Nope, it should be all you're hoping for.

It should fly, yes...however doesn't the Geforce 7300 come with 1505?

Yes, I have the 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce Go 7300 TurboCache.

i am currently on a Sony Vaio FS Series & it is just about the worst computer I have ever used. I know sony has agood name as far as laptops but so far I haven't seen it. I've had it for a little over 6 months & it does nothing but lock up & it takes forever to do anything.

This is my first Dell & I really wanted to get something that really had some power & speed. I do allot of web development & software development & I need something that can handle the load. I was considering the XPS but I didn't want to go with a 17 inch screen so I went with the 15 inch.

thanks for the feedback...I'm more of a software guy than hardware. I am just hoping that my config will give me what I'm looking for.

jmorro76,

 

Just to note, if you plan on doing web development on your E1505, you may want to use the Dell Quickset to disable the "internet Explorer Scaling" and set the system font size back to 96dpi (standard size for most windows installations). Dell ships many Inspirons with higher dpi settings and scaling enabled to account for larger screen resolutions, but they will throw off your web development efforts if you are not aware of them.

 

 

I also ordered the E1505 and am waiting to recieve it. I went with the ATI graphics card after people on this forum convinced me it benchmarked higher. Let us know how you like it when you get it. I know I would like to here your feedback.

Inspiron E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
pur. Sept. 7 2006

Ok, my status shows that the system is being boxed today but the estimated ship date is on the 19th. Why would it sit for so many days before being shipped?

Boxing is when the computer comes to the United States from Malaysia where it is built.  It is not sitting anywhere - it is traveling busily! 

We ordered a couple of E1505's. I'm glad to say that overall we're happy with them. We have the ATI x1400 256 graphics card in both, and other than the issue that these new 256MB mobile video solutions really only have 128MB ram on them, and use another 128MB from system memory to get their "256" number, I can say they seem to work well.  No complaints about the performance of the ATI x1400.

Just a note, don't try to install the ATI 1400 desktop video drivers on the mobile x1400's. And if you try the mobile drivers from ATI's website, make sure the compatibility list shows your model notebook. Otherwise, stick with the video drivers from Dells website.

 

 

Message Edited by E1505x2 on 09-13-200610:09 PM