A new contender

[trinityvixen]

After playing around with laptops all weekend, I've finally returned to peruse the Dell store, see what they've got for me and there might be something to it. I've found one latop that looks promising, the E1505, which has the intel dual core processor. I just wish I could play with the laptop like I've done with the MacBook and the Vaio.

The E1505 is about 1.42" according Dell's website, which isn't too bad, thickness-wise. The specs I upgraded it to ran it about $400 more than the most expensive base (the usual upgrades: 1.83 GHz processor, truelife bright screen, 120 GB hard drive--though I'm debating the extra $144 to make it 7200 rpms but only 100 GB), and it comes in at under $2000 with 4 year warranty. The fourth year coverage is especially attractive to me, as that seems to be the breaking year.

I also found a small Dell for my Dad who was eyeing the tiny Vaio at the store, and I think his office gets a Dell discount, too, so I'll recommend that one.

Once again, any thoughts on this computer?

(and my apologies to jlc: I wasn't confusing you with someone else earlier, I was just thinking of someone else and wrote that while responding to you; have I mentioned that I've been awake since 1:30 am this morning?)

Comments

[cagexxx.livejournal.com]

Good lord, this is 2006! You don't have to spend $2000 for a kickass notebook! Here's one I found without really trying:

http://www.onsale.com/onsale/shop/detail.asp?dpno=600944

You really should aim for $1300 or less. If you still want a Dell, there are coupon codes to make some of them have great prices. Here's a code for $750 off a $1999+ notebook: ZRFVGS97PK1F1

I assume it would work on the one you're looking at. That's a particularly good coupon code--you don't see $750 off very often, and it expires April 26 at 6 AM.

[osmodion.livejournal.com]

As great as ThinkPads used to be, I wouldn't get a Lenovo (the laptop linked to above) right now. A lot of people have been complaining about a noticable decrease in quality since Lenovo bought ThinkPad from IBM. Additionally, the specs on that specific laptop aren't particularly good.

If you get an Intel chip, you should definitely get a Core Duo. They outperform a lot of the current desktop chips, so it'll definitely last you awhile. Assuming you are trying to get something pretty kickass that will last for 4 years (based on the warranty mentioned above), $2000 is about the right price (before any awesome coupons that Jordan is guaranteed to find). A lot of new hardware has come out recently, most notably the Core Duo chips; the heavily discounted laptops for under $1300 have the older hardware.

[cagexxx.livejournal.com]

My bad--double-clicking the code left out the question mark. The code is: ZRFVGS97PK1F1?

And it does work on that Inspiron model.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I saw that, too, only now I'm finding this same laptop customized almost exactly the same for a lot cheaper currently on their website. I think the discount not through Columbia might actuall be better--it's clocking in about 34%, versus 29%. I have to find the coupon codes for the 1499 or 1699 machines, though I will keep an eye on the 1999 one for a while.

(I know I found all these coupons last night...where they went is anybody's guess).