Dell Releases Budget 15" AMD Notebooks

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited November 2006 in Science & Tech
Dell has revealed its "budget" 15.4" notebooks that are using AMD processors. The new offerings aren't quite below the $500 entry price previously predicted and can be purchased for around $550.

The new Inspiron 1501 is available with a number of processors and up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, supported via the ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 IGP (256MB HyperMemory). HD audio support is included as is support for a SATA hard drive up to 80GB in size.
The base $549 system will get you a Sempron 3500+ processor, 512MB of memory, 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD combo drive, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g adapter, Windows XP Home and a 1-year warranty. $859 will get you a Turion 64 MK-36, 1GB of memory, 80GB hard drive, 8x DVD burner, Windows XP Home and a 2-year warranty.
Source: Daily Tech

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Wow that is pretty damned good!
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    This might be the laptop I get for college. Seems like it could take notes pretty well! ;)
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I tried to configure the Inspiron 1501 with the true minimum and I can confirm that the price is $549.00....:vimp:
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