Inspiron 1520 vs Vostro 1500 (pro's of owning either)

Hey,

In terms of Dell laptops, I am stuck between 2 possibilities: The Vostro 1500 and the Inspiron 1520. So now, I'm trying to create a list of the Pros of getting either. This list would be great for me, as well as others who are debating between about purchasing either.

Your help in adding to this list would be greatly appreciated.

Pro's of Owning a Vostro:
-Choice of XP pre-installed as an OS
-All black chassis and keyboard

Pro's of Owning an Inspiron:
-Choice of color
-Similarly configured, Inspiron are cheaper

PS: I will be editing this with your responses, creating a larger list.
PPS: I know the chassis of the Vostro is composed of Magnesium Alloy. But how about the Inspirons?

 

I do not know about the 1520 being cheaper...I keep hearing the best price is highly dependant upon your hardware you are getting.

Anyway, other than the things you already mentioned I believe the machines are identical after that. Same insides, same materials (except parts of the shell).

 

In Germany its different. Here the Vostros are a lot cheaper than the Inspiron notebooks. I don't know why though

 

BLACKS > all the rest.

 

i dont know man i tried so many times to get the 1520 to come out cheaper than the 1500 i could not.. even with the 300% off coupon.. no matter what i did the same 1500 was always less than the 1520..

 

I'm doing similar comparisons between the 1700 and the 1720, and the Vostro comes out cheaper every time.

One note, though- unless I'm mistaken, the Vostro comes with a matte screen by default; if you want glossy, you have to upgrade to WUXGA for $150. The Inspiron can be configured with either matte or glossy XGA+.

 

These are CANADIAN PRICES!!!!!!!

Components of Inspiron 1520- $1398
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition,
Jet Black Color with Matte Finish
glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900)
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm160G 5400RPM SATA HDD
256MB NVIDIA ®GeForce™8600M GT
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 edit
IntelJ3945 802.11a/g Mini-card edit
Dell DataSafe 2.0 Online, 20GB for 1 Year
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)

Dell Travel Remote Control, IR


Components of Vostro 1500- $1339
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB),
Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, SP2, English edit
15.4 in UltraSharp™ Wide Scrn XGA+LCD Display w/TrueLife™
Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm
120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
IntelJ PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card
High Definition Audio 2.0


10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell DataSafe
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

The Vostro actually comes out cheaper, but has a worse hard drive. The Bluetooth upgrade for the Vostro ($80), is a lot more expensive than on the Inpiron ($20). I don't think I'll be using the Bluetooth, so maybe I'll switch it out for something, like a bigger hard drive, or my first LEGIT copy of microsoft office.