If you've been looking to go Core Duo on the cheap then wait no longer. PCMAG just busted out their Editor's Choice award on the 15.4-inch widescreen
Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. Good reason too, since their $999 test model shipped pre-loaded with XP Media Center Edition 2005 (TV tuner costs extra), sporting a 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB (5400rpm) disk, 802.11b/g, dual-layer DVD burner, and ATI Mobility Radion X1300 graphics -- not top of the line by any means, but oodles better than a lot of those integrated graphics craptops, and more likely to run Vista with some pep. PCMAG calls the E1505 "perfect" for people on a budget who "appreciate technology" which well, pretty much covers just about everyone we know. Knocks? Sure, the battery only managed about 3 hours and you have to enter a goofy Dell E-Value code "E1505PC" when ordering if you expect your kit to ring-up with that sub-grand price tag. Righteous pricing indeed for this full featured and powerful kit.
posted May 2nd 2006 10:18AM
"Good reason too, since their $999 test model shipped pre-loaded with XP Media Center Edition 2005"
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i just bought one for 818$ total w/ tax and shipping and ive got an extra nine cell battery, and the core duo processor w/ 1.72 ghz. My lcd is the 15.4 xga w/ trulife. specs:Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2250 (1.73GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
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LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
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Memory 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM
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Video Card Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
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Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
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This machine is amazing- It SUCKS! They sent me a new one because the first one so bad. I spend 3 hours on the phone with tech support today trying to get the second one up and running- no luck.
Are all Dells this bad or just bad luck on my part?
I have a builtin Bluetooth in my Inspiron 6400E1505, but when I formatted it the Bluetooth disappeared. I see the Bluetooth light on but the icon is gone. how can I intall it again.
Thank you
I bought the Dell Inspiron E1505 about two years ago. Like so many of the others who bought this laptop, my 85Wh battery died just after the one year mark. The problem starts when the battery light begins flashing. The battery has a usuage button on it which indicated that the battery was fully charged, however, every time I put the battery in the laptop, the light starts to flash again. I found dozens of blogs and techie sites where Dell users have voiced the same issues with this computer. All Dell will offer as a solution is to buy a new battery. It costs about $169. to buy a new one from Dell. I've written messages to Dell Customer Service and even to Michael Dell himself about this problem and got nowhere. The overall performance of this laptop was marginal at best, despite what anyone else thinks of it. My older Inspiron 1100 is a much better laptop and has never had any issues with it's battery. I was enticed to buy the more expensive battery when I got the E1505 because it was said to last longer. Obviously, that is not true. Dell Customer Service will not take ownership of the problem that I am many others have had with this laptop. I've bought five computers from Dell in the past seven years or so. The E1505 was the latest addition. My older Dell computers all work much better than the E1505. Personally, it is a useless piece of junk to me, if I cannot use it as a portable computer. Instead, it remains landlocked to a wall outlet if I want to use it. I'm certainly not going to pay Dell $169. every year for a new battery. I either want my money back or a replacement for the computer, both of which I know I will never receive. I used to be a big Dell supporter, but not any longer. Dell sucks! My next system will come from HP. I won't buy anymore Dell products and I'd suggest anyone else to reconsider buying a Dell computer unless you also want a headache, unless you enjoy being ignored by Dell when you have a problem with their products.
I agree with several other posters re; Dell and their battery life. IT IS UNACCEPTABLY BAD!
My wife's personal E1505 9-cell battery completely failed before being 2yrs old. Does not even last 2 seconds.
I am an IT Manager all the recent laptops I have purchased (~5 Latitude D620,820s and the one E1505) have all failed battery wise within a year to two. It used to be they would slowly loose run time as the battery aged. Now they fail like they have fallen off a cliff.
As a life long Dell user (I have personally purchased close to >$30k in Dell equipment over the years) I will shop Lenovo, HP etc..for laptops in the future.
i have also bought my dell about two years ago and my battery died it doesnt lasts more that 14 min !!!!!! why is that happening what should i do???
I had just about the exact experience Russell has had. I purchased the laptop a little better than 2 yrs ago and since the original purchase the battery died with six months and I was also foolish enough to spend the extra money on a new battery. I figured the larger battery would last longer and in the beginning that was true, but in the end it was a complete loss. When ya add the cost of battery & the 2 power cords I have replaced so far I have way too much money in my tabletop pc to want to take another chance on dell! What irritates me the most is I paid approx $1100.00 for my 1505! I think I purchased mine about 2 maybe 3 months before they lowered prices.
I bought one of these systems, but I got it with the Nvidia GeForce Go 7300, for Linux compatibility. It works wonderfully! I dual boot XP Media Center Edition and Ubuntu 7.04.
Sorry to hear about your battery troubles Russel. The only problem my computer has is a dead pixel that occurred 6 months or so after the purchase.
I am thinking of buying a Dell Inspiron E1505, with 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 160 HD, 15.4" broad screen. pls tell me should I go for it?
The main use of the laptop will be using office 2007, photoshop, multimedia and using the internet!
please help me out thanks
yeah you can go for it. But be sure that a dedicated 256 MB graphics card is part of your target for better graphics performance.