The Inspiron 1501, now available in the US at a starting price of US$549 is based around the AMD Sempron, Turion 64 and 64X2 processors and comes in a 15.4-inch screen form factor.
At the top end of the range, the 1501 can be fitted with an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology (TL-56) and up to 2GB RAM, though this configuration will cost much more than the US$549 Sempron-based unit.
The systems use an ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 chipset. ATI was acquired by AMD earlier this year.
Dell's decision to use AMD processors came back in May this year, but the company was more eager to see its servers with AMD Opteron processors than the laptop range.
It took AMD years to get Dell's business. Traditionally an Intel shop, Dell was believed to be concerned that AMD would not be able to supply sufficient quantities for Dell's high volume, low margin direct sales business.
While AMD evidently convinced Dell it could supply, this has come at a cost. Although AMD has denied current shortages are the result of its relationship with Dell, AMD channel partners are up in arms over what they say is preferential treatment being given to Dell.
They say Dell has ordered up all the available stock leaving resellers vulnerable as they cannot satisfy their own demand for AMD processors.
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