reasonable price on e1505?

Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5500 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD

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

Memory 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM

Video Card 128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory™

Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

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

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0

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

Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition

Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless and Bluetooth

Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No productivity suite- Includes

Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription

Primary Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support

Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included

Dell Digital Entertainment Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo

Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

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1)for $952? is that reasonable? that's by going through dell home and using a 20% off coupon....

2) see anything i could improve upon or take out to save money?

3) also for a college stdent do you think a 1 year warranty w/o complete care is fine?

btw, some of you may have seen me earlier posts about a $1,600 e1505/m1210....i thought about it and i realized that there really was no reason for me to get the higher end system. i'm using it for normal college stuff and don't plan on playing games (well, maybe a little) ...so i decided to take the more practical/cost-effective route.

 

I helped a buddy order one a few days ago. online with the 20% discount it was 921. well we called it in and they gave us another discount and it was like 870 something after tax. it was somethign about taking $100 off before the 20% discount VS. taking $100 off after the discount.

 

so you just call them up and ask for a discount? i dont know if that would work for the the system im getting because the $100 off gets deleted if you apply the 20% off coupon so its like it never existed...hmm...maybe i should just try calling.

 

1) yes its a good price but...
2) u could upgrade the memory from 512mb to at last 1 gig cause otherwise the laptop wont last u very long; and u could also upgrade the graphics card to the x1400 cause its a lot more worth it than the x1300; and u dont really need the upgraded sound software. other than that it looks good.
3)i think 1 year warranty should be fine

 

if you wont be playing games, dont waste your money on an x1400.

memory is cheap and is easy to add later.

i would stick with what ya got.

 

thx for the info everyone!

 

alright i got my final decision here...


Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5500 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD

LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™

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

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

Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

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

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0

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

Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition

Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless and Bluetooth

Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No productivity suite- Includes

Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription

Primary Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support

Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included

Discovery Channel's Cosmeo Discovery Cosmeo - Monthly Subscription (30 Day Free Trial)

Dell Digital Entertainment Starter pack- Basic and trial products from Corel
and Yahoo

Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor


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964 bucks!

 

how much is it?

 

964 dollars