I travel a lot for work and need a laptop. I don't like Dell but it looks like a good deal to me. I can't like the page because it requires a username/password. $1508 Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB) ZD18HN - [ 222-1023 ] Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 WMCE - [ 412-0689420-4830420-4928420-5460420-5476420-5755420-5769463-2282 ] LCD Panel 17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display 17XGAL - [ 320-4558 ] 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 1G2D - [ 311-5634 ] Hard Drive 60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 60GB - [ 341-2942 ] Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive 24COMBO - [ 313-3865420-5775 ] Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800 256NV - [ 320-4562 ] Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 6BAT - [ 312-0375 ] Suggestions?

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53 whr battery is not enough for a 7800... If you do alot of traveling, maybe you should think about buying a 72 whr 8 cell battery upgrade for it... Why would you need XP media edition when you can get XP home SP2 for less? Other than that, $1508 is a very good deal... TMP-Man Asus A7V classic rev 1.05 Athlon XP 2100+ @ 130x17 = 2209Mhz 1.81v 768MB PC133 RAM @ 130Mhz 2-2-2 40GB 540RPM + 120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radeon 9500 mod 9700 @ 360/585

Thanks for reply The reason it's MCE is that is standard on that configuration. On the battery they have an 80WHr 9-cell for an extra $100. Should I buy OEM or go with that.

That is upto u, if the price is the same, then get it with the laptop. Otherwise, you will be paying "extra" shipping for order the battery off other website... But I'd would just get it with the laptop, less hassle.. TMP-Man Asus A7V classic rev 1.05 Athlon XP 2100+ @ 130x17 = 2209Mhz 1.81v 768MB PC133 RAM @ 130Mhz 2-2-2 40GB 540RPM + 120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radeon 9500 mod 9700 @ 360/585

You would need to weigh the cost of the battery against the need, for instance my laptop is usually used plugged in as i visit a lot of sites where that is possible so a bigger battery wouldnt help me any. But if you would be using it soley on battery i would go for it. AMD Athlon64 3500+ 1024MB 512x2 Dual Channel Corsair TwinX Coolermaster Wavemaster 120GB Seagate SATA HDD Gecube X800XT Platinum Logitch 5.1 Surround LG 16x Dual Layer DVD Countle