<p>I'm interested in buying a Dell Inspiron e1505, and I went to a kiosk and had one of the pros there help me put together a computer and this is what he came up with...</p>
<p>inspiron e1505: intel core duo proc t2050
operating system: genuine windows xp media center edition 2005
lcd panel: 15.4" wide screen xga display
memory: 1gb shared dual channel ddr2
video card: 128 mb ati mobility radeon x1300 hypermemory
hard drive: 80 gb 5400 rpm SATA hard drive
notebook card and modem: integrated 10/100
adobe software: 6.0
combo/ dvd+rw drives: 8x cd/dvd burner with double-layer dvd+r write capability
sound options: integrated sound blaster audigy HD software edition
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1390 802.11 b/g Mini Card
Anti-Virus: PC-cillin 24 months
primary batter- 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion
Hardware Warranty: 2 Year limited warranty, 2 year at-home service, and 2 ear HW warranty support
Dell On Call: 30 day, getting started assistance, unlimited incidents
dial up internet acces: 6 months AOL</p>
<p>the price came up as $1583.95. good deal?</p>
<p>what printer would be good and compatible? how about accidental damage warranty? do i have enough hard drive space? and would i be allowed to use coupons i find at the kiosk or can they only be used online? i'm very new to this whole computer thing and i'm just very confused.</p>
<p>No, you should search for Dell coupons before you buy. Something like $500 off $1500, or $750 off $2000. What makes Dell's a good deal are the coupons.</p>
<p>You might want to also consider getting a 4 year warranty and damage coverage to last you through school. look for coupons and/or check on what kind of deal you can get through your college - they're generally discounted.</p>
<p>I'm actually a Dell Campus rep at Lafayette College but if you let me know what College you go to I could direct you to yours! I checked out the specs that you had listed and I think you can definetly get a better rate if you use your student discount. Granted you didn't list what processor you had for me it came out to a few hundred dollars cheaper and included an extra year on the warranty. Let me know if you have any questions!</p>
<p>hey retired athlete...im going to be going to the university of washington....is 12% off the best deal i can get through the school (<a href="http://www.dell.com/huskies%5B/url%5D">www.dell.com/huskies</a>)? why would someone want to get a 12% discount, since arent there coupons anyone can use that are way better?</p>
<p>Good luck with that. I bought a Dell e1505 less than a month ago thinking it would be a great deal. They send me the thing and it wouldn't turn on. Spent two hours with terrible tech support before they decided they'd take it back to fix. Turns out they forgot to install the cpu or some other ESSENTIAL hardware component. Two weeks later, it comes back to me and spazzes out, randomly decides it won't turn on at all (as in, screen is black no light no sound). Spent another two hours with terrible tech support who asked very inappropriately for me to open up my laptop and FIDDLE with my memory disk. Is she crazy?? Anyway, didn't answer your question, but I figured you might want the customer review. My family has three Dells, but if you happen to get a trippy one and need to deal with warranty/tech support, you're screwed. Have fun in college!</p>
<p>Supposedly you can get any printer to go with your Dell. I didn't want a Dell printer because you can't get ink refills from anywhere but dell.com. So you pay for the ink and S&H. I got an HP printer but I haven't hooked it up yet, so I'm not absolutely sure it will work. But it should. </p>
<p>Definately get coupons. I posed a coupon code in another Dell E1505 topic. It saves 20%. $1583 is WAAAAY more than you should be spending.</p>
<p>wow that is way too much to be spending for that kind of laptop. Just try configuring one with those specs at <a href="http://www.dell.com%5B/url%5D">www.dell.com</a> and you will get a way better price. Do you plan on playing games on it? If so, what kind of games? If you're not gonna play games or do anything graphics intensive, you don't really need a non-integrated graphics card.</p>
<p>Wow. You got gypped then. I got my e1405 (essentially the same computer, except with a 14.1" display and about $80 more) for around $988. 120 GB, 1 GB memory, dvd burner, 9-cell battery, etc. pretty much everything you said. it turned on. it's pretty. I named it Phineas.</p>
<p>The only thing that ****ed me off a little was all the crap I had to get rid of (all the trial software, AOL, Windows/MSN Messenger, Outlook Express). But you should really look for deals at deals2buy or something.</p>
<p>I bought a Toshiba Satellite M105 - S3041 for 600 hundred bucks. 14.1 inch, 80 gig HD, 512 memory, DVD R/RW, 5.7 hrs battery, 5.5 lbs. I love it. Maybe you'd like to look into it. Use notebookreview, yahoogadgets to get reviews and prices and then you'll get an appropriate sum. 1500 bucks is a royal rip off. </p>
<p>And btw, 15 inchers are actually cheaper than 14 inchers because things are bigger and heavier.</p>
<p>if you must buy a dell make sure you extend your warranty. toshiba's are the best 'bang for your buck' as they are inexpensive however not made cheaply like dells. you can probably find one similar to hagars at best buy or circuit city or comp usa.</p>