Posts by burghblast

Um... This should be the standard practice for EVERYONE with ANY new computer, not just M1330's. Who knows what the manufacturers load on there? You ALWAYS want to start with a completely clean slate. For the most part, Dell makes...

A little background: I got my M1530 about 2 weeks ago. I immediately wiped the hard drive and installed XP Pro. I ran into two problems that took me a couple frustrating hours to circumvent. First, the XP installer didn't recognize...

You need to find out what kind of card slot the Inspiron has. Mine has a PCMCIA slot (now called "PC Card"). I don't really know what this "ExpressCard "business is... I just noticed it for the first time a few...

Appreciate the Workstation 2008 hint. I've been out of the game for about 3 years, and I had not even heard of it (I've been in law school, after several years as a computer engineer). I'm going to look into that!

Quote: Originally Posted by techadventures Ok...so I need to know, by using the 1920 screen at 1440 resolution is it going to look the same as if I bought the 1440 resolution monitor? Hope this makes...

Quote: Originally Posted by RJT 1. The native res. of a 15.4" is 1440x900, so there is no chance that it could look blurry when that is the standard. You must have been looking at a really bad quality screen,...

Quote: Originally Posted by RJT Well to each their own, the TS shouldn't let others persuade them because its all opinion. Mine for example: The thing I don't get about the 1920x1200 resolution on a 15.4" screen...

The only time I ever crank my resolution down is if I'm watching streaming video in a non-resizable window in my web browser. Some of those videos are postage-stampish at 1920x1200 (although they look crisp and sharp as hell). When I'm...

I completely disagree with the majority sentiment. 1920x1200 is an absolute necessity for any 15.4" notebook! I don't watch a lot of movies or do a lot of gaming. I'm a law student. I have a lot of documents open at the same...

I ordered an XPS M1530 about 2 weeks ago. The estimated ship date was May 21 (over a month delay!) because I selected the 1920x1200. I've been checking my order status on a daily basis, and the estimated ship date has not changed. But...