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Dell Inspiron E1705

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Pros
Excellent graphics performance
Cons
Big and heavy

Performance: Superior: 91
Features: Good: 78
Design: Good: 74

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Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	616
Adobe Photoshop	324
Adobe Premiere	453
Ahead Nero	589
Battery Life (Office Applications)	3:04
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	274
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	291
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	98.43
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	120.37
Microsoft Office XP	561
Mozilla	453
Musicmatch Jukebox	507
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	275
Windows Media Encoder	302
WinZip	384
World Bench 5 Score	97
World Bench 5 Word Score	Superior

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	538

What You Should Know about the Inspiron E1705

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: trevormarsh

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: Once I returned the first one the new one works great. It is very easy to work on as well as play games. Clean layout. Nice true life 17" display.

Weaknesses: 1 Gig of ram not enough with Vista. Get 2. My first E1705 was junk. Returned it 2 weeks after I got it. The new one has been great. More problems with Vista than the computer.

Overall Evaluation: Not as heavy as my Inspiron 8100 & yet bigger. I like the "True Life" display. Rich! Keyboard layout takes some getting used to. Very high up in the footprint. Battery life is poor. Bad problems with the first one. Driver issues and video card problems. Should have got Nvidia graphics. ATI is ok. Sound is average. Paid for the upgrage but not impressed. Overall a good machine.
Reviewed by: globalcross

Duration of ownership: 3 Months

Strengths: Powerhouse/ functional deisign/ great screen/

Weaknesses: After 6 weeks crash of harddrive, video card and motherboard.61/2 hours on phone with TECH Support/ offered to replace it with a refurbished one. Had to complain for another 2 hours 2nd tier support/ FINALLY said would have a Tier 3 support call tommorrow to see if they can replace the system with a new one.....will let you all know. As a Doctor....I could have bought a new one with the hours I lost.

Overall Evaluation: If it works...it is great.