A Review of the Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop Computer

My wife and I were fortunate enough to recently have received a new Dell laptop computer as a gift from my father in law. We received a brand new Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop, complete with a portable printer. Now that I have been using this laptop (which I am using to write this article), I have a good idea of the strengths and weaknesses of this model of Dell laptop.

Although this is a mid-range computer, an important benefit that the Dell Inspiron E1505 offers is the Intel Core Duo dual processor. While I have never been someone who pushes the limits of what his computer can do, I do utilize some applications that are processor-intensive. For example, I run SETI@Home, which is a part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence through the University of California at Berkeley. This means that my computer is processing radio-telescope data from the observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. While this program only uses the unused processor cycles, so it operates seamlessly with whatever else one may be running, a benefit to the Core Duo processor is that the Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop is able to process double the data compared to a computer with just a single processor.

In addition to running SETI@Home, I am also a part-time computer gamer. Specifically I often play World of Warcraft, which is a massively multi-player online role-playing game. While I have been able to run World of Warcraft successfully on my older computers, the game runs flawlessly and seamlessly on the new Dell Inspiron E1505.