The Dell Inspiron 1520 I Plan to Buy

This is the Dell Inspiron configuration i plan to buy. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

Inspiron 1520
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) (upgrades to T7300 for $75)
Genuine Windows ® Vista Home Basic Edition (can upgrade to home premium for $30)
Jet Black
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz (i plan on buying the ram myself and upgrading it)
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT
160G 7200RPM SATA HDD
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08
CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
No Security Subscription (Norton 30-day)
85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
1 Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day
6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr
Jet Black color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
Intel® Core™2 Duo Label
Windows Vista™ Basic

Sub-total-$1,099.73
Shipping & Handling-Free

I'm probably going to make a purchase by July 5 or 6.

 

go for the T7300, you get tha 4MB cache

 

How did you get that price?!

 

Yeah how did you get it that cheap???

 

I'll tell you once i get my order confirmed because i don't want something to happen.

 

booooooooooooooooooo

 

wow, very lame. very very lame.

 

at that price jump on it right away. Id pick the same processor, don't think id see any noticeable difference with the larger cache. Upgrade to home premium if you're even thinking bout gettin a tv tuner. get the intel 3945abg, its a better wifi card. Other than that, looks good. same as i would buy, if i could

 

Or should i get this one?

Inspiron 1420
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Basic Edition
Jet Black
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8400M GS
Speed: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Windows Vista™ Basic

Sub-total-1038.53

 

I don't know why you'd choose the 1420 over the 1520 considering they're both the same price at whatever config/discount you're getting, and the 1520 has a better video card.

 

I'm heading off to college and I'm not sure if the difference in portability is worth the difference in faster cpu but slower gpu. I'm thinking I will be carrying around my laptop quite a bit. I plan on playing games in college too though and i want to be able to play the newest games like Starcraft 2.

 

someone know if this laptop has a spdif port to connect an external digital audio decoder (such as Creative Inspiron 5500)?

 

Hello,

I've just order a DELL Inspiron 1520 with the following configuration:

My Components
SYSTEM COLOR: Midnight Blue edit
PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows ® Vista Home Basic Edition
DISPLAY: High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900)
VIDEO CARD: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT
MEMORY: 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
HARD DRIVE: 80GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
OPTICAL DRIVE: CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
WIRELESS NETWORKING: Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS: Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
INTEGRATED WEBCAM: Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
BATTERY OPTIONS: 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
SOUND OPTIONS: Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition

1 year warranty
the initial price was: $1409 but I use de DELL Cupons: http://www.notebookreview.com/dellCoupon.asp and I've saved $350.
The final(with taxes + shipping) price was: $1150

 

Still waiting on how you got this price.

 

He prob used the coupon like I did. I got the spec in my signature for 1404 and thats just because I went up to 2 gb of RAM and up to the c2d t7500 and vista premium.

 

what coupon is that

 

i would like to know the answer as well

 

plush tax...your looking at about 1200. Weak vid card but as long as you can upgrade that seems like a great deal to me. Vista premium would be a better option. Nice HD that's for sure.

 

hi i'm planning to buy a 1520 insirion but i see that you chose a Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem and i was wondering where you found that on the website cause i can't find it....and i would like that option so I can connect through a lan line using a wire....and also if i get that card....can i also get a wireless card and will it work also with the network card without any trouble....please respond...thanks

 

The Network Card is integrated into the Notebook motherboard so its standard with all the notebooks. There's no need to select it.

 

oh ic thanks for the reply

 

In your case, definitely go for the more portable 1420 !