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    e1705 - give me the dirt

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jauburn, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. jauburn

    jauburn Notebook Enthusiast

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    About to pull the trigger on this laptop. Getting it with upgraded video card.

    Before I do, tell me what's NOT to like about it, please. Thanks.
     
    jauburn, Mar 30, 2006
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  2. Genom

    Genom Notebook Guru

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    Bit heavy. The normal screen has some issues reflecting florescent light (for me at least). Battery life is so-so even with the 9 cell (about 2 hours). No PCMCIA slot.

    I really do like the laptop, but those are the points that niggle at me at least.
     
    Genom, Mar 30, 2006
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    The weight that it
     
    gridtalker, Mar 30, 2006
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    runsun Newbie

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    Heavy, short battery life, cheesy white plastic border on the case, can only have up to 2GB RAM, midrange graphics card (the ati x1400)

    I really like my e1705 (just got it last week) it has plenty of power to be my workstation and seems to be solidly built.

    The M90 has a better graphics card and can take more ram, but the specs look just like the e1705 and with the $750 Dell code, you can load the machine up befoe coming close to the price of a M90.
     
    runsun, Mar 30, 2006
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  5. R.J.

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    The problem I see on the Dell website with this great deal is that the processor is not the dual core one. It is a 1.6 single core and I just don't know if that is going to be powerful enough.

    Sure, upgrading the video card and going with 2GB of Ram is great. However, I am hesitant to pull the trigger myself based on the processor.

    Anyone here have advice?

    Thanks,
    RJ
     
    R.J., Mar 30, 2006
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  6. Reaper21

    Reaper21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Spend more money and buy one of the better processors. i've got the T2600 which is duo core 2.16 ghz (only got 1gig of ram) and it works beautifully, luckily i bought mine before they stopped shipping the 7800 but i really have no regret, its a great laptop. It absolutely cains the **** out of my destop in performace, my desktop is a 2.8 p4 1gb of ram with an nvida 6800 GT screen card and is no match for my 9400. definately get a dual core cpu
     
    Reaper21, Mar 30, 2006
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  7. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    Hmm...

    The only gripes I've got about the E1705 is that the inside palm rests scratch easily and it get bad to so-so battery life (with the 9-cell of course - the 6-cell will get you almost nowhere in terms of battery life).
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Mar 30, 2006
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  8. CaliDell

    CaliDell Notebook Geek

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    My only gripe is that you cant easily upgrade to a 7800GTX.

    Seriously though, if you can grab one with a Go 7800, it's sweet. I play BF2 at FULL settings, 4xAA and I still average like 60 fps.....it's a beast.
     
    CaliDell, Mar 30, 2006
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