http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/ Engadget Comments for Dell's 15.4-inch Vostro 1000 laptop hits $399 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
when did you get the macbook?
if you got it 2 or 3 years ago, well, thats life!
this doesn't have a webcam
this doesn't have ilife]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/ilife? don't need it

i don't see the problem]]>Nov 20th 2007 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Nice for parents to give to teenage girls to use AIM and teenage boys to surf for porn but not much else. Same story with all these budget lappies. However, throw on a linux distro and all is well. It would probably be a bit cheaper, too. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
In your eyes everything is crap but as soon as you put linux on it, its a whole different story.

IMO, all operating systems are pretty crap: XP is ugly and simple; Vista is pretty yet buggy and slugish; OSX is nice but compatability is lacking and linux is just sh*t.

OSX is the way of the future, linux is hell on earth!]]>Nov 20th 2007 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
1. I am in no way a Linux fan boy nor could I be considered an enthusiast. I recognize when certain choices have their benefits and when they don't. In this case, Linux would be the better option since it's free, better supported, and would garner more use from such a limited piece of hardware.

2. I'm writing this reply on a 15.4" MBP C2D with 10.5.1, you don't have to lecture me on the benefits of OS X. Again, it has it's uses. That shouldn't, however, be confused with "OS X is the way, the truth, and the light and everything else can burn in hell." I do like Apple products but I don't love them by any means. If I could turn back time, I'd buy my own components and build a Hackintosh. I'd be cheaper, probably more powerful, and I'd learn something in the process.

BTW, where, in what is I'm sure your vast profusion of expertise, did you stumble upon the realization that Linux is in fact, crap? ]]>Nov 20th 2007 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
I have to say, being pretty impartial at the whole OS table that all have their ups and downs. I don't think OSX is going to be the clear winner at all. What Apple have done on the marketing side of things is very clever but they're offering an operating system that also has bugs and is reliant on expensive hardware. While fanboys/girls will maybe have the patience to save up or just go nuts and buy something, Apple are still missing a huge segment of the budget market. Oh, and don't try and tell me that a mac mini is budget because that thing is overpriced weakness.

The low-end market is tied up with PC and now Linux distributions, while Linux has a place in the high-end heart of purist techno enthusiasts and PC has a place in hardcore gamers. This market segments are getting seriously hot at the moment with the introduction of reasonable hardware prices (ASUS EEE and Dell Vostro, VIA, OLPC) and free software (Ubuntu linux) or preloaded Windows Vista Basic.

My point is Apple can only grow so far with fanboys/girls while they pitch themselves at "blind" consumer end of the market. If Apple ever want to seriously be considered as a viable alternative to Windows then they have to have the whole package, not just pretend they have by tacking on boot camp last minute, especially as today I see that the adverts on Engadget are openly slating PC yet again (specifically Vista).

Just to confirm, I use PC at home, OSX at work and have played around with Linux (it's still not for me, but they're making leaps and bounds!). This Vostro laptop is a steal for all those who want to do what most people want to do, send emails, watch YouTube videos and store digital photographs.]]>Nov 20th 2007 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Mac FanBoi {get there is an "i"} alert]]>Nov 20th 2007 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Nice for parents to give to teenage girls to use AIM and teenage boys to surf for porn but not much else. Same story with all these budget lappies. However, throw on a linux distro and all is well. It would probably be a bit cheaper, too. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
I use Linux at home on my lappie (an old VAIO with similar specs, cost 4k about 4-5 yrs ago!) and sure, it's pretty good but come on, don't be an idiot, putting a linux distro on a $400 laptop doesnt suddenly turn it into a 6 grand Mac Book Pro.

Linux has it's place and maybe it would suit this laptop but realistically, it's not gonna make a MASSIVE difference.]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
My gf has a similarly spec'ed Dell laptop (Latitude) that her company gave her. She can run (some) games, gets plenty of work done including Auto CAD, watch films, burns DVDs and plenty more. All on XP. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
...who the hell buys a 6 grand MacBook Pro?]]>Nov 20th 2007 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
@ Daliminator:

That's a damn good question. My MBP C2D w/ 2GB RAM and TV-tuner? $1800 Granted, I got a mighty fine discount and I do like Apple but I don't love them enough to throw down 6 grand. Whoever is willing to spend that much on a laptop has way too much money and not enough sense.

@ Jon:

You're right, no one needs an AMD processor to read porn, unless it's some really impressive text encoding that I haven't come across before. But no, I'm not to going ridicule you over a typo, I'm going to ask what kind of Auto CAD your GF does with a gig of RAM and a, frankly, POS processor these days? Beyond that, I hope she doesn't multitask. I can only imagine the problems she'd face with a few spreadsheets, couple of word docs, and a CAD project running simultaneously on one of these. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/They used to run AutoCAD on 486s back in the early/mid 90s. I'm sure this laptop would work just fine for it.]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Now if they could only get the Vostro 1500 notebooks that cheap!]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
-Lt. Ripley]]>Nov 20th 2007 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 21st 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Aaagh, damn you engadget.]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
I rent out laptops for presentations at the rate of $100 a day, normally it's a Thinkpad T60, but these will do the same job just fine. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/And you will have a slower processor (Mobile Sempron 3600+), only 60GB hard drive and only DVD/CD+RW Combo (no DVD writing).

That is without taxes! Taxes will make the price about €528 (779$).]]>Nov 20th 2007 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/

Well; maybe... Not to be superficial, but I get way more comments on my ultra portable than anyone else does on their normal sized lappy. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
If Apple really wanted to dominate, they would be well-served to push as many Mac Minis as they can at $249 (low end SPU speeds, 512MB, 80GB), and make it easy on me to figure out what system to get my Mom this year.

Oh heck, I'll end up getting her the Mac anyway, don't want to spend my weekends removing viruses from her system...]]>Nov 20th 2007 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
He uses his computer to make DVDs from footage he shoots of construction or family events and he's happy doing that. No viruses, no porn, no music, no illegal software.

Try teaching OSX to somebody who forgets everything you just say to them. It would freak him out to make the switch to mac.

I suggest you get your mum a vostro and tell her to stop trying to get Jazz Around Midnight from some russian warez site.]]>Nov 20th 2007 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/price $ 449 for the following CRAPo:

Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3600+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
LCD PANEL 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Display
MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimm
HARD DRIVE 120GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, Cyberlink Power DVD
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card



ordering a (like an succker) at Dell.GR (Greece) for a pos Dell Vostro 1000

€ 495,00 w/o VAT. Add 19% VAT, and pay 589,05 EUROS ! that is about $ 862 (1 Euro = about 1.4626 USD by google)
for this Greek crappo:
Windows Vista Home Basic - Greek (what the @@@ are Vista doing on a 1 Gig of RAM ? ask Dell)
AMD® Sempron Mobile Technology 3600+
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
1 Year Hardware Support - Next Business Day
1024 MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 512 MB)
60GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Video Card
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory™ (integrated)
Fixed 24x DVD-ROM Drive, including SW
Wireless Networking No Wireless Card Selected

if you want it with XP Home ,add 10 euros.
for XP PRO add 80 euros.
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way to push the limits again dell!]]>Nov 20th 2007 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/
Order of importance for performance:
- Ram
- Video Card
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- Processor

I gamed on a 1ghz processor for a long ass time before upgrading, and when I did barely noticed the difference, but the change from 512mb of ram to 1gb, and also to 2gb, was impossible to miss. ]]>Nov 20th 2007 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/dells-15-4-inch-vostro-1000-laptop-hits-399/Nov 20th 2007 11:04AM