Dell Inspiron 9400/E1705 Laptop w/Vista Home Premium, 17" Widescreen UltraSharp Display, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHs, 2GB RAM, CD/DVD Burner, Radeon 128MB Video Card(Display Model)

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00146K2SO
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,962 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 17, 2008

Product Description

Serious Fun

Mobile home office or portable entertainment center? Now you don't have to choose. The Inspiron 1720 and 1721 laptops pack the power you need for work or play, with a large widescreen display for high definition digital experience, media, photo or video editing, and more.

Express Yourself

Midnight Blue, Jet Black, or Spring Green? You decide. With 8 optional color backs to choose from, optional premium micro satin finishes and coordinating accessories, your new Inspiron laptop is all about you.

Dell Inspiron Laptops

Always Connected

Whether you want to do your banking from a café or connect to the world from your favorite city park, the new 17" Inspiron allows you to get online virtually anytime and anywhere.1

Hi-Def Life

Use your laptop to explore, create and play with a fully loaded selection of media features including options such as Blu-ray Disc, high performance graphics, or an integrated 2 megapixel Webcam.

Smart Services

Whether you demand secure data back-up, rigorously tested quality or smart services and support, Dell has a solution that's smart, simple and on your terms.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Is this a joke?, May 16, 2010

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Bill R. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Inspiron 9400/E1705 Laptop w/Vista Home Premium, 17" Widescreen UltraSharp Display, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHs, 2GB RAM, CD/DVD Burner, Radeon 128MB Video Card(Display Model) (Personal Computers)

I bought this computer new (with the Nvidia card included) several years ago for just over $2000. This is a good computer, yes. But it's hardly worth $1999 these days.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this laptop, October 6, 2010

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D. Monroe "dermon" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dell Inspiron 9400/E1705 Laptop w/Vista Home Premium, 17" Widescreen UltraSharp Display, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHs, 2GB RAM, CD/DVD Burner, Radeon 128MB Video Card(Display Model) (Personal Computers)

I have this laptop, and it came with the nVidia video card, which has been replaced twice now. nVidia is being sued as part of a class-action lawsuit for these defective video cards. Dell has been non-responsive to me and will only offer to send me the exact, refurbed video card (and pay for it!). Knowing the card WILL fail again, why would I want this? Also, the laptop is NOT upgradeable, so now I have a very expensive, silver-colored brick. Thanks a lot Dell.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mixed bag, August 28, 2010

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Kab00m "Kab00m" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Inspiron 9400/E1705 Laptop w/Vista Home Premium, 17" Widescreen UltraSharp Display, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHs, 2GB RAM, CD/DVD Burner, Radeon 128MB Video Card(Display Model) (Personal Computers)

When I had this computer, I loved it. There's one fatal flaw: the unit equipped with the high-end video adapters tend to burn up. The video goes bad, and Dell knows this, since they're replacing the ones under warranty with different models. The units with the standard motherboard video don't have this problem.