atlanticfisherman said:shunja said:this is hot indeed

The only major drawback that you can't pick Windows XP along with it



Dell SB offers this notebook with XP Home SP2 or Vista Basic for same price

LINK for those who want this same notebook shipped with XP Home SP2 instead of Vista

you're right, somehow I missed that

osuuma said:I bought an Inspiron 6400 back in May. Hardly have used it. Now I see I could get a better system, for less. I feel sick.

You could play the waiting game on computers/technology forever, if you received a good deal on the Inspiron, my suggestion is to be happy with the fact you got a good deal on the Inspiron.

MMinjin said:What kind of battery life would this have when watching a movie (DVD)? I'd like to be able to watch a full movie when on a plane before the battery runs out.

NO battery can handle a Full Trip if you travel to China ..

better processor - Core 2 Duo T5470 v Athlon TK-53
better GPU - dedicated 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS v Integered ATI crap
better drive - 8X CD/DVD Burner v 24X CD Burner/DVD player
better HD - 120G v 80GB

yeah it worth extra $150 w/ new design (vostro 1500 = gray insprion 1521) and durable metal alloy case
personally i wouldn't buy any vista notebook without dedicated graphics RAM
with XP - cheaper deal might be worth lokking into
my 2 cent

saywhat2 said:better processor - Core 2 Duo T5470 v Athlon TK-53
better GPU - dedicated 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS v Integered ATI crap
better drive - 8X CD/DVD Burner v 24X CD Burner/DVD player
better HD - 120G v 80GB

yeah it worth extra $150 w/ new design (vostro 1500 = gray insprion 1521) and durable metal alloy case
personally i wouldn't buy any vista notebook without dedicated graphics RAM
with XP - cheaper deal might be worth lokking into
my 2 cent

I'm going with XP, so Vista isn't an issue ...and this lappy is for my kid (13) and school, but I don't wanna hafta be looking to upgrade a year from now, lol...I want it to last.

Anyone know what the cancellation deal is with Dell? I ordered the 1501 5 days ago, if I wanted to cancel that order and replace it with the Vostro 1500, would there be a problem?

GOOD DEAL!!! In for one!
Good processor, Core 2 Duo with 800 Mhz FSB. (corrected: Penryn 45nm wafer is not yet due)
How am I gonna catch up with all these nanometer war game?

I wish the graphic cards have more memory plus a HDMI port. That would be perfect!

its 65nm wafer.
45nm isn't out yet; will be out in Q4

loraksus said:Adam2004 said:Anyone buying XP is foolish in my opinion. As much as you may "dislike" Vista, the problem is not with Vista itself. To be honest, most of the complaints I have heard about Vista can be easily fixed and most of the time a user's lack of knowledge is what leads to the flaming and complaining. Do you really want your brand new computer to have a license for an out dated product?

What about the complaints that can't be easily fixed because legacy apps people use at work doesn't support Vista? Or that sysadmins don't want to touch it - or let it touch their network.
Or does "give boss the finger and get a new job" count as am easy fix?

To say nothing of crap driver support for some older products. Yay, lets buy a new scanner or AIO printer! (ok, so this is FW, thats not a huge deal)
Or crap driver support from nvidia/ati and games that run like crap (although it is finally getting better now)

That's almost always the case though then it comes to new operating systems. It's inevitable. When XP came out people were saying that it sucked for games and that there was no reason to upgrade from their windows 98 systems yet lo and behold, XP is now the best operating system for gaming. Of course any sort of sysadmin wouldn't want to use vista yet it's still a new product and it'll be another half a year before people get completely use to the idea of vista as opposed to XP.

Mechwarrior1989 said:loraksus said:Adam2004 said:Anyone buying XP is foolish in my opinion. As much as you may "dislike" Vista, the problem is not with Vista itself. To be honest, most of the complaints I have heard about Vista can be easily fixed and most of the time a user's lack of knowledge is what leads to the flaming and complaining. Do you really want your brand new computer to have a license for an out dated product?

What about the complaints that can't be easily fixed because legacy apps people use at work doesn't support Vista? Or that sysadmins don't want to touch it - or let it touch their network.
Or does "give boss the finger and get a new job" count as am easy fix?

To say nothing of crap driver support for some older products. Yay, lets buy a new scanner or AIO printer! (ok, so this is FW, thats not a huge deal)
Or crap driver support from nvidia/ati and games that run like crap (although it is finally getting better now)

That's almost always the case though then it comes to new operating systems. It's inevitable. When XP came out people were saying that it sucked for games and that there was no reason to upgrade from their windows 98 systems yet lo and behold, XP is now the best operating system for gaming. Of course any sort of sysadmin wouldn't want to use vista yet it's still a new product and it'll be another half a year before people get completely use to the idea of vista as opposed to XP.
Very well said. As a personal user, I would purchase this laptop with Vista and just wait for the updates. I am sure that with continuous updates, the operating system will turn out fine.

g0dMAn said:i cannot decide between the 14" or 15" LCD.

the 15" with a 9-cell $40 upgrade is $639
the 14" with standard 9-cell is $649

so pretty much the same prices.

i plan on doing SOME gaming, so i wanna decide which size laptop to get, and if it's worth the upgrade to WXGA+ for $40-50.

Can anyone tell me which size would be better for me and if the increase in LCD resolution is worth it? TIA

From the looks of it 15" look more solid (kind of like 1505 as it has media buttons outside) and 14" look like 1501.

Not sure about size and weight differences.