Compare this please...

[Kartajan]

1 Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core? Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)

Inspiron E1505: Intel® Core? Duo processor T2300 (2MB Cache/1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Screen XGA Display
Memory: 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM
Video Card: 256MB ATI MOBILITY? RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory?
Hard Drive: 40GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Combo/DVD+RW Drives: 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Primary Battery: 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Operating System Re-Installation CD:

Vs:
2.4G P4 w/ GeForce 5900/ 80G HDD/ 1G Ram
that we currently have.

Pro/ Con. (Mostly looking at the portability that a laptop offers.)

 

[Brainonska511]

The core duo will be much better than what you curretnly have. Just make sure you go for at least 1GB of Ram (order the system with the lowest amount of ram and upgrade later, it will be cheaper). Maybe also go for a bigger hdd too, but that could always be upgraded afterwards too.