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post #21 of 47
11/23/06 at 11:03pm
My 8600 is still going strong and problem free after 2.5 years of use. Now it is doing the duties of a desktop. It sits on the APR (advanced port replicator) and drives dual monitors and other devices. It is still my primary computer. My newer E1505 goes to work with me. My wife use my 5 year old Compaq Presario 2715US series notebook. This one has also been a great computer. Still runs strong. I love my 3 laptops.
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post #22 of 47
1/7/07 at 5:45am
My 8500 has been flawless until two days ago. Thanks to this forum I have figured out that my video card is going bad. This is going to save me a good bit of cash, All I need to do now is figure out which card to get.

The 8500 I have has at least 2400 hours on it. And I play call of duty on it when I'm bored. That game will make it run quite warm though.

Thanks to all who contribute to the board.

Don
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post #23 of 47
1/9/07 at 2:03am
I've just bought a Sager 5760, had my 8600 for over two years and it's sitting on the desk right beside me right now
I'm not sure what to do with my 8600...I could sell it but I have a hard time parting with it, it's been a good computer for a fairly long time
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post #24 of 47
1/10/07 at 3:12pm
Mine is almost 3 years old. Still running strong. All 3 of my laptops are still running great.
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post #25 of 47
1/13/07 at 4:16am
Ive had my i8600 for 2 years now. Still in good condition and never had any problems with it. I mainly use it as a desktop replacement and bring it to school with me. I'm planning on giving this laptop to my mom when my new laptop arrives.
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post #26 of 47
1/13/07 at 8:15am
I put the new refurbished video card in yesterday, and the thing is as good as new. I opted for the same card that the machine was built with. The Geforce 4200, 64 mb. Cost $98.00 including shipping.

Thanks to the contributors of this board, I fixed my problem.
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post #27 of 47
1/19/07 at 6:32pm
I am still using it, and here comes a question, I have seen on ebay a Pentium M 780 - 2.26/2M/533, and I am thinking on buying it. As we all know 8600c is running at 400Mhz FSB, so my new micro will run at that speed too, so instead of 2.26 looks like i will have a (2.26*4/5) = 1.8Ghz. Does anyone of you if this is true, will it work, has someone done this before?

Cheers
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post #28 of 47
1/30/07 at 7:14pm
Had my I8600 for little over two years, bought it new. It's used about 6+ hours per day most every day. Does everthing I need, not really a gamer but I have the Radeon 9600 video running at 1900x1200 res.

Great machine, probably have it for awhile or hand it down .


robert
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post #29 of 47
5/8/07 at 4:31am
Still running my 8500 after god knows how long, it's served me so well - has been all over the world with me and kept me entertained watching dvds, and has earned me a living doing freelance work for a long time now as well....in the time i've had it i've had to do a few things to it to keep it alive:

New GFX Card (ATi 9600 M10) With copper cooling mod
2Gb RAM
New keyboard - glass of wine took care of the old one
Larger HDD
New battery.
Zalman notebook cooler.

I think thats about it...

Still very reliable, and still working just fine for all my development work - at the moment it's running office 2007, sql server 2005, visual studio 2005, visual studio 6, and i use it for playing cs source sometimes too...It runs all these apps just fine - I continue to be amazed. I even installed Vista on a spare hdd a couple of weeks ago - and it runs that ok as well.

I was on the verge of ordering an xps m1710 last week - then looked at old faithful on the desk, and couldn't see the point of spending 2K plus at all, its been the best machine of all I've ever bought or built, and i'm sticking with it
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post #30 of 47
5/8/07 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by Blinder
Still running my 8500 after god knows how long, it's served me so well - has been all over the world with me and kept me entertained watching dvds, and has earned me a living doing freelance work for a long time now as well....in the time i've had it i've had to do a few things to it to keep it alive:

New GFX Card (ATi 9600 M10) With copper cooling mod
2Gb RAM
New keyboard - glass of wine took care of the old one
Larger HDD
New battery.
Zalman notebook cooler.

I think thats about it...

Still very reliable, and still working just fine for all my development work - at the moment it's running office 2007, sql server 2005, visual studio 2005, visual studio 6, and i use it for playing cs source sometimes too...It runs all these apps just fine - I continue to be amazed. I even installed Vista on a spare hdd a couple of weeks ago - and it runs that ok as well.

I was on the verge of ordering an xps m1710 last week - then looked at old faithful on the desk, and couldn't see the point of spending 2K plus at all, its been the best machine of all I've ever bought or built, and i'm sticking with it
Mine has and still serves me well. Now it functions mostly as a desktop driving my 24 in WS monitor. It ran Vista as well as my e1505, but I reinstalled XP becasue I was not satified with Vista.
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post #31 of 47
5/9/07 at 1:40pm
post from the past!

I personally don't use mine anymore, I gave it to my dad. He still uses it but I think one of the RAM is going bad cause he gets a blue screen every-so-often and its not software related cause it happens on both windows xp and vista. Overall, its a good machine. Runs a little hot sometimes but its good.
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post #32 of 47
5/11/07 at 1:12am
Started my 3rd year with my 8600 in February - not a single problem and going strong. Before that I had an 8000 that I used for 4 years with only a couple of problems. I have only had to call Dell Support once in all this time.
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post #33 of 47
7/7/07 at 1:07am
My i8600 is used daily ~10hrs / day for the past 3 years as is now being used in an IT industry and she still outpreforms a good portion of my client's computers I work on today. Not to mention she looks like I just bought it yesterday (nice to take care of things). I can't tell you how proud I am of this model and it's going to be real hard to get a new one...
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post #34 of 47
7/7/07 at 9:06am
Mine see's a lot of use still. I just reinstalled Vista for a nother try. I'll probably use for another couple of years, as long as it continues to work.
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post #35 of 47
7/7/07 at 11:05am
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Originally Posted by Kakarot View Post
post from the past!

I personally don't use mine anymore, I gave it to my dad. He still uses it but I think one of the RAM is going bad cause he gets a blue screen every-so-often and its not software related cause it happens on both windows xp and vista. Overall, its a good machine. Runs a little hot sometimes but its good.
If the 8600 is laid out like the 8500, taking out the fan is real easy - just two screws on the base and it pos out as a unit. I mention this because after mine died, i did take out the fan and there was a huge mat of black, slightly oily compacted fluff between the fan and the heatsink. If I had found and removed that earlier it might have run cooler and lasted longer ...
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post #36 of 47
7/22/07 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisLilley View Post
If the 8600 is laid out like the 8500, taking out the fan is real easy - just two screws on the base and it pos out as a unit. I mention this because after mine died, i did take out the fan and there was a huge mat of black, slightly oily compacted fluff between the fan and the heatsink. If I had found and removed that earlier it might have run cooler and lasted longer ...
The 8600c, however, doesn't have an intake on the bottom of the casing. It relys on the top intake next to the keyboard for air, therefore, makes it harder for dust and crap to actually get in. Normally, I can go for about 1/2 year and barely find a dust bunny between the fan and the heatsink.
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post #37 of 47
11/15/07 at 5:10pm
Sorry to chime in late..

I have had my i8600 since October 2004.. The thing is still running strong! Only thing that is on it's way out if my video card fan, but I just ordered a replacement.. This laptop survived my vacation to Kuwait and Iraq courtesy of uncle sam... it has seen its share of the small dust/sand particles of Iraq/Kuwait and still runs like a champ!
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post #38 of 47
12/6/07 at 7:59am
I'm still using my old 8100 as my only computer. But i'll buy a new one as soon as Dell release one with 4-cores-Cpu.
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post #39 of 47
1/18/08 at 8:42am
I'm still using my 8600 and recently upgraded to Vista, (yeah I know) but I really like it. And it runs pretty smooth. Would love to upgrade, but the backyard deck needs to be rebuilt
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post #40 of 47
1/21/08 at 9:57am
I love mine. Refuses to die, travel everywhere with it. Although, not much left inside that was 'stock'.

Oh, you don't need a Core2 to run Vista fine. Just get 2gb memory and a 7200rpm H/D. I run a quad 6600 o/c to 3.6 ghz w/ 8gb memory for comparison as my desktop, and the 8600 is just fine for beating around and light gaming.
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