What do think about this Dell Inspiron E1405?

Inspiron E1405 Intel庐 Core鈩?Proc Duo T2300E (1.66GHz/667MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)

LCD Panel 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA Display

Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm

Video Card Intel庐 Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Hard Drive 100GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

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

Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

Adobe Software Adobe庐 Acrobat庐 Reader 6.0

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

Sound Options Integrated Audio

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

Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription

Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support

Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included

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

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

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



I/O Ports
IEEE 1394 integrated port (1394 cable and software sold separately)
4 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
5-in-1 removable memory card reader
Video: 15-pin monitor connector
S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector
Audio jacks: Stereo headphones/speakers mini-connector (same as line-out), microphone mini-connector


Size & Weight
Height: 1.52"

Depth: 9.56"

Weight: Starting at 5.3 lbs

but in comprison to which notebook??

Any Dell, other than the tower box model, is a throwaway computer after you get to the point you want to update. The software included never amounts to much. Buy it if this is a temporary computer for 3 years. It is not upgradeable.

I built the silly things after 3 and half days of training. I prefer my white box off-the-shelf-parts upgradeable machine.