Just ordered my new Dell 1505 !!!

Inspiron E1505
Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2400 (2MB Cache/1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display
512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM (already bought 1Gig Transend from NewEgg)
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Intel® PRO 3945 Internal a/b/g Wireless Card
Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Card
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support

After Shipping/Tax = $829.56

It took me a while to pick the specs, at first i went with a 7200 RPM HD, but i did a lot of reading and noticed that the HD speed wouldn't really effect HL2 or CS:S, so i upped the processor and went with the 5400. Then it took me forever to decide on what type of screen, i went with WXGA because i don't want to deal with glare and being that the graphics card isn't to powerful, i didn't want to up the native res of the screen as well. The laptop is going to be used for taking to school/light gaming. :dell:

 

Congrats on the purchase! I am sure you will love it!

 

that is a good deal, how did you configure it that way so cheap? I've been trying to get the same thing with 1 gig of ram and the 9 cell battery but it comes out to something like $1700... i keep seeing ppl get the same thing or better for like $900-$1300, if you could explain what coupons or whatever you used to get the price down i would appreciate it...thanks

 

only coupon i used was the 35% off of $999+ After tax the laptop is over $1000, so for some reason the coupon works, and knocks it down to 7 something, then add on tax and fees and it comes out to 829

Now i just have to figure out what to do with the bluetooth. It came free from Dell with the wireless card, but i really don't have anything to use with the bluetooth, my cell phone has bluetooth so maybe i can figure out something cool with that.

 

thats what i planned to do but it did an automatic 30% and for some reason mine came to quite a bit more than $1000 when i configured it...i really don't understand it and wish i could get the deals yall are getting...

 

Keep checking this site http://www.slickdeals.net/category/computers/ ...wait for a 35% coupon. Also make sure you start from the lowest base model with a Duo in it, i think it starts at like $769 or something.

 

First off, congrats on the purchase. I just bought an inspiron 6400 with almost the same specs, the inspirion 6400 and e1505 are pretty much the same thing rite??... ne ways i was just wondering on how long it took them to ship the laptop to your house cuz I ordered mine on the 12th and they shipped it out on the 14th but the estimated arrival date isn't till the 27th, which doesn't really make sense to me.

 

Ordered it yesterday, they say it will SHIP out on July 6th...seems like a long time to me. That means i won't see my laptop for a few weeks

 

I ordered my e1505 on 6/6 and got an estimated ship date off 7/19! Thankfully I received it on 6/13, only 8 days later.

 

cool congrats you will love it

 

I just got a scratch and dent e1505 and like Jeff's mine had only a very minor surface scratch on the lid and appeared new otherwise. I paid a total of $679 plus tax and am very happy with the deal. Also delivery was only about a week after ordering.

My configuration is:

Inspiron 6400/E1505 Notebook: Intel Core Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB) Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005 Qty: 1
Unit Price: $679.00
Inspiron 6400/E1505 Notebook: Intel Core Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)
Shipping Material
AOL 9.0 ISP Software
Windows Media Player
65W Adapter
AOL 9.0 ISP Software
512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (1 DIMM)
Base Assembly
DVD Software
Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition
Nylon Carrying Case
Dell Direct Download
Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005
MEDIADIRECT Two Software
15.4 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife
40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Photo Album 6.0 Starter
Processor Label
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
AOL Software Documentation
AOL ISP Software
Scratch & Dent
Support Software
ISP Software
Image Restore Software
Net Zero ISP
Wild Tangent Gaming Client
Earthlink ISP Software
ONLINE TRAINING
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Software
ISP Search Assist
Music Match 10.1 Software
Netscape ISP Software
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
McAfee Security Center, 90 Day
Power DVD Software
9 Cell Primary Battery
Shipping Material
Paint Shop Pro Standard
Hinge Cover
1390 Wireless Card
Microsoft Office 2003 Software Guide
Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Reader
Keyboard On Notebook

I have a 1 gb memory chip on order from Newegg and plan no further updates other than memory. This configuration is not exactly what I would have configured but for $719 with tax it is a sweet deal. I would strongly recommend the scratch and dent route.

On a side note, does anyone know how to configure the display on this unit? I would like a little more contrast and haven't found out how to do it yet.