[SOLVED] Dell E1505

Cool, I'll definitely check it out.

I just added Readyboost to the laptop. Wow, I didn't really think it would make much difference, but just about everything loads even faster. I tried it on my desktop too, but it got corrupted and I had to take it off. Plus my desktop has more ram than my laptop so it didn't seem that much faster on my desktop. But my laptop was much more noticeable, since it has 2G less ram.
While I was playing with that I decided to put them in a workgroup too. That was interesting. I see they have new thing in Win 7 called homegroup. I didn't see a huge need to have that with the "workgroup" setup. Seems kinda redundant. I noticed my laptop now boots up way faster than my desktop, but part of that has to do with my dual boot, even then my laptop smokes my desktops boot time. That's kinda surprising, since my desktops specs are higher.

Home Group is part of the networking setup in Windows 7, whether or nor you're on a home network or a public network such as a library, office, cafe, etc.

I have an e1505 with a dead battery and have had some problems when reformating. also, xp sp3 wont install successfully, gets stuck towards end. Any advice? Do i need to just suck it up and get a battery?

If you want to install right away, take out the battery and just use it powered from the AC adapter. The old (dead) battery is sucking power off and that's what's causing the issues.

I have done several new installs on laptops with no battery in them. As a matter of fact they install quite well with no issues.

Then just go to wherever your local battery supplier is in your town or thru an internet purchase. BatteriesPlus have good pricing, believe it or not so do some sellers on eBay.