sound likes a bios update would do it... although would dell really offer a bios update? i think only a tiny fraction of a percent of their customers would actually upgrade the processor in the laptops....
ok so i called tech support and wow lemme just first say that SB support is wayyyy better than Home. i had the nicest young woman help me who actually seemed like she wanted to help as opposed to one of those off-shore indian reps.
so...
good news: laptop came today, 1 day early!
bad news: so i did get the AUO1047 screen as i said earlier and it's got that crappy sparkle effect going on. :sad: also a bit of light leakage on the bottom, but not nearly as bad as the E1405...
haven't received the laptop yet, but i just checked the system configuration using the service tag (under order history). i'm getting the AUO screen.... anyone have any experience with the WXGA+ AUO screen??
i'm looking at the NEC ND-6750A on newegg and one of the customer reviews says "Installed perfect in Dell Lattitude D620 - just swap bezel and outside case around old drive. Works great." so this should work,...