Dell Laptop User Thread

[Shinji_U]

I just did a quick check. Ard $215-258 for 40-60gb. Too expensive for my blood

Hmm... if its $215 then its a good buy... $285 a little overkill...

 

[nukieboy]

Dell Inspiron 8200 parts

Guys,
Do you know where to get some parts for Dell Inspiron 8200? like screens, modular bay, optical drive or the casing???? appreaciate if you can let me know....

Thank you in advance first....

 

[SFFMadness]

Hmm... if its $215 then its a good buy... $285 a little overkill...

Post benchmarks once you replace it ya. Wondering how much performance gain

 

[Shinji_U]

Guys,
Do you know where to get some parts for Dell Inspiron 8200? like screens, modular bay, optical drive or the casing???? appreaciate if you can let me know....

Thank you in advance first....

Get from Dell direct or from States ebays etc.

 

[Shinji_U]

Post benchmarks once you replace it ya. Wondering how much performance gain

Do benchmark on HDD? Ehh... man... use mobile Mark?

 

[SFFMadness]

Do benchmark on HDD? Ehh... man... use mobile Mark?

Errrr.....dunno leh. Never did these kind of stuff before. Anyway I found a site which did comparison of the different rpm drives.

Pulled from http://www.barefeats.com/pb12.html. From the test, seems like bo hua to get 7200rpm drives leh.

 

[Shinji_U]

Hmm... from the benchmarks looks like the 7200 rpm ain't any faster...

 

[darrenlee78]

Hmm... from the benchmarks looks like the 7200 rpm ain't any faster...

dont sad la... maybe this site not accurate

 

[mukushu]

Greetings! Shion here. Just received my new Dell Inspiron 6000.

1. Pentium M 735 - 1.6ghz
2. 1 x 512MB Ram
3. 128MB ATI Radeon Mobility X300
4. Ultrasharp 15.4" WXGA 1280 x 800 (So called Ultrasharp but don't look like it...???)
5. CD-RW/DVD
6. Intel Pro Wireless Card
7. Bluetooth

This is my 3rd notebook.

1st - Acer Travelmate 529TX (SUX!!!)
2nd - Dell Inspiron 8200 (Ultrasharp 1600 x 1200/P4M-2.0ghz/64MB Geforce4 MX/384MB Ram - ROCKS TO THE CORE!!!)

I couldn't understand a lot people around me are against Dell. Personally, I feel Dell is competitive and comparable to other branded notebooks, prices are also reasonable.

By the way, as for the current new notebook, I am not very impressed by the Ultrasharp. Dell uses Samsung LCD for Inspiron. The quotation given by my sales agent stated clearly Ultrasharp but what was advised later on by another sales person verbally was that WXGA doesn't have Ultrasharp. Can somebody enlighten me, please?

Anyways, I am proud to be a Dell Inspiron owner! Kudos!

 

[darrenlee78]

Greetings! Shion here. Just received my new Dell Inspiron 6000.

1. Pentium M 735 - 1.6ghz
2. 1 x 512MB Ram
3. 128MB ATI Radeon Mobility X300
4. Ultrasharp 15.4" WXGA 1280 x 800 (So called Ultrasharp but don't look like it...???)
5. CD-RW/DVD
6. Intel Pro Wireless Card
7. Bluetooth

This is my 3rd notebook.

1st - Acer Travelmate 529TX (SUX!!!)
2nd - Dell Inspiron 8200 (Ultrasharp 1600 x 1200/P4M-2.0ghz/64MB Geforce4 MX/384MB Ram - ROCKS TO THE CORE!!!)

I couldn't understand a lot people around me are against Dell. Personally, I feel Dell is competitive and comparable to other branded notebooks, prices are also reasonable.

By the way, as for the current new notebook, I am not very impressed by the Ultrasharp. Dell uses Samsung LCD for Inspiron. The quotation given by my sales agent stated clearly Ultrasharp but what was advised later on by another sales person verbally was that WXGA doesn't have Ultrasharp. Can somebody enlighten me, please?

Anyways, I am proud to be a Dell Inspiron owner! Kudos!

welcome in joining us
ur the 1st 6000 series user

 

[SFFMadness]

.........

1. Pentium M 735 - 1.6ghz .........

It is Pentium M 730 and not 735

 

[darrenlee78]

I was coming from the point where short battery life in lithium-ion batteries are mainly caused by heat. It could very well be just the drive taking more power. But I would not ignore the extra heat generated by a faster drive

well, do you know that the components using the most energy are the lcd and the optical drive.
Been a laptop user for years and used over 10 laptops so I have found this to be very true

 

[Shinji_U]

well, do you know that the components using the most energy are the lcd and the optical drive.
Been a laptop user for years and used over 10 laptops so I have found this to be very true

Yup, the LCD and the optical drive used the most power, especially DVD-burner drives with dual layer writing. Never try to burn dual layer DVD on the go... you realise at the end of your burning, you full batt goes down to 10%...

 

[Shinji_U]

dont sad la... maybe this site not accurate

I hope so too...

 

[dl]

Hi Shinji,

Any chance you used to play CS on gamemetropolis?

 

[darrenlee78]

lol hes a game freak

 

[Shinji_U]

Hi Shinji,

Any chance you used to play CS on gamemetropolis?

No, I only play on Starhub CS, local servers without those stupid MODs like what warcraft starcraft crapcraft... lol...

 

[Shinji_U]

lol hes a game freak

Do I sound like one?

 

[darrenlee78]

Do I sound like one?

YES!!!!!!!!!

 

[anhtar]

Dell US and Dell SG

Any of you Dell fan have noticed you can get fantastic deals online from US Dell website compared to the SG Dell website???

I just put together a mean 9300 inspiron for about $2000US but with rebates of about $750, the price was only $1250 excluding delivery.

Thats about $2100 Sing dollars.


Try that same mod on the Sing Dell website and the cost is about $3500

Eh????

Wouldn't it then be cheaper to buy from overseas and get it freighted to Singapore??

Any comments?