Posts by ryanr256

Mine's a keeper too, although I am seriously considering switching from the Prescott to the Northwood. -Bob

I got mine for $1400 from the Dell Outlet. No coupons. It's loaded though: 3.2 CPU, 1 gig RAM, 60 gig drive, Bluetooth, 1350 wireless, WUXGA, 128 meg MR9700 video, CD-RW/DVD. I got it in mid November. As a result of these forums it...

Quote: Originally Posted by skifiend You are absolutely right that "NFI" is a description. After you mentioned this, I went to my Dell order history and found that for my NEC ND-6500a order, the description...

Quote: Originally Posted by skifiend What is the part #? If it is M6791 then you should get the NEC ND-6500a as that was the part # for mine. I wasn't able to get a part number. Actually, I didn't think of it...

I called Spare Parts today and asked for the +/- DVD Burner for the i9100. I was told they have it in stock and the price is $155. I ordered it. After placing the order I was told the part could be refurbished or reconditioned. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by chrhon "change it to 1680x1050 at least with 4xAA and see how it runs. i'm just curious." It didn't run very good at that res and 4xAA... switched it down to 2xAA and it ran...

Quote: Originally Posted by suryad Pagedown I believe you were watching the video version and not the actual demo. The video is just a recording, nothing to do with the capabilities of your graphics card. What you want...

Quote: Originally Posted by rct23 Has anyone downloaded and ran the Crytech demo from the ATI website on the MR9800? I have a MR9700 and it runs extremely choppy. This demo supports 3Dc and so does the MR9800 so I think...

FWIW, it looks like Dell has pulled the DVD writer for the 9100/XPS from the site. I had one in my "wish list" and now it tells me the item number is invalid. -Bob

Received mine today. Install took about a half an hour, I really took my time and read everything twice. Turned my 9100 on, it came up with a generic VGA driver. Installed the 9800 driver, rebooted and VOILA!!!! Inspiron 9100...