[Review] Dell Latitude E1505
Aug. 5th, 2019 02:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starseerdrgnSo, I got the laptop, and have been using it for a bit. Gonna keep this very brief, since... Well, it's a laptop. First off, some specs.
This thing has really good speakers on the front of the bottom case, and they sound amazing for their size. Of course, this was made to be a multimedia laptop, so I'm not too surprised. In fact, what drew me to it in the first place were the back-lit buttons right between the speakers, allowing you to control a music application with the lid closed if you wanted. Track change, play/pause, stop, and volume control/mute buttons, all positioned just right
Only a few problems that I've found, though. No webcam or microphone built into it (this was before that became common), and the system runs rather hot. Not surprising given the placement of the memory near the middle, and the CPU and GPU near the top middle, but it's not dangerously hot. Just not lap-able without a proper chill pad to cool it and keep your legs from becoming toasty.
For what I paid in total for this thing, I'd say it was completely worth the money. Solid little laptop for its age and price range, and looks nice to boot. I'd post pictures, but I don't have my hosting set up yet.
- Upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2.00 GHz
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128MB VRAM) /w 1280 x 800 display
- 1TB Western Digital 7200RPM HDD
- 4GB PC2-6400 Memory (Max of 8GB)
- DVD+-RW slim-IDE Optical Drive (Being replaced by a Lightscribe DVD+-RW drive)
- Broadcom a/b/g Wi-Fi
- Broadcom 440x 10/100 Network Controller (1x RJ-45 port)
- Conexant V.92 Modem (1x RJ-11 port)
- SD Card Slot
- 4x USB 2.0 port
- 1x IEEE-1394/Firewire 800 Port
- 1x VGA Out
- 1x S-Video Out
- 2x 3.5mm Audio Jacks (Headphone and Microphone)
- ExpressCard Slot
This thing has really good speakers on the front of the bottom case, and they sound amazing for their size. Of course, this was made to be a multimedia laptop, so I'm not too surprised. In fact, what drew me to it in the first place were the back-lit buttons right between the speakers, allowing you to control a music application with the lid closed if you wanted. Track change, play/pause, stop, and volume control/mute buttons, all positioned just right
Only a few problems that I've found, though. No webcam or microphone built into it (this was before that became common), and the system runs rather hot. Not surprising given the placement of the memory near the middle, and the CPU and GPU near the top middle, but it's not dangerously hot. Just not lap-able without a proper chill pad to cool it and keep your legs from becoming toasty.
For what I paid in total for this thing, I'd say it was completely worth the money. Solid little laptop for its age and price range, and looks nice to boot. I'd post pictures, but I don't have my hosting set up yet.
