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Took the plunge

post #1 of 23
11/2/07 at 2:30am
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I sold my iBook and got me a Vostro 1400.

Vostro 1400, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5470 (1.60GHz @800MHz FSB)
14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with Truelife
1GB, Shared DDR2,667MHz
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Video Card
120GB Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
8X DVD+/-RW DVD/CD Burner Drive
Dell Wireless 1390 Internal Wireless Mini Card (802.11 a/g 54Mbps) minicard
Media Direct 3.0
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.08
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Microsoft Works 8.5
Corel Snapfire Basic - Organize and Edit Your Photos
1 year Dell warranty
Music Jukebox by Yahoo! Music - Basic Music Software
Norton Internet Security 2006 90 Days Trial
Dell Network Assistant, 1.7
Dell DataSafe 2.0 Online, 10GB for 1 Year Free
Free PC Tune-up for 1 Year

4 USB 2.0 Ports; S-video out port; 4-pin IEEE 1394 Firewall Port; Media Memory Card Slot; 54mm Expresscard slot; Microphone and Headphone Jack

Use:

General use, some video editing (hopefully), general work, 3D programs learning/use, random gaming.

/ discuss

* is dragged to D(h)ell realm by Mr. Evil, Machina and Krayziepop *
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post #2 of 23
11/2/07 at 6:51pm
Yeah, this is a good place to start bashing Dell

Anyway, should run nicely for you. My E1705 has been running for over a year strong and has been holding up to pretty much everything *except crysis which crushes anything*
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post #3 of 23
11/2/07 at 8:27pm
Congrats moidock,getting rid of anything with an "i" in front of it has got to be a good thing JKing

I'm sure it will be a great mobile compliment to your new desktop.
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post #4 of 23
11/3/07 at 1:24am
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post #5 of 23
11/3/07 at 8:50pm
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No flaming.

Just that I'll have to drop around here more often. Hope she makes a good portable workhorse, if everything goes as it should I should be receiving it around Thursday.

Pics to come.

* debates if he should picture himself wearing pajamas with the delivery guy *
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post #6 of 23
11/3/07 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by moidock View Post

* debates if he should picture himself wearing pajamas with the delivery guy *

Haha....I dare you
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post #7 of 23
11/5/07 at 3:39pm
Nice to see Dell can get some systems built and delivered quickly.
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post #8 of 23
11/5/07 at 10:11pm
let me know how you like it, im thinkin bout gettin one for mygirl friend
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post #9 of 23
11/6/07 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by Prowler690 View Post
Nice to see Dell can get some systems built and delivered quickly.
Actually, it was a pre-built bought from a store.

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Originally Posted by jstnelson2006
let me know how you like it, im thinkin bout gettin one for mygirl friend
Will do.
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post #10 of 23
11/8/07 at 9:50pm
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It's here!!!

(crap resolution pics, I know, took them in a hurry)





And on the plastic bag the computer was wrapped in there's this "no singing inside this bag" sign:



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post #11 of 23
11/8/07 at 9:59pm
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And on the plastic bag the computer was wrapped in there's this "no singing inside this bag" sign:
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post #12 of 23
11/8/07 at 10:00pm
looks good moidock!
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post #13 of 23
11/8/07 at 10:21pm
LOL,no singing inside the bag......thats a goodie

Look forward to hearing what you think of it after you've settled in and the like
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post #14 of 23
11/8/07 at 10:49pm
It looks sweet Moidock....although it kinda reminds me of the m9750 because of it's dark case.....btw how much did you spend on it?
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post #15 of 23
11/9/07 at 12:05am
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It was about $1000 including customs and all. In the US one like this goes for about $750-$850.
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post #16 of 23
11/9/07 at 12:30am
hehe. As long as you like the lappy, which I know you do, that's all that matters dock.
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post #17 of 23
11/9/07 at 1:14pm
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post #18 of 23
11/12/07 at 12:43pm
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Well, after fiddling around with it I can say it's a very complete system so far at a nice price. I haven't run any benchmarks on it yet as I'm messing around testing installations of XP and Vista for a dual boot.

After wiping the hard drive and getting a few blue screens attempting clean installations of both OS on boot up I had to turn off a couple of hard drive features in the BIOS to get it working.

Have successfully installed both OS separately and will extract the XP and Vista SATA drivers to make a proper install. I will start the final dual booting project tonight.

Edit: Oh yeah, I have a license for Windows XP, the laptop came with Vista just in case someone thinks I'm using a friend's copy.
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post #19 of 23
11/13/07 at 4:00pm
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Sucess!!!!

Got Vista and XP boot!!!
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post #20 of 23
11/13/07 at 5:41pm
that's cool. What did you use? I used VISTA BOOT PRO.
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