Posts by drizek

Quote: Originally Posted by tijgert Al is obviously cheaper tha Cu and knowing Dell... ya, they needed to save the money to add another xps logo on there... Edit: another way this saves them money is that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by richfish13 I may be wrong, but I don't think they even ever made the 800 and 810 in widescreen. nope. both were wide. they had the same screen options as the I6000/E1505 and the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tman I'm thinking the WUXGA is going to be too small too. I'm sort of wishing I hadn't gotten it, but we'll see what it looks like tomorrow. dont worry. ive used the d810(and d800)...

dont know about him, but ubuntu still runs perfect over here with no issues at all really.

so that means we need to replace the heatsink with a 7800gtx one. more cooling and it will actually fit(hopefully). Edit, cu is better than al. i think the reason why they switched is because al is a lot lighter.

well not everyone is a canadian. this thing is really expensive compared to the 9300+7800gtx option we had before. with all the price jacking dell has been doing recently, im pretty sure my next computer wont be a dell. now, where can...

Quote: Originally Posted by GeForceTony Yes, I do want to go to college, but it requires money. Money I DON'T have. My family can't help me because of various reasons (my dad's divorce, etc.) and I'm not eligable for...

although the hardware isnt exactly the same, linux runs very well on my I9300.

I think it is related to the OS. In linux i get no noise, in xp i get it rarely and in vista it happens a LOT.

you can plug headphones in to get rid of the noise.