Posts by scottwilkins

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system? a) Prefer to build my own b) Prefer to buy a branded system Both. For my personal systems, I really enjoy building. Always have, even built a few laptops from parts. ...

What is the URL of the Dell EPP site?

Thanks guys for the ideas and responses. Very good information. Turmoil, yeah, I'm not looking foward to the headache. That site I posted does offer mail in installation. I'm considering that too, thinking they have the best...

Hi all! I'm patiently waiting for my recently ordered M17x to arrive. So in the mean time I'm doing some extra research. One of the things I keep reading about the M17x laptops is how reflective the screen is. So much so, that...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn ^^ Same behaviours when connecting to an external monitor? If not, then possibility is a failing LCD. cheers ... In regards to my post above, it can easily affect LCD and not...

ataxy, the problem we are all seeing occurs within the GPU and it's access to the graphics memory. Basically in your case only a small part of the graphics system is affected. So depending on how the GPU and it's memory is addressed,...

And USB optical drive will work with the Mini 9.

Woodstock, folks like you ruin an otherwize good forum. Narg posted something constructive, and you come in and only post crap and self-centered b.s. I agree with Narg, the possiblity of getting a tottally different model is slim. ...

I just had this happen to my XPS M1710 with a 7950GTX 512meg video. Looks exactly like the screen shots from an earlier post. The laptops about 1 1/2 years old. I'm under warrenty so I guess I'm going to have to send her back to Dell...

My 2 cents... I run a "Dell Powered" IT shop for a small business. About 100 employees. I've been places that use just about every type of PC you can name. Dell to me in quality is above average, but not perfect by any...