Posts by Sykes

FYI, the lead times have gone down considerably. I placed my order on 8/26 for a M1330 with an LED Screen, and it shipped on 9/2.

I think the M1730 is great news! ... it means the M1710 will get cheaper on Outlet! (after all, there really aren't many other reasons to care about it)

First of all, if your copy of Office came with your laptop, then that copy is non-transferrable. That aside, there is no way to deactivate Office ... but all is not lost. Assuming your copy is retail and not OEM, all you'll need to do...

Here is Dell's list of Customer Replaceable Parts: http://warrantypartsdirect.dell.com/...m/cru_list.xls ... if you change anything other than what is in this list, you risk voiding your warranty. That is Dell's policy. In practice,...

Just remember that people who have problems are generally louder and more opinionated than those who don't. Those of us who don't have problems are generally too busy sitting back and enjoying our computers to come out and extol the...

I feel your pain. Dock connector vs. no dock connector is a deal-breaker for me on my gaming laptop, so I know exactly what you're talking about. That's why was excited to learn that the M1710 had a dock connector. But it sounds like...

You CAN put a GPU in the PCI slot of the D/Dock, but there are no high-end GPUs that come in PCI format. Plus, there is pretty much no room for ventilation in the PCI slot of a D/Dock, and no room for a large heatsink or fan, so that...

They do pretty much no validity checks whatsoever on EPP purchases, so as long as you have the code (I think you can even do without the code), you're pretty much good to go (they really can't do any checks because, last I checked,...

My Dell rep said that internally they expect the first units to ship on the 10th (tomorrow), but I always take that with a huge grain of salt. Besides the fact that it is subject to change in the first place, I always take the stance...

The quoted ship date has been July 29th at the earliest since the day the M1330 became available for purchase. This is normal for a Dell product that has just been announced, and everyone is waiting for it. I'll be surprised if they...