Posts by Pisgah Paddler

Vista. AC plug on side. Two less USB ports. odd battery size (9 cell)

My fingerprint reader works great! about 99% success

I had a M1210 with a Toshiba LCD. I hated that screen, and it was the best of the 3 they put in those! My old 700M killed it in screen quality. I now have a M1330 with Toshiba LED . It blows the M1210 away. Brighter, cleaner, better...

I'd skip 64 bit right now, Vista itself itself is too buggy in the 32bit versions. Driver support might be a nightmare.

Remove the top bezel (the one with the power button) by prying off from the slot on the right side-it'll pop off right to left, slowly and carefully. Remove the keyboard screws (3) on top, pull off keyboard from the top, pull it up and...

Not another Dell laptop display issue.....

ebay?

You might be able to BUY a new blu-ray drive, don't count on an exhange..

Based on the step backward Dell took from the 700M to the M1210 LCD, ANY new Dell LCD is suspect until proven otherwise.

nope. Won't help free internet access/snooping