Dell Inspiron 15 (1545) Jet Black Laptop Notebook PC: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz /800Mhz FSB/1MB cache), 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), 15.6 WXGA Laptop Screen Display with TrueLife, 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer, Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic Immediately

Have had it for a month...
From a functional point of view, I like this a lot. This replaced my 2003 IBM Thinkpad A30.

PROS:
Obviously a lot faster, lots more memory and built-in wireless are just super.
Not trusting of Office 2007 (which also requires a 're-learning experience), loaded my old copy of Office 2003 Pro, which works great. Getting used to Vista (had Windows XP Pro).

CONS:
Wrote my first media (CD as well as DVD). BIG problem. Vibrates the drive, indeed the whole laptop, and makes a HORRIBLE sound. Sending it back to Dell for warranty repair.
The high-gloss surface shows every single fingerprint. The matt outside surface too picks up every single finger/hand print.
Unrelated to Dell, Windows Messenger is rather annoying. Anyone tell me how do I get it off my Start-Up programs?

Have had Dells before (Latitude) which were workhorses, as was the Thinkpad. Time will tell about the Inspiron Get more detail about Dell Inspiron 15 (1545) Jet Black Laptop Notebook PC: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz /800Mhz FSB/1MB cache), 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), 15.6 WXGA Laptop Screen Display with TrueLife, 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer, Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic.