Posts by tokyobob

Nor does my M1210 it was one of the first M1210 that was delivered So maybe the later ones have it installed ? Rob

My XPS has been good it's LCD is ok not great But all in a nice tidy machine. BUT what does suck is Dell customer service :- I bought the Dell in the States ( it arrived on my second to last day) and the restore DVD's were lost in...

Yes you can use any SATA drive with this .. However it doesn't supply power to the ext drives you will need to get a SATA enclosure for that .. I have this connected to it :- http://www.century.co.jp/products/hd/ctw35sata.html Way...

ugg, I don't think Dell will let you change the part yourself I think you maybe better to return the whole system for replacement. If people start to return them it may lead to them sorting these problems out Rob

speed, I wouldn't use blutack as then it heats up it will become runny and that would be very messy What about modelers plastic sheets ? it comes in various thickness and is very easy to work with Rob

If you can get it with the 30pct coupon price it's a great laptop it's the only one thats got a decent video chipset for the size (12" W/S) Just don't expect a quality sony screen

Think I'm going to tell my friend to wait (or buy my laptop ;-) ) esp since even the deals in japan aren't that great .. Since Dell's price compaired to Sony's is about 250USD extra here I may tell him to get a SZ Rob

Thanks kareem .. I bascally thought as much i couldn't think how i missed it if it did Cheers Rob

Speed I understand your problems with Dell But if you bought retail or with the 30% discount code - your would still get the same service and If Dell are like HP spares all of the plastic parts will be new .. Rob Now if i can just...

Are you sure that the system has a restore partition ? .. My DVD's got lost in transit so if the images are on disk that would be great