Dell Inspiron E1505 Review Quotes

March 5th, 2006

Notebookreview.com reviewed Dell Inspiron E1505:

Dell Inspiron E1505

Dell Inspiron e1505 Review (pics, specs)
The Dell Inspiron e1505 is a fairly run-of-the mill notebook for a bargain price, but it offers a few surprises. The 2 GHz Core Duo CPU is rockin’ fast. Even with this performance, battery life was impressive, and 5 hours should be possible with the optional 9-cell battery. My only real gripe is with the screen. The slight shimmer, light leakage, and brightness that seems like it’s turned down half a notch make it fall behind other notebooks. Still, the screen is better than most bargain notebooks, and better than anything from a few years ago. It’s also very sharp and high resolution. This, along with the nice keyboard, makes for a positive ergonomic experience.

Here is quote of Dell Inspiron E1505 review (preview) by ZDNet:

ZDNet Dell Inspiron E1505 Review
Upside: The new model weighs 0.4 pound less than its predecessor and contains a raft of upgraded components, including Intel Core Solo or Core Duo processors in speeds up to 2GHz; up to 2GB of swift 533MHz RAM; and a screaming 7,200rpm, 100GB hard drive. In keeping with its multimedia bent, the E1505’s 15.4-inch wide-screen display comes in WXGA or WSXGA native resolutions. Like its larger sibling, the E1705, the Inspiron E1505 includes Dell’s MediaDirect feature, which plays CDs and DVDs and lets you access photos and other media files stored on your hard drive without booting up Windows first. There’s also a full suite of ports and connectors, including FireWire, VGA, S-Video, and four USB 2.0 ports, plus both PC Card and ExpressCard slots.

Downside: Much like the company’s 14.1-inch XPS M140, the Inspiron E1505 includes only integrated Intel graphics, with no option to upgrade to a discrete graphics card–surprising for a laptop that aims to be a multimedia hub. The system also lacks the TV tuner found in larger media laptops.

PC World also reviewed Dell Inspiron E1505:

PCWorld.com - Dell Inspiron E1505
Movies and applications alike looked great on the bright, wide-aspect screen. The optional TrueLife coating ($29), included in the price we were quoted for this laptop, adds 10 percent more contrast than a standard antiglare coating. Graphics editors and spreadsheet jockeys may want to opt for the higher-pixel-density WSXGA 1680-by-1050-pixel screen ($80 more).

The E1505 is well designed overall. The tricolor E line’s cheerful white trim makes it stand out in a sea of black-and-silver notebooks. Despite its slightly hard keystroke, I found typing a pleasure, in no small part due to the big touchpad and the mouse buttons, which depress deeply into the case.

I don’t care for left-side optical drives–just this righty’s lament–but the E1505’s screen-hinge status lights are a nice touch, as they remain visible with the lid closed. The external power gauge, always welcome, will come in especially handy if you go with the standard six-cell battery, which conked out after a shortish 2.3 hours in our tests. If battery life matters to you, spring for the nine-cell unit, for $99.

Pc Magazine wrote:

:: LAPTOP Magazine â€¢ Dell Inspiron E1505 ::
Also included in this configuration is a nine-cell battery, which lasted a very good 5 hours and 4 minutes with Wi-Fi on and an additional three minutes with the wireless connection off. We got a healthy average throughput of 12 Mbps from 15 feet and 9.9 Mbps from 50. If you want to add mobile broadband capability, you’re limited to Dell’s expensive EV-DO Express Card, since this notebook doesn’t have a PC Card slot.

This is one of Dell Inspiron E1505 user reviews:

Boston.com / Business / Personal Tech / Laptops / Dell Inspiron E1505
So, from a hardware perspective this laptop rocks, especially now that a dedicated card option is available. I got mine with a Core Duo 1.83MHz, 1 GB RAM, 80GB drive, upgraded 5-hour battery, 128M X1300 Radeon and the upgraded 1680 x 1050 screen (awesome screen). All for only $1200 bucks. That gives you effectively the hardware of a MacBook Pro, with a better battery and screen, for $1000 less.