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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…
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
