Boooo no 640m/e1405

Hold on a few more days, It'll come.

The 640m is listed on the Small Biz site:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=04&l=en&s=bsd

The WXGA+ (1440 x 900) display option looks cool (still GMA though).

The 640m seems too expensive, I'd rather get a latitude D620 for that price. However, the 640m does have an intergrated soundcard option which is nice, but no video card option .

E1405 is up as well:

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=149885

John

too bad it's garbage

from what i see, it's just a slightly throttled-down version of the E1505/6400. a little lighter, sure, and a tad smaller.. i don't see much of a market for this particular laptop. dell just needs to make a good solid core duo 12", preferably with a dedicated graphics option, even if it is the x1400.

Apart from the Integrated Gfx, I dont see why its garbage. As my user name suggests, I was about to buy the 6400 until I actually saw one and realised how HUGE it was. 14" on the other hand would be a better size, and this is the one im going to purchase once its avaliable in Australia. There is definitely a market buddy. Oh, I see you have the E1505, that probably explains your negative view.

You should check out the XPS M1210, then :-).

14" laptops do have a market. My friend wants one badly. But with dedicated graphics, and that's where the 640m fails, IMHO.

Congrats Xarthan,

I picked one up yesterday for about $645 before taxes & 3% fatwallet.com cash back. How did you get yours for under $600?

Mine is already in testing with a ship date of 5/17.

one thing i noticed is that the 640m/41405 does not have integrated bluetooth. Unless i missed it in the configurations page. I would definetly wait on this laptop a few weeks to see if they add more stuff to it like different grafx options or the BT. I also dont like the extended battery sticking out from the back. It was ok with the 700m, but having a choice again i wiould rather not have it

I think the Bluetooth option might be available per telephone.

Someone was able to add the bluetooth with a phone call after ordering it through EPP, the manual does have instructions on adding bluetooth, I am just putting in my bluetooth card from my not so old 630m.

No special offer for it on Dell Canada yet

yep, that was me, I called up, found out she could put bluetooth in, so ended up ordering the whole system over the phone with bluetooth included. ended up about $30 cheaper than buying the card separately from dell.

i got me one of those 40 percent coupons

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Module Description Show Details
Inspiron E1405 Intel® Core™ processor Duo T2400 (2MB Cache/1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD Panel 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA Display
Memory 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
Video Card Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Hard Drive 60GB Hard Drive
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Combo/DVD+RW Drives FREE! 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Card Integrated Audio
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1390 Mini Card (802.11b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription
Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service, Support
Mobile Broadband No Broadband Expresscard technology is available in the market now
Operating System Re-Installation CD PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
Dell Digital Entertainment Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience

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