[bold]List Price-[/bold] $859 [bold]Sale Price-[/bold] $759 [bold]Inspiron E1505[/bold] Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2050 (1.60GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache) [bold]Operating System[/bold] Genuine Windows® XP Home [bold]LCD Panel[/bold] 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display [bold]Memory[/bold] 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm [bold]Video Card[/bold] Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 [bold]Hard Drive[/bold] 80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive [bold]Network Card and Modem[/bold] Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem [bold]Combo/DVD+RW Drives[/bold] 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive [bold]Sound Options[/bold] Integrated Audio [bold]Wireless Networking Cards [/bold] Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps) [bold]Primary Battery[/bold] 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery [bold]Future Operating Systems[/bold] Windows Vista™ Capable and a 1 year full coverage warranty ------------------------------------------------------------------ thats the laptop im looking at, but before making any decissions for myself i always like to consult the afterdawn guys , so what do u guys think? oh yea, and does anyone have any info on dells EEP deal, like how much an employee saves, and if it is that much off of the list price or off the sale price? (close relative works there)
and if anyones interested you can find the laptop here: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?CS=19&kc=6v620&oc=E1505L2
I wouldn't touch a desktop by Dell as I only build my own, but the laptops are pretty good, and the spec on that one is more than alright. I would get the DVD burner drive whilst buying as the difference in price is very small, and I wouldn't bother with the HDD upgrade, I would just use an external drive to back things up to, and leave it at 60GB. Otherwise its pretty good.
That's exactly my way of thinking, build your Desktop and buy your laptops from either Dell or Toshiba. I just don't trust the others, especially HP. Abbout your computer...I'd add a 128 video card if you are going to do some video editing or related tasks. I wouldn't waste money on a bigger HDD since you can get a cheap external or make your own external wiht an enclosure.
Inspiron VS. Satellite [bold]Sale Price[/bold]- $600 [bold]Satellite A105-S4164[/bold] Intel® Core™ Solo processor T1350 operating at 1.86GHz [bold]Operating System[/bold] Genuine Windows® XP Media [bold]LCD Panel[/bold] 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA TruBrite LCD [bold]Memory[/bold] 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm [bold]Video Card[/bold] Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 [bold]Hard Drive[/bold] 80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive [bold]Network Card and Modem[/bold] Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem [bold]Combo/DVD+RW Drives[/bold] 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive [bold]Sound Options[/bold] Integrated Audio [bold]Wireless Networking Cards[/bold] Integrated Intel Pro wireless [bold]Primary Battery[/bold] 3.45 hour battery life [bold]Future Operating Systems[/bold] maybe... does not say... and a 1 year limited warranty ----------------------------------------- so yea, the only noticable difference is that this one has a solo core, and the other has a dual core, and this one has windows media, and the other has windows home. so which one is better??
at this point you probably noticed a second laptop has entered the picture, the bargain price is tempting, but is the 150$ more dell charges worth the dual core? right now im going to be buying one of these 2, which 1 would you guys go for?
The only thing i can stress is what the others have is to go with the lappy but try and get one with a DVD Burner and stay away from dell. I have a Toshiba and it works great. and i got a DVD burner with it.
Don't know why people Thrash Dell so much. Sure they are not the best laptops, but compared to others I've tried, they are pretty decent. Now to your question. Toshiba is better than Dell in my opinion. They dual vs single core thing is now what you have to consider. If you are going to do demanding tasks, you should go with the dual core. If not, save your money and get the better brand, Toshiba.
