I ordered the Duracell 130 Watt adapter (Dell part number A0514668) and have had good luck. The small size is much easer to carry then the brick that ships with the XPS2.
This adapter is listed at 129.95 on the dell site.
I had a lattitude up until a couple of months ago when I got in on one of the deals for a XPS2. The D800, D600 models are definitely inferior to the XPS2 in terms of build quality in my opinion. The D610 is much better then the D600...
Just my two cents on the Sony versus NEC.
I had a NEC dvd burner for my D800 that I was also able to upgrade via firmware to a 6500 and it was by far the best laptop DVD burner I have ever had.
I ordered a second DVD drive from...
I just wanted to say thanks for the tip. I had the same problem on my new XPS2 and your tip worked like a champ.
I get more useful information out of this forum from posters like you and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
I have a D800 with internal bluetooth and the MS BT keyboard and mouse.
I had the first generation mouse and keyboard and they had the saem behavior on boot where it appeared to require taking out and reinsrting the batteries to get...