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Not sure when this popped up, but Dell is now offering the Inspiron Notebook 1420 N which offers some new cool features like: choosing the laptop color, cor2duo CPU’s, 3 different display types at 14.1″, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, wireless and a 6-cell battery.
Looks to be a bit more high end than the E1501N, therefore also at a higher price, starting at $774, which isn’t bad considering the specs and that it has Ubuntu for an OS.
Seems like Dell isn’t giving up on Ubuntu for a while yet and hopefully never…
Forget my last post, I ain’t getting a Dell yet… I’ll wait a couple of months and see if Dell starts offering any other models with Ubuntu, hopefully soon.
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
Interestingly, Ubuntu.com has a huge banner on their site advertising Dell Ubuntu computers… Looks like their expecting a flood of visitors, which, seems unlikely because of the little advertising Dell has done on their end, especially since finding http://www.dell.com/ubuntu seems hard to find, unless you dig deep in the menus. It’s great that Dell’s doing this, they just need too do a better Job at making people aware of it.
Dell released three models yesterday, thursday, but frankly I’m disappointed by their prices. The Inspiron E1505 N comes with a measly 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD and a low-end Intel Duo starting at $599 and a mediocre battery. Dell has the same model with Vista at $549 with 1GB RAM and Turion CPU and the best battery available. Why in the world would I get the Ubuntu model? I’d rather get the one with Vista, wipe it and install Ubuntu than get the Ubuntu at a higher price for lower specs.
If Dell would just allow Ubuntu as an alternative on ANY of their systems, as opposed to just Vista and XP… or even a no-OS option on all models…
Dell, you have disapointed me, but you still have time to make it all better…
Today on Dell’s Linux Blog, they released some more detailed specs on the hardware Ubuntu will run on and how they have modified/left Ubuntu as default.
The main points are:
- Use the default Ubuntu install
- Install drivers for hardware/peripherals, Open Source if possibl, otherwise closed, i.e. Intel, Conexant.
- Codecs for media formats will be left “as is”, not installed by default, but very easy to install if required.
Hopefully we get to reap the benefits of this soon…
Dell has a Linux site http://linux.dell.com. Just discovered it today. Really hope they’re geting serious about ubuntu…
This picture as seen on one of Dell’s advertising pages.
Jeremy, the founder of Linuxquestions.org anounced in his latest Blog post that he had received an email from a Dell employee. The email stated the Dell will be releasing the E520, 1505 and XPS 410 models next Thursday, 5/24, with the Ubuntu flavour of Linux.
Although some doubt the validity of the email, we can only hope that it’s valid and come thursday, we’ll see…
Read the original post here.
A couple of days ago, I discovered HeadlineDeals.com which has really great deals on Dell mercandise. Some of the coupons are worth $500 and I’m waiting for a good one to come along and buy a Dell with some great specs for a low price.
Although Dell is going to be putting Linux, specifacally Ubuntu on some select models later this year, I’d prefer to get a good coupon discount and buy a Notebook, be it with Vista, XP, etc. and wipe the drive and install Ubuntu myself. I think I’ll wait till June, and if Dell continues to stay silent till then, I’m getting one of these.
Ebay also has great deals, but some people have had bad expieriences with buying used or refurbished ones, missing accesories, dead batteries, screens with dead pixels, etc. Although, if I do find a good deal on ebay and it’s in good condition, I might go for that…
