Posts by BBerman

It takes a while to build and test your lappy. Two weeks is really about right, in my opinion. I personally appreciate them doing it this way too. Yes, it's not instant gratification, but it does mean they are building and testing...

After about 10 days of service hell from Dell, they finally fixed their system to accept my service tag. I see that others are now working too (from the Dell board). Finally!

Nope, I went for the M1710, my old one was the original XPS laptop. Before that I had the Inspiron 8200. See my signature for details. This thing is a beast. Barry

Hey folks, as you may have known I bought an M1710 with every bell and whistle late Dec, and I mean every thing. Of course its vista ready, and they ask you to register for it after you get the system, so you can register your service...

I'm curious about the 4GB RAM configurations that are available on the M1710. There is a note saying less than 4GB will be available, which I believe is 3.2 GB due to Windows XP. What about Vista? Will that then have 4GB?

I think 5 years is a good estimate. Be aware though, that even if the laptop or desktop pc works for that matter, it's very possible that the laptop will be so far behind in technology that it will be functionally past it's...

Aha, that's all it is. I guess I get a red one, since when I ordered there was no option for Black, no biggie. BBerman

Hmm, this is odd. When you choose the Special Edition Red XPS M1710, one of the options you now get is "Red or Black LCD". This is new as of today. I wonder if they are just saying you can get the black brushed metal...

I was told by Dell that it will overclock to 2.5 GHz, but maybe that was just to 2.5 GHz and keep it within the warranty In any case, I ordered it. I figure I'm going to have this machine for years, so why not get every bell and...

Close, but no cigar. It's actually just under $6000 with taxes. Remember, Dell will match prices on RAM. So I found the absolute cheapest RAM out there to match to As far as Blu Ray goes, yep, my hats in that ring, PS3...