new latitude laptop specs

what do you all reckon?


Latitude E5500 - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz,1066MHz,3MB)

2GB 800MHz DDR2 memory (2 x 1GB)

Internal UK/IR Qwerty Standard Keyboard

120GB 7200rpm Hard drive (Free Fall Sensor)

Genuine Windows Vista ™ Home Basic SP1 32Bit - English - without Media

8X DVD-ROM Drive with Software

Dell WLAN 1397 (802.11b/g) 1/2 MiniCard with Core 2 Duo label


6 Cell 54WHr LI-ION Primary Battery


15.4in Widescreen WXGA+ (1440X900) with TrueLife

UK/IR Power Cord with 90W AC Adaptor 3 pin

£619 delivered..

out of interest does anyone have any idea what FW chip this has? my motu 828mk3 is kinda picky :censored:

Quite a nice spec, is it a business laptop you are after and do you want it soon?

im shopping for a laptop to be used purely as a DAW, so business is not essential. i just found i could get better specs for the things i needed in business without all the frills. and yer i need to get it ordered because id rather like it to arrive before i head back to uni.

Well it's certainly nice looking and seems to be well built..light etc..

There are alternatives which offer a lot of spec for the money
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...N0853509&s=dhs

i had a look at those but couldnt really find what i wanted within budget. im after some rather specific features ie 7200rpm drive and hi res screen (need to cram as much cubase on there as possible!) also quite like the idea of having a little more bandwidth from the RAM and Fsb.
can't find much info on these new latitudes, would have thought there would be more detailed reviews etc.

thanks for your advice!

They were only released this week so you won't find much tbh.

You can get a 1440 x 900 screen on the studio with an LED backlight which makes the already good truelife screens even better :)

If you want a crazy resolution the XPS M1530 goes up to 1920 x 1200 :)

The latitudes will be good though I think.

Also the best thing to do with dells if get the cheapest ram and HDD and then upgrade them yourself, doesn't void the warranty and turns out a lot cheaper.