For business purposes that would be fine. Dell is a fine choice. Reviews about them will literally change with each person you talk to. Gateway and HP are also good choices. Gateway is starting to get much better reviews and their tech support is getting better as well.
I'm on my third notebook in seven years now, and all three have been Dells.
Buy a Dell if you're looking for a stable, reliable machine. They work pretty well for that (don't know the desktops, though, but love the servers [/ramble]).
The Core 2 Duo T7200 is a much better chip than the Core Duo T2350. The Core 2 is a newer chip that runs cooler and is about 10-15% faster at the same clock speed than the Core Duo, and is also 64-bit.
I assume that this computer is the Inspiron 1505? If you want a little more sturdy and reliable machine, the Latitude D830 (through the Small Business page) is another 15.4" notebook. It's based on the updated Santa Rosa 800 FSB Core 2 Duos and the better 965GM chipset. The D830 can also be had for $1400 or less since it starts at a little under $1000. The business notebooks also have less crap installed on them from the getgo, which can be nice if you actually use the installed OS and don't want to uninstall all of the trial-ware and such.
This should help:
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