yea both ati and nvidia know how to run low power modes just as much as intel. just because intel is in low power all the time dosnt mean its better at it then ati or nvidia.
due to the shape of the card needed and BIOS support, you can only upgrade it to what ever the options are listed on dells site as upgrade options for the model you have.
Go for the 1.66ghz duo, there is no proof yet the Core2 is a drop in for 1505 yet, would you risk it to save a few pennies? Oh and forget about the solo.. its a money maker for intel only.
The screen, if you are picky on viewing angles,...
nata, the screen is set to turn off though when you put down the lid aye? This series uses a video card based switch instead of a bios based switch on the lcd so when you put the lcd down, the lcd and the video card powers down. The bad...
It must be a defect. I see no such grid like artifacts on my wsxga, the lighting is ineven as you say, but grids. All I can think of is that maybe the color mask is out of alignment with the lcd cells. saddly a new lcd will be needed to...