Dell Inspiron E1505 15-Inch Laptop (1.67 GHz T2300 Intel Core Duo Processor, 2GB RAM, 60GB Hard Drive, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, 802.11b/g WiFi, Windows XP Media Center)

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• Dell Inspiron E1505 15-Inch Laptop
• 1.67 GHz T2300 Intel Core Duo Processor, 2GB RAM
• 40GB Hard Drive, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• Windows XP Media Center

If you’ve been looking to go Core Duo on the cheap then wait no longer. PCMAG just busted out their Editor’s Choice award on the 15.4-inch widescreen Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. Good reason too, since their $999 test model shipped pre-loaded with XP Media Center Edition 2005 (TV tuner costs extra), sporting a 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 60GB (5400rpm) disk, 802.11b/g, dual-layer DVD burner, — not top of the line by any means, but oodles better than a lot of those integrated graphics craptops, and more likely to run Vista with some pep. PCMAG calls the E1505 “perfect” for people on a budget who “appreciate technology” which well, pretty much covers just about everyone we know. Knocks? Sure, the battery only managed about 3 hours and you have to enter a goofy Dell E-Value code “E1505PC” when ordering if you expect your kit to ring-up with that sub-grand price tag. Righteous pricing indeed for this full featured and powerful kit.