dell inspiron e1705 laptop

Dell is usually far ahead of the curve when it comes to integrating the newest technology at reasonable prices—and this time around is no different. The Dell Inspiron E1705 multimedia laptop upgrades the Inspiron 9300 with a new Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology and a lot of other fine features. Though its focus (both in components and performance) is entertainment, the E1705 is the perfect addition to the digital home, even for gaming.

The Dell Inspiron e1705 is a 17" widescreen notebook and the first Inspiron to be released with the new Intel Core Duo processor. The "e" in e1705 stands for "Entertainment", with various media features available, fast Core Duo processor, a generous amount of ports and the option for a high-end graphics card in the form of the nVidia Go 7800 the e1705 certainly can be a lot of fun.

An important note on the e1705 is the fact that the Dell Inspiron 9400 sold via the Dell Business site is the same notebook as the e1705 offered through the Dell Home online store. The only difference is that the Dell e1705 offers Windows Media Center Edition as an OS, along with an external USB TV Tuner option. Prices and offers may vary between each Dell online purchase channel, so you'd be wise to configure and price similar notebooks on each site to see what the better deal is at the time you order.

Equipped with a 2-GHz Core Duo T2500 processor and 1GB of RAM, the Inspiron E1705 earned a superior WorldBench 5 score of 97. To help you make the best use of your down time, the new E line (which includes the E1505, with a 15.4-inch wide screen) features Dell's one-touch MediaDirect button. With the notebook off and without starting Windows, you can press the button once to watch a DVD movie or to access videos, music, or photo slide shows stored on the hard drive, an optical drive, or a USB key or memory card placed in the five-in-one media reader. The only option that the E1705 lacks is instant-on live TV. To watch TV, you first have to launch the Windows Media Center Edition operating system.

At the time I looked at the E1705, it had the best graphics card Dell offered--a top-notch nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS with 256MB of VRAM--and it showed in our gaming tests. (A new flagship gaming notebook alternative, the Inspiron m1710, should be available in April with an nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX card.) The E1705 finished first in all but one of our game tests, with results such as 98 frames per second in Doom 3 at 1280 by 1024 resolution and 32-bit color, with antialiasing turned off.

Overall, the E1705 has just the right combination of performance, high-end components, and reasonable price. Hard-core gamers should still look toward the XPS M170, but the E1705 does give multimedia mavens a reason to invest in the future and Inspiron 9300 owners something to salivate over.

Design and Build

The e1705 carries on the look of the Inspiron 9300 notebook that it replaces. The brushed aluminum silver look is accented with a white panel surrounding. The look is clean and minimalist, it's quite a contrast to the equivalent HP dv8000z 17" screen notebook that has a much busier look with lots of lights, buttons and a black finish. I find the look to be okay, take or it leave it, certainly not as appealing as some of the sleeker carbon fiber top finish Acer TravelMate notebooks or the aluminum constructed MacBook Pro, but the e1705 isn't ugly either.

Screen

You have two options for screens with the e1705, either a WXGA+ matte style screen or a UXGA TrueLife screen. The e1705 I have is equipped with the UXGA TrueLife screen. The TrueLife marketing term equates to a glossy screen finish that is the same as Sony's XBrite, HP's BrightView, Fujitsu's CrystalView and so on. The glossy finish is very popular for those that like to use a notebook for entertainment purposes, it provides very good color contrast and bold blacks with bright whites. If you intend to watch a lot of movies on a notebook or view a lot of pictures, the TrueLife screen is a great option. However, the UXGA resolution means the text and icons will be very small, those people that have poor sight or dislike small text would be wise to think twice about selecting UXGA. The WXGA resolution will provide larger text and an easier time reading documents and web pages.

Battery

Battery Type :Li-ion
Volt : 11.1V
Capacity :4400mAh
Color :Black
Net Weight:467.77g
Dimension:209.40 x 71.80 x 19.80 mm
DELL Inspiron E1705 battery Fit Models:

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