently bought a 1.83 duo for around 1,500 including shipping. You probably could have gotten a better deal, but I hope you enjoy your machine!
Can you tell us all of your specs including hard drive screen type... etc...

thanks
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post #4 of 16
2/13/06 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by izzy
Can you tell us all of your specs including hard drive screen type... etc...

thanks
Most of it's in my sig. I got a 60 GB hd though and I didn't get the ultra screen. Really even if you could have saved some money, it might not be that much. There were some good coupons going on when I bought mine. ($650 off)
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post #5 of 16
2/13/06 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by SpencerGR
Most of it's in my sig. I got a 60 GB hd though and I didn't get the ultra screen. Really even if you could have saved some money, it might not be that much. There were some good coupons going on when I bought mine. ($650 off)
thank you! like i said, mine would have been around 2k through Dell. I'm happy with my buy. I just wanted to know if the duo is significantly faster than the solo.
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post #6 of 16
2/13/06 at 6:41pm
I was looking at the Core Solo myself, but ended up going with the Core Duo at the same speed because I felt the price difference was worth the performance gain on a hypothetical standpoint. Seeing a difference from single to dual core will depend primarily on what kind of programs you run.
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post #7 of 16
2/13/06 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by izzy
thank you! like i said, mine would have been around 2k through Dell. I'm happy with my buy. I just wanted to know if the duo is significantly faster than the solo.
Well, if the Duo boys would put up their benchmarking scores like I have, we'd be able to tell...

Your config sounds a lot like mine, and I'm happy as all heck with it. I'm still waiting on Dell to ship my Tuner, however so I don't know how good it is.

Hope someone can answer your Tuner question soon, as I may want to upgrade mine eventually.
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post #8 of 16
2/13/06 at 9:26pm
i got a solo. mainly coz i dont have $$.

i dont do much video /gfx editting, and the 1.66 is plenty fast for games mang!!

i will upgrade later on when the duo chips are cheap and freely available.
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post #9 of 16
2/14/06 at 12:08am
My duo hasn't arrived yet but when it does I'll benchmark it out of the box.
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post #10 of 16
2/16/06 at 6:37am
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Update:

It has been my 4th day with the E1705 and so far so good. I purchase an Hauppage WinTV DVR USB2 with remote athrough dell and it is super. Got it working and set up sooner than expected.

I also found an extra high capacity battery for around $50 brand new shipped directly from dell bu tthrough Ebay.

As far as performance. I have not experience any bottle necks so far and the speed is faster than what I have expected.

I am more of an Apple guy since 96 because of my work but I am impress how far windows has come since then. I just have to be carefull not to get any virus crap.
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post #11 of 16
2/16/06 at 2:25pm
GS JON:

As I knopw you are prob. aware,
If you check out this thread

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=133711

you will see pleanty of BM's.
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post #12 of 16
2/16/06 at 3:41pm
Take a peak at this one
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post #13 of 16
2/16/06 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by ZtingerViper
Looks nice but not available yet. What would be great is if we can have total portability with cable. No wires or cables and can watch cable or satellite feed tv
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post #14 of 16
2/16/06 at 4:21pm
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Originally Posted by izzy
Looks nice but not available yet. What would be great is if we can have total portability with cable. No wires or cables and can watch cable or satellite feed tv
http://www.notebookforums.com/showpo...0&postcount=15

If you want to watch TV on your notebook wirelessly, get a SlingBox!
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post #15 of 16
2/17/06 at 5:17am
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Got to learn more about that Slingbox.

Out of topic. Why does my Internet Explorer Images look like low res crap, I don't think it has anything to do with the display because it looks fine on Firefox???? Is there a setting I'm missing?
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post #16 of 16
2/17/06 at 3:29pm
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Bump for help on question regarding explorer
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