E1405 for girlfriend, what do you think?

Load time is long for what?

I got a Core Duo compared to Core SOLO

 

boot up shouldnt take very long on a properly configured system with a clean install, Dell systems, and most other home oriented systems come bloated with useless crap and trial software installed, the best course is a reformat, and boot up should be quick and easy, that system should be just fine

 

199 is for vista home premium, basic is xp with a few things tacked on, but nothing worth 55 bucks

 

Oh yeah I know they come bloated with crap on them

hahaha of course I was going to reformat. I appreciate all your help guys

 

basically I wont use the redemption for 55 dollars.. it was free soooo i take everything that is free.

 

Bite the bullet and ordered this:

Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
60 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Trend Micro PC-cillin with AntiVirus and Spyware removal 36-months
Certified Refurbished
Inspiron 640m/E1405 Notebook: Intel Core Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)
8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
1390 Wireless Card
Internal NIC/56K Modem
14.1 inch WXGA+ Notebook Screen
Leather Carrying Case

733 With shipping

Thats it! Duo and 1 gig of ram, she has her primary PC for all the large files. If too small I can upgrade it.

 

There ya go! Hope she will be happy with it.

 

I just hope there wont be too bad of light leakage and itll be just like new

 

Funny, the Dell rep I talked to at the local kiosk didn't even know the term "light leakage"... but yeah... I have some on mine, but I'm not too bothered by it. I mean, the only time I'm gonna stare at the screen is when I'm using it and not when it is idle, so I won't notice anything anyways.

 

lets hope not

 

Since we spent so much energy on this, why don't you write a review for it when you get it? There aren't many in the review section...

 

Yeah! LOL Ill write a review when I get it. Thanks for all your help I really appreciate it.

 

No problem!

 

I think iceman is right.

E1405 is not a good looking machine for sure ... u dont want to present it to ur girlfriend .. on the other hand i believe m1210 is quite a design ... check it out.

 

Ok well I ordered a laptop from the outlet and it was a cert. refurbished and I thought it was going to come all scratched up and dented and I was going to have to yell at Dell again (knock on wood). I went to the UPS sort factory yesterday night because they left a note on my door. About after an hour wait, the driver came back and I got my girlfriend laptop. She opened it up when I got home and fell in love with it. Works perfect. No dents. Looks 100% brand new. I am glad I had a good experience in the outlet. However I still like my E1505 better

 

glad things worked out, I have yet to have a bad experience with the outlet, its faster,cheaper, and same level of consumer protection than straight through dells site. My scratch and dent looked 100% brand new, it took me half an hour to find a tiny hairline scratch, that never would have found if I wasnt looking for it

 

Congrats! Yeah I just wish that Dell would tell us where and how badly the scratches & dents are.

 

Thats the thing! If they told us they would never sell the bad ones compared to the almost new ones. Its just luck really.