Dell Releases Budget 15" AMD Notebooks

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited November 2006 in Nerdery
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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