E1505 Advice

You are paying too much for a nongamer laptop. Only gamers I think should pay for specs maxed out to limit.

Check for other coupons. I was able to use three at least when I made my system.

To save money, I really regret not doing this, you should buy the smallest HD they offer and then get a nice shiney 7200 RPM drive off of newegg or some other retailer.

How important is gaming to you? Because right now, the best card we can fit in our E1505 is the standard x1400 which isnt the best card out right now. You might want to consider the e1705, because you *should* be able to fit a 7800 GTX or even a 7900 GTX in there

Yeah, I sorta regret it now, I think I can still return it but, I think I'm sorta lazy. Besides I already have a nice case that would NEVER be able to carry a E1705.

Best of luck!

search for coupons on google. Search for Dell Coupons...go through the links you might find something not posted here, also try ebay same search. I bought a 35$ coupon for .98 cents...just gotta look. Everyone says that the x1400 ain't that great...i just played CS:S yesterday and didn't lag once...I dunno maybe it's not as graphic intensive as I thought it was?

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I would also recommend a smaller hard drive with a faster RPM. You can always burn DVDs to save room, and with a dual core machine the hard drive speed can become a bottleneck.

cheesyatosu - I actually got your configuration and had $1476.42 in the price tag.

E1505 Dual Core
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E1505 Dual Core
Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2500 (2MB Cache/2GHz/667MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
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If you want to trim down the prices I suggest that you remove unnecessary things like the Wide screen SXGA+ with trulife, truelife AFAIK adds only a glossy filter to your laptop, might also be annoying since ive heard it adds a "reflection" of some sort like your infront of a mirror.

The T2500 isn't exactly needed.. the T2300 is almost the same as the T2500 with a roughly 300mhz difference it is also enough to do virtually any task and gaming -- a stronger gpu is what you need if you want the best gaming.

120GB is way off, you should just purchase a 40gb since I believe you won't be able to eat up all the 120gb space. Remember -- you can delete files, or burn them to dvds thats gonna save alot of space. Or better, if you need a larger hdd, purchase them in another shop its much more cheaper I think.

3 years warranty isn't needed ;O I think 1 year should be enough since in the next years there will be newer models and its much more cheaper and better than the E1505.

With those trimmed down, I think you can have the E1505 with just $917 -- which is what I am going to purchase soon.

I just purchased one! Here are the specs and the final price. I found the deal on www.cheapstingybargains.com

Inspiron E1505, Intel Core Duo Processor T2300 (2MB/1.66GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch TrueLife Wide-screen WXGA
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
128MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300 HyperMemory
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
ntel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Grand Total: $913.03

Well if you got time to wait they are supposedly going to drop prices on the Core Duo processors and the end of May.

Don't expect to have a big price drop on intel core duo processors when you are buying them from dell because they buy them for almost production price from intel. On the other hand the amd turion x2 is at the door so it would be interesting to see what will happen...

You should have gone for the 80 gig 5400rpm and paid 1300

Good stuff.

Just bought the same computer except with 512 MB RAM (adding 2GB later), 100GB 7200rpm HD, audigy sound card and 3 year warranty (would have gotten complete care but computer going to Fl) for $1344 including taxes.

Hope we both get good screens.

Some have bad light leakage. Most probably have a little that isn't very noticeable unless you look for it.

I use a lot of dark backgrounds so I'm really hoping I get one with minimal leakage. But for the price I can live with some...

I've heard of sparkle but never seen it so can't comment. My friend has a 9300 that he says has it. If what he showed me is the dreaded sparkle, it won't bother me.