->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread. <-

[the patient]

Recieved e1505 today and am currently setting it up.

Specs are:

E1505 Dual Core
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD
Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MBCache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)
LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
Video Card 128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Sound Options Integrated Audio
Wireless Networking Cards Wireless Card Only: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g
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
Warranty and Service 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Internet Access Service 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

$986 before taxes.

So far so good. Got it connected wirelessly in no time. Installed my AV software and currently adding Firefox. Do you all use the Google desktop sw that comes pre-installed. Probably will be deleting it. What about the Norton Ghost? Have to do a search on them in a second.

The task manager shows 62 processes running. Will try to get them down tonight and tomorrow. Have to read some of the other threads first. Oh yeah, what's SQL Server service Manager?

Thanks to hbomb for some suggestions on configuration.

[Zero One]

Hello everyone, I've been furiously browsing through these forums for the past 2 weeks to alleviate the tension that built up while waiting for my notebook, but here's my first post.

Ordered my 6400/e1505 on the 17th of Sept and just got the tracking info today. Just hoping it will be delivered by Purolator right on Thursday, when I'm available to recieve it. On Wednesday and Friday I wont be available till late in the evening. But what are the chances of it being Thursday...

Specs of my very first notebook:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (4MB Cache/2.16GHz/667MHz FSB)
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
2GB Shared DDR2 SDRAM (free upgrade)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Only games I'll prolly be playing are StarCraft, Halo CE, and some early version of UT)
120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows® XP Home
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Integrated Audio
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)
No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD (Will replace with my own copy of Office)
McAfee Security Center w/ VirusScan, Firewall and Privacy, 90-day trial (I have a non-trial version on hand)
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
And the obligatory crapware.

I just can't wait for the moment I get this notebook and start decrapifying it and messing around with it. Just hope there are no unfortunate screwups with with the 6400.

[Magnumb]

guys I just did superpi to 2m with a time of 58.484 onmy new C2D T7400 e1705

holy crap.....that ain't bad lots of results I have seen where just over 1minute.

Anyhow post your numbers

Mag

Oh and my laptop just arrived today....hehehehe in fact I am typing on it right now.

Talk to you guys later....

[EPEDEMIC]

OMG . I finnaly bought a Laptop after trying to choose between a pc and laptop and which model for a year and a half. SPECS!

Dell E1705


PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD

LCD PANEL 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz

HARD DRIVE 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

OPTICAL DRIVE 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive

VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS

SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Audio

BATTERY OPTIONS 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

WIRELESS CARDS Wireless Card Only: Dell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)

PRODUCTIVITY No productivity suite- Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD

ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY No Security Subscription

Ship date of the tenth, do you think theres any chance of shipping before then? Hows Dell shipping speed.

[LankanDude]

Oki... Cool
U can read my review in my sig

[Talbot403]

Woot, well after much lurking and reading my wife finally ordered my laptop.

PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7400 (2.16GHz/667MHz/4MB)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD DISPLAY: 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY: 2GB, 677MHz 2 DIMM
HARD DRIVE: 100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
BATTERY OPTIONS: 9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery
GRAPHICS CARD: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX
SOUND OPTION: Integrated Audio
WIRELESS NETWORK CARD: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n Dual-band Internal Wireless
MEDIA CENTER ENHANCEMENTS: Remote Control for Windows XP Media Center Edition
WIRELESS ROUTER: Linksys WRT55AG Wireless A / G Router
BLUETOOTH: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
CABLES: Multimedia Cable Kit
WARRANTY: 3Yr Ltd Wty with 3Yr NBD Onsite Serv with CompleteCare and 3Yr Tech Support
CARRYING CASE: XPS Notebook Backpack
POWER, SECURITY: Notebook Surge Protector and USB 2.0 Hub Bundle
POWER, SECURITY: Targus Defcon 1 Cable Lock with Alarm

Talked really nice to my EPP guy, total price (incl. tax)

$3,528.74 (CAD)
$3,143.37 (USD)

Now just to wait the 10 - 12 business days till it arrives

[inspir64]

ok, finally got my inspiron 6400 after 6 days shipping. it's a core2duo,7400 2.16x2, x1400, 1gig, 1500wireless N, the rest is pretty standard I guess.

what do I think? As far as design goes, not overly impressed. I think I like the looks of the acer with the x1600 and built in cam and mic. This thing gets warmer than I expected. Also, on the bottom, the microsoft certificate of authenticity has a hole about the size of a penny in the middle. It looks like it may have melted or like someone rubbed in hard for a long time (not possible unless they sent me a used comp!) If it was heat, pretty scary to think it melted a hole in the sticker. h

Havent played any games yet, spent too long trying to update the ati driver, big tip is to use the mobility version you cant find on ati.com. simple if you get the right driver obviously.

time to put it through its paces before i have to go to bed for work tomorrow.
J

[nx6288]

Ordered the XPS M1210:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz)
Windows MCE 2005
A/V Communications Package
2GB DDR2 667MHz (Free Upgrade)
256MB Nvidia Geforce Go 7400 TurboCache
80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
10/100 Netword Card
8x CD/DVD Burner
Integrated Audio
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card
85 WHr 9-Cell Battery
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal
3 Year Return to Depot Service/3 Year CompleteCare/3 Year Tech Support

Should come in 2 weeks..the wait beings =(

[MogRules]

Just bought my first Laptop...Inspiron 9400

Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 @ 2.16GHz
2 GB DDR2 Ram
120 GiG HD
ATI Radeon Mobility X1400

I find my new desktop just collects dust now, should have just bought a laptop to begin with.

[MogRules]

they had mine built and shipped in a week but then it took a week and a half to get to me, guess it depends where you are but mine came from tennesee and it had to get to Canada