I just got my new laptop today, here are the specs for anyone interested:


Anyhow, after removing all of the annoying crap that comes with a dell computer I am left with the very eye pleasing background of Windows Vista. Playing around with some of the settings like the 3d windows is pretty cool. The laptop is fun as hell and since Vista is aimed at being more secure I guess they did that pretty well because for just about every damn thing I do I get a popup asking my permission. I turned every security setting that I could find to off ( I do that on all my computers anyways ). Internet explorer is much more efficient than it used to be and it is obviously designed based on firefox, but it does a good job. I dont feel the need to upgrade to firefox this time around because the popup blocker here is good and it has tabbed browsing. I dont see a real practical use for the 3d desktop unless I'm looking at a bunch of different porn.

Anyways, what are some other cool Vista things to check out?

That's almost identical to my laptop, except it costs more than twice as much!

Congrats. You paid $1000 for 200 mhz and windows vista!

Boo Dell. I hate their customer service.

Is your case a slip and zip? Mine is like that plus its hard shell.

What did you build it yourself? And no, Windows Vista came with it free. I looked on Newegg at other laptops and stuff and they didnt come close to as good as this price for me.

Lol, it says 2.00 ghz

Actually you did kinda get a shabby deal. I'd take that price if it was with like 4 year complete care, but not a standard 1 year warranty. But I'm also not a fan of inspirons at all. Much prefer latitudes, and they generally don't come loaded with any crap applications if you don't want them to.

Vista doesn't make them cost a cent more, unless you feel the need for Ultimate, when it's likely Business will do. I built my D620 before Vista came out and then after, and the cost came out exactly the same, to the cent, with XP Pro and Vista Business.

Looks like it probably gets ****ty battery life.

3 hours browsing internet/vista chess/changing settings with full brightness

Thats pretty ****.

You got jacked on the price. Heck, I just customized a Toshiba laptop on their website with almost the same specs except its got a bigger hardrive, and it was only $1600. And best of all, its not a Dell!

Yea, I did the same thing except you didnt take into effect sales tax + shipping + my video card is better than what they offer on customizable + i have twice as much ram as they offered on customizable. With 1gig of ram and a 7600 gs as opposed to a 7900 gs with all other specs the same as my Dell, it priced at 2200 final exact buy it price.

I challenge anyone to find me the same specs for a better price without building your own. Ill send back the Dell and buy it instead.

U SHUDA GOTZ A MACINOTZH.

Ok. =) Same thing with longer warranty and bigger hard drive.

SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Inspiron E1705 Qty 1
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB), FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with 1GB of memory Unit Price $2,582.00
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Catalog Number: 23 T4678SP1
Module Description Show Details
Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with 1GB of memory
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Hard Drive 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Network Card 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 Audio
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription
Primary Battery 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 3Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service
Dell On Call Dell On Call, 30day, Getting started Assistance, unlimited incidents
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Power Adapter Belkin 2-Outlet Travel Surge Protector
LCD/Color Kits Charcoal Leather QuickSnap™ Cover
Dell Digital Entertainment No preinstalled software
Processor Branding Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium

TOTAL:$1,913.26

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Total Price
Sub-total $1,683.67

You are working somewhere with an employee purchase program that gives you a ****load of discount

Your laptop has similar specs as my laptop... except I have 120 GB and it's a Mac so I automatically win... unless I want to play games... or use MS Office without trying to track down a Mac copy of it offline.

I'm not going to lie, I doubt I'm ever going to go back to PCs again but I do miss gaming. Bah, I can still play SNES on my laptop!

Idiots. That's how much higher his specs are than mine.

that wasn't clear.

Yes it was.

Except they do offer the same amount of RAM that you got with your Dell on Toshiba and it has the exact same specs as your Dell except for the 7600 instead of the 7900. So, including tax (and free shipping from Toshiba) it comes out to about $1730. So you spent an extra $300 upgrading from a 7600 to a 7900.