I've been a dell customer since 2000. My latest purchase was March last year with a dell 1405. Basically, 2GB processor, 2GB RAM, 80gb ehd (which is tiny nowadays) - basically same system aggie got recently, bluetooth, internal wireless, vista etc etc.
Aggie paid 800, I paid 2200, que horror! for this laptop that's souped up repackaged 1 year later with almost the same specs and she even got a bigger hard drive and a webcam with her. :thumbdown:
Performance wise, Im happy. i've havent had a problem with it.
Don't break anything on it though. They have horrible customer support and the service for parts is ridiculously priced. (that's how I learned to ebay parts online and replace them myself, if i need to)