Posts by Crazy Larry

There it is! Thanks!

I have a Dell XP Pro disk at home, so if I don't like Vi$ta I can change it. I thought about getting the 1440x900 display, but the 1680x1050 was only $50 extra, and I like to play games at high resolutions

Quote: Originally Posted by gerryjoson A pity the WSXGA has 50 nits less brightness than the WXGA+ and the lowest contrast ratio of all the new inspirons,but the 8600m gt is a good thing,definitely. Where...

Well, it is true that the 8600m gt is an option in the 1520...also an option is a 1680x1050 lcd screen

Here are the specs: Inspiron 1520- NEW!!! Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache), Genuine Windows ® Vista Home Premium Edition $1,166.10 Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)...

Quote: Originally Posted by Genryu Especially so in the case of the m1330 considering the very thin form factor of the case. I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get a 8600 in there with the amount of heat it'd generate...

I have a Cooler Master Notepal W1 for my old Inspiron 9400 that works pretty well...and you can almost fit the whole laptop on it http://www.coolermaster.com/index.ph...S+NotePal%20W1 or you could try building a custom cooler like I...

I'd be willing to sell you one of my ghetto coolers

When you remove the palm rest, you'll see the heat pipe going from the aluminum radiator on the left to the right...the GPU is the chip furthest right, at the end of the heat pipe. You'll see the imbedded graphics memory on the...

The 7400 in the m1210 is "adequate" for today's games. I've run STALKER at 1280x768 (window) with medium graphics settings and Titan Quest at 1280x800 with low graphics settings. Older games run very well - Half-Life 2 with...