I’ve been looking for reviews on the Dell Vostro 1500, and I finally found a few. It seems as though all around the board, it’s a decent system that is fairly bulky, has average battery life, and has the potential for great specs.

I’ve been saving for awhile, so, I committed to buying it today. I found the deal I needed on SlickDeals. It wasn’t any $750 off $1500, but it made the price good enough to take.

I bought the system at its base, with an upgraded LCD, graphics card, and warranty. Specs:

• *Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Genuine Windows® XP Home
• 15.4 in Wide Screen SXGA+LCD Display w/TrueLife™
• *1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
• 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
• 120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
• 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability
• High Definition Audio 2.0
• Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
• 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
• Get $70 Dell Dollars w/3Yr Ltd Warranty and Next Business Day On-Site Svc

For $968.00 with free shipping. The items prepended with * are those which I plan to upgrade as time and money allows.

Now to sell my Dell Inspiron 700m. Most likely on eBay. It’s school season, eBay prices on laptops are inflated at least $100 .