On Dell’s Smart Values page I’m planning to get the Inspiron 1501 at $499 with an upgrade of the CPU and a the best battery… Which brings it too $609 + Shipping. Looks like a pretty good deal, except that I wish that the Ubuntu models also had this discount. I’d love to get the Inspiron E1505N Ubuntu model just to be able to support it, but upgrading it to comparable specs brings it to $248 more expensive than the standard 1501 with the discount. So and $248 more is a little more than I want to give for relativly the same specs, except that the 1501 has XP Home and the E1505N has Ubuntu.
I just hope the Video Card and Wireless doesn’t give me trouble, but according to other accounts, it’s relativly easy to set up.
Now for the specs on the Inspiron 1501
- AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56 (add $60)
- 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
- 60GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
- 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
- ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (Integrated)
- Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)
- Integrated Audio
- 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (add $20)
- 1 Yr Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr Mail-in Service, and 1 Yr Tech Support
- Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
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June 8, 2007 at 8:55 pm
dave Field
Hi there, Hope you’ve had good luck with your purchase, i’d definatly recommend this laptop, with the 64Bit version of Ubuntu. I ditched XP a couple of years ago, and basically everything i nee can be achived by using linux, (even the Flash development, it works fine with Wine) Let me know if you run into any problems.
June 17, 2007 at 10:18 pm
linux4dummies
Actually went for the Dell Inspiron 640m in the end, has a Intel graphics card which has way better driver support than ATI. Should get my hands on it on July 6th.