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

[danielle302]

Got my E1705 yesterday and I love it... the display, especially considering I was used to my old 15" CRT, is amazing. Runs like a dream...

Only thing is my case I bought doesn't fit... said it was for 17" notebooks, but this thing is a little too massive. I love it though, glad I went for the 17 over the 15

[Dylan255]

After waiting a very long time and debating other models, I finally ordered my E1705. I was looking at a Gateway NX860XL and even tried to see if I can greater discount when they saw the below configuration but they would have charged just over $2K. Only difference was the gateway is upgradeable to 4gigs, which I don't see myself doing, 7200RPM HD, 667mhz RAM. I read all the threads and I don't believe I was going to see a great benefit.

Inspiron E1705, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA,
2 GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm,
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS,
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
8X DVD+/-RW Drive, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 2-Year Subscription
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Module,Case,Carrying,Nylon Backpack
3 Year Limited Warranty At Home On-site
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)

For $1762.92 excluding shipping and taxes.

This is including a 20% off EPP and I got an additional 10% off with a Military Advantage Card. Didn't really want the Trend Micro Internet Security suite but this was the cheapest configuration I could find. Dell also bumped me up to Next Day Shipping for free. What do you guys think of the deal.

[count_schemula]

Did you try the regular consumer models with the 25% coupon?

Using the 30% coupon, I got the lappy in my sig for $1250 and it seems like the E1705 was arond $1500.

To some degree I wish I had gotten the E1705, but, still, you're right, for under $2000 it's a good buy. Most other brands get well over $2000 when you put a decent video card in them.

[Dylan255]

I did compare the EPP Personal Purchase Site to the Home/Home Office site and the prices were near identical, so I decided to take the 20% the system configured price and add the additional 10% coupon to the Dell Configured price and it came out to such a reasonable number I opted for the additional gig of ram from 1 to 2 gig. Well now that I have purchase it I'm not going to sweat the price anymore. I have been doing that for quite some time. And checking prices and applying coupons can make a man go mad.

[count_schemula]

Looks like you got a backpack (be sure it fits the 17", I've heard some sold with the 17" dont!) and the 2 yr virus, so, the price is pretty good.

It's a fine laptop and you got the 3 year warranty...

[SF49ers]

I just got my laptop on Tuesday, same config as yours except I got the 7200 RPM 80GB drive. I love it so far. If you are looking for a good backpack I recommend the mobile edge premium.

[Leshii]

by the way some people have said that they have upgraded E1705 to 4GB of RAM.

Price is OK. Config is too. The only thing I would recommend is upgrading the HD to 7200RPM if you notice any slowdowns.

[Dylan255]

4 Gigs I would love to be able to upgrade to that sometime in the future. Everywhere I look it shows only 2 gigs but if it could be done with a bios upgrade that would totally rock. Can you show me a post with that info?

[SF49ers]

There is only two memory banks so you would have to use 2 2GB sticks, which are hard as hell to find. I don't know if it requires a BIOS update though.

Anyone know where the best place to get 2GB of RAM for my e1705? Right now I have two 512 sticks.

[inter8148]

Just ordered my E1505 and used the 25% off coupon.
nspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5600 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD Panel 15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Wireless Networking Cards 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 and Mail-In Service
Internet Access Service 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista™ Capable
Bluetooth Options Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
Upgrade to Windows Vista Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition
Dell Digital Entertainment No Pre-Installed Software
Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

$1121 shipped. I can't wait to get it. Estimated delivery date is 12/7 - 11.