Good E1505 specs?!

Hey I'm getting ready to buy my laptop and I want someone to look over the specs for me and see if I'm getting a good deal. The laptop will be $1700 or so after the $750 off coupon and taxes etc.

Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2500 (2MB Cache/2GHz/667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
FREE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
3Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and HW Warr Support plus Nights and Weekends
Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 3Yr Lim Warranty


Thanks!
P.S. Anyone know if you can use two cards on a purchase. I have a dell prefered account but only for $1500 so I wanna pay the extra $200 with debit - anyone done this before?

 

Try
Credit Card Order Processing Dept # 1-877-819-3355

 

I just ordered a similar machine...here are my thoughts on the differences between your configuration and mine. These are obviously my opinions which will likely differ from yours.

The $120 price difference between the 60GB 7200rpm HDD and the 80GB was too high for me to justify.

Same with the $240 3yr extended warranty.

Same with the $119 damage protection.

I find that instead of spending $99 to get the large primary battery, I would rather keep the smaller primary battery and spend $129 to get a large additional battery.

Again, my priorities are different than yours. If you value the extended warranties, then by all means go with them.

Here's what I ordered for comparison...


Base Price: $949
Upgrades (see below): $1061
Total: $2010
-$750 coupon code M$0BPCBGXQH6TR
- $35 coupon code from ebay
http://search.ebay.com/dell-home-35-300
Total: $1225 + free shipping + tax

Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2500 (2MB Cache/2GHz/667MHz FSB)
+350

LCD Panel 15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
+100

Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
+100

Video Card 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
+179

Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
+145

Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
+0

Combo/DVD+RW Drives FREE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
+0

Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO 3945 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
+29

Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
+0

Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
+0

Additional Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery
+129

Media Center Enhancements Remote Control for Windows XP Media Center Edition
+29

 

You can always buy the warranty later on - but you should make sure of the terms.
I plan to sell mine before one year passes, so I don't care for warranties - three years is such a commitment, technology will have changed by then - also, things will go 64bit. I will not care for 64bit until at least a year from now, when things have stabilized - so for now, I'm very excited to get my E1505 :dell:

 

Very good advise

 

Near the end of checkout at the payment stage, you can choose from several methods. One of them is paying with 2 credit cards. Though Im not sure if it would work with 1 cc and 1 debit.

 

I believe you can pay with 2 credit cards. The thing they will not let you do is pay with their preferred account and a credit card. I don't get why they won't let you...kinda sucks because I wanted to get a higher end comp and they said they couldn't do that.

 

Well I finally ordered it yay!

I went ahead and stuck with the 3 yr warranty - the international warranty comes with it and I'll be taking the notebook to australia this year when I study abroad so it was a must for me.

It does stink that you can't use the pref dell card with a 2nd credit card so I had to drop the processor down one to the T2400 but I've been assured I won't notice a performance change with my usage and it saved me $200.

Now I just have to wait until April 13th for it to ship

Thanks for all the help!!
-hb