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post #21 of 24
2/8/04 at 5:32pm
almost sent my Dell back because of poor customer service and the 1400 truemobile wireless card.
Glad I didn't after doing more research other company's also have poor customer service and I solved the wireless issue by going with a D-link pcmica card works great.
The display the weight infact the entire package by Dell is hard to beat.

Glad I kept it and it because of all your input.
thankyou
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post #22 of 24
2/8/04 at 9:00pm

Give me a break

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Originally Posted by jswriter
Try running Homeworld 2 on both machines. The Area-51m couldn't run it any higher than 800x600, but my 8600 cranks it at 1280x1024 with no chop at all. I couldn't even open my Doom 3 files on the 51m. They run great on my 8600!! And, don't even think about LAN gaming with Alienware's dog-squeeze of an internal wireless card.
Oh please

BTW I own two dell laptops (8100 and 5000). Don't judge a computer by how it plays ONE game. I love my Dell 8600 but REALLY love my A-51m. Try rendering 1 hour of digital video with your Dell and THEN compare it to an A-51m. Not trying to start the flaming but this is hardly a fair comparison of two laptops.
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post #23 of 24
2/8/04 at 10:04pm
well the 3.2ghz cpu and 800mhz ddr ram is sort of unfair
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post #24 of 24
2/8/04 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by frequencydrive
Oh please

BTW I own two dell laptops (8100 and 5000). Don't judge a computer by how it plays ONE game. I love my Dell 8600 but REALLY love my A-51m. Try rendering 1 hour of digital video with your Dell and THEN compare it to an A-51m. Not trying to start the flaming but this is hardly a fair comparison of two laptops.
I didn't judge my 51m by ONE game. While I had it, I evaluated both notebooks according to the games and applications I use. I'm a writer...I write/edit books, manuals, articles, speeches, CD-based tutorials, and many other types of media, including video (I'd be surprised if your 51m's battery could make it through an hour of video rendering). I also play a few games, such as Homeworld 2 and some FPS. Wanna explain to me why H2 runs so badly, why the Doom 3 files wouldn't even open, or why my 8600's benchmarks were higher than the 51m I had, last October? In every instance my 8600 performed equally or much better...plus, I got an infinitely better screen, triple the battery life, a wireless card that buries the 51m's card, and a lighter machine that cost about $600 less. For ME and what I do, the 8600 is the superior notebook. I'm not interested, nor have I the time for these infantile flame wars. If your 51m performs as well for you as my 8600 does for me, then congratulations to both of us!!
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