Posts by danocooper

Be Happy. Dell will get you a system with at least the same equipment/cpu of ur currrent system which makes the odds in your favor it will be an upgrade and certainly newer. Technology goes forward not backward so newer model will...

sigh...found another thread saying car polish was disastrous and spread the scratches. I am awaiting Plexus which seems to be the safest thing I found out there. Ordered it tonite but seeing if someone else has some ideas too.

As far as I can tell there is no plastic film which was little disapointing. Its a refurb and i geuss they didnt put the plastic on it. If its there I can't detect it.

Well I did some google searches and found that this is a very common problem. And the aluminum is faux--its plastic. I just ordered plexus but from what I can tell that only helps a little. Any ideas?

My XPS is a week old and there are 2 deep scratches in the aluminum cover and numerous faint swirl-like scratches. I have been extremely careful to avoid contact with the cover and I don't understand where they come...

no its a typo not the same display. xps 170 has wUxga w truelife and later generation display (the 9200s were discontinued b/c of display problems...but 1st they just eliminated the uxga. my 9200 had the xga not the uxga

the gtx 7800. This is the nicest display I have ever seen on a laptop. I cannot imagin how nice the 1710 must be.

Wow. I am a dell dude for life. Until yesterday I had a 9200 with the wga screen The mousepad needed replacing and due to prior maintenance on the keyboard a screw was stripped. The onsite tech could not fix it and they insisted I ship...

I just got an XPS170. How much do the lights affect battery life?

my 1450 requires me to reboot to surf the internet every time I switch wireless networks. Example: I eat at the Panera Bread company which has a free wireless. I pick up the signal but cannot log onto the wireless unless I reboot....