Dell E1505/6400 link

but it says it uses integrated graphics which is bad

Got this in an e-mail thismoring.
Says for e-mail customers only. But the link is there already.

Once again, they short the GPU on the 15.4". The X1400 is not powerful enough for 2-3 years from now.

Why would Dell want to sell a computer that's powerful enough for 2-3 years of gaming?

Then want you to keep upgrading!

Nice, e1705 was realeased first in LA also, and about the GPU i don´t think theres enough room to cool of a 7800 on the 1505. HP´s that came with the mobility radeon x700 tended to get really hot, tought not as hot as lappies that used the x600

Just as I was getting really happy, u all have to shoot me down. This bad boy better be carrying something good. Or back to alienware, and sager i go. The only reason Ive been waiting out, is so that I could use that fat 15% discount from college.

BulletIntegrated Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Graphics???

Hmm leaning in ur direction......

I believe this will be my next laptop. Anyone have a guess on release date?

Yep, mine too - got the refund on my XPS M140 the other day, just waiting for the E1505 to become availaible and I'll be ordering one...

Really hope the X1400 is gonna be on it here, the US links I've seen here have only the GMA950... Would really like to see a WUXGA screen option too.

WUXGA on a 15.4"?

Ouch. That's way too big for such a small screen...

Damn, if only they'd have a good graphics solution for the 15.4" screen models, I'd return my E1705 tomorrow!

EDIT: What's the rough benchmarks for the ATI solution? How does it compare to the 7800 Go vanilla?

An X1400 is not going to be anywhere near a 7800. I'm expecting it to be able to play WoW decently though, which is more than what I bargained for when I originally bought the M140... ATI's chipsets that are on par with the 7800 are the X1800 series.

Dell should offer an X1600 in the E1505, I'd pay the extra for that.

Thanks for the clarification.

If they put an ATI X1400 card in it it may come with hypermemory where half the stated memory is on the card and the other half is system memory. The Fujitsu N3530 is like that.

boo to integrated gfx. I wonder what the price is going to be also.

Official US launch of I6400/E1505 is supposed to be right on the border of Feb/Mar. With the amount of web page work completed already, I would speculate to say next week.

gamers only

Iam starting to believe most of you guys are gamers strictly. I dont play games, so a 128mb card would be than enough for my music production and webdesign/graphics - I never ordered the 1705 because of the 7800 and the battery life being 2hrs which is a slap in the face, imagine two damn hours.

I rather have 4 hours hopefully with the 128mb card, I dont care about how games play because i have a xbox 360 for that ( hobby ) my notebook will pay for it self in a month with what i have lined up. So i just hope this notebook, is a good one for me, because the ONLY thing stopping me from getting a mactel is that i have to use the rosetta emulator to run what i have for OSX. and that means i have to "PAY" for universal software, which i dont do, I WILL NEVER PAY FOR SOFTWARE OR MUSIC and thats a promise.

powerule, if all you're looking to do is webdesign/graphics work... then the old x300 128meg out of the I6000D will be all you need in the I6400. And if you'll be doing more web than graphics, you can suffice with the Intel GMA950 even to save a few more bucks. The 100$ you'll save over the 256meg graphics will pay for an additional battery for you, which sounds like it'll be better for you since you're concerned more with mobility and battery life.

You should get similar battery life out of the GMA950 and x300 options. The x1400 may use a lil more battery than the other two, but not much. The I6000D actually had the longest battery life using dedicated graphics over integrated graphics.

As for helping maximize your battery life, go into BIOS and set the screen brightness as low as you're comfortable with. This will have a noticable impact on battery life. As will the types of applications you run. If you get enough physical ram (2gb) then you can disable virtual memory. This will make all your applications work on ram instead. The decreased hard drive usage will extend battery life noticable while "working" on the machine.

Also, avoid mobile DVD watching unless you only want to watch 1 movie. You'll get about 2 hrs of movie watching from a DVD because of the amount of power the optical drive draws.

And last, streamline your XP installation. This includes reducing background processes in the Services Administrator's Tool. Doing this will lower the about of weight on the CPU and will lower power requirements also.

That's about all you need to know to get the most life on battery.

And to keep your batteries as long lasting as possible. Remember to cycle them properly. This involves charging the battery all the way up, then booting up into BIOS, leaving the machine in BIOS setup, unplugging the power cord, and letting the machine run in BIOS until it runs out of juice. Do this twice in a row every other month to make sure all the cells are properly working and charging to full capacity. No matter what they say, no battery is "memory free".