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Dell Latitude D820 or Dell E1505 for student?

post #1 of 4
8/8/06 at 7:57pm
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My son will be trundling off to college soon, with a new laptop under his arm. (and sucking dry my bank account.)

His college, which brands their version of novell groupware as "titanNet", is trying to steer them towards a choice of 2 Dell Latitude models, which can be upgraded a bit. The 15 incher is hte Dell Latitude D820.

They will, reluctantly, let you show up with your own system, and install the novell TitanNet program on it, although they promise doom if you do so.

A Dell E1505, similarly configured is available for about the same amount of bucks. Haven't had time to compare them component by component.

Any of you users in his profile have any good advice before we bite the bullet? He'll be using the laptop for iTunes, burning his music files, IMing, ohh, yeah, and school, what's that?

He's not a computer gamer (when he spoke to his new roommie about who's bringing what, they determined he would bring the PS2; roommie would bring the TV. me: rugs? lamps? refrigerator? Him: whoops.). So he doesn't need a high end graphics card, or to mortgage his first child for RAM.)

Suggestions?? Anyone??

thanks,
the geek mom, Erin C-H
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post #2 of 4
8/8/06 at 10:16pm
I would not really worry too much about this TitanNet program. I would say that it will work on almost any modern system. The college is simply doing this to let you know that if you come with a non-standard system, don't expect any support from them.

Can you post a link to the college site or wherever it is that you found the two configurations (to make comparison easier)? Just browsing at the Dell website, the 2 computers are almost the same in all their components. The D820 has slightly better video cards available in the options, but it depends on what you want to buy.

Minimum recommended specs:
1.66 Ghz Processor
512 MB Ram
Intel GMA 950 Video Card
40GB HDD
DVD/CD-RW drive

Recommended setup:
1.83-2.0 Ghz Proc
768MB-1GB Ram
nVidia/ATi discrete graphics package (better option with D820)
60-80 GB HDD
DVD+/-RW drive

EDIT: One major difference between the two is that the D820 can use a docking station designed for it. The e1505 has no such equivalent. This is only important if you want to have an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. that you want to use when back in the room.

Regards,

zakaluka2.
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post #3 of 4
8/9/06 at 3:46am
also, i think the latitudes are built slightly better in general. they are built more for the business users, so it has less flashy features, like say the media buttons on the front of the e1505. if the two systems similarly configured are basically the same price, i'd vote for the latitude
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post #4 of 4
8/9/06 at 7:15pm
I would also put my vote in for the lattitude. Generally they also come with a much better standard warranty then the inspirons. any day of the week.
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