Is this Dell E1705 worth it?

OmegaRed

In America at the moment! Want to buy a laptop. Built this one on dell and I think its a pretty sweet machine for what I want! Which is pretty much something that will run any game you put on it (within reason) I wouldn’t mind having to turn the settings down a bit for some games!

I have a $750 discount so it puts the price at $2,169.00

Remember its in Dollars which means about E1,692.95.

Take a look at the spec. Am I wasting my money and could I get something better somewhere else for less? The discount is pretty nice though!

Module Description

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800

Hard Drive Free! 100GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0

Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy® ADVANCED HD Audio

Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)

Office Software (not included in Windows XP) Microsoft Works Suite 2006- Includes MICROSOFT WORD plus much more!

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 24-months

Primary Battery 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Carrying Cases Dell Nylon Deluxe Carrying Case

Hardware Warranty 3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year At-Home Service plus Nights and Weekend

Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support

Mobile Broadband No Broadband Expresscard technology is available in the market now

Operating System Re-Installation CD PC Restore recovery system by Symantec

Media Center Enhancements Remote Control for Windows XP Media Center Edition

Dell Digital Entertainment Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience

ACCESSORIES
Belkin 2-Outlet Travel Surge Protector Qty 1
Unit Price $13.00

TOTAL:$2,169.00

cooperguy

It seems fairly good to me

TerrorFirmer

OmegaRed wrote:

I wouldn’t mind having to turn the settings down a bit for some games!

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)

Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800

Are you taking the piss?

OmegaRed

HavoK wrote:

Are you taking the piss?

In what way?

TerrorFirmer

You'll have absolutely no problem running any new game at high resolution with options on...

OmegaRed

HavoK wrote:

You'll have absolutely no problem running any new game at high resolution with options on...

yeah i thought that too but my buddy has pretty much the same spec except for the cpu, his is the 1.83GHz, and he had to turn down his settings slightly for things like FarCry and FEAR. Only slightly though!

Sneaky_Russian

yeah i thought that too but my buddy has pretty much the same spec except for the cpu, his is the 1.83GHz, and he had to turn down his settings slightly for things like FarCry and FEAR. Only slightly though!

jaysus....

was it plugged in?

my new inspiron 6400 with the centrino duo 1.83ghz drops to 1.0ghz when on the battery.......well according to what i says in the BIOS anyway

OmegaRed

Sneaky_Russian wrote:

jaysus....

was it plugged in?

my new inspiron 6400 with the centrino duo 1.83ghz drops to 1.0ghz when on the battery.......well according to what i says in the BIOS anyway

Hmmmm. Didn’t even think about those power saving settings when unplugged! I'll investigate!

TerrorFirmer

OmegaRed wrote:

yeah i thought that too but my buddy has pretty much the same spec except for the cpu, his is the 1.83GHz, and he had to turn down his settings slightly for things like FarCry and FEAR. Only slightly though!

There's definately something wrong there! FEAR is a fairly demanding game, but should still fly on the above specs, but Far Cry is an aging game - it runs very well on even mediocre hardware by current standards.