Well, I have had my 9100 for about a month, she's had her 8600 for 5 hours. 
Her laptop is a Pentium M 1.4ghz i8600 with a WSGXA+ display, DVD+RW, Intel wireless card, 30 gig HD, 256MB RAM, nvidia graphics card with 64MB VRAM.
Mine is an i9100 with 2.8ghz Pentium 4 w/HT, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WSXGA+, DVD+RW, 40 gig HD, ATI Radeon 9700 w/ 64 MB VRAM.
I am really impressed with her 8600, and I am extremely jealous of the battery life and weight of the computer. The notebook weighs MUCH less than it looks like it should. At first though, I was concerned the computer seemed a bit slow, but after some looking, it was set to run at 560mhz due to the power setting. We cranked it up to the max performance and it runs very quickly at 1.4GHZ. Also, I have not looked up her service tag yet, but I think she has a Hitachi screen. I notice some light leakage from the bottom when the screen is black, but honestly it is not as bad as I thought it would be if she ended up with a Hitachi. I will mention it to her tomorrow when I help her install the rest of her programs, but I honestly doubt she will care enough to send it back. When I look at it, it doesn't seem too bad, but obviously it was bad enough that it caught my eye.
Overall though, very impressed with her 8600. My 9100 seems to get up and running significantly faster, and is ready to work much faster than her PC, but I think it's partly due to all the Dell junk loaded on her 8600. I am not going to mess with formatting her computer though, as she is not a gamer or a performance freak.
Anyway, I brought my 9100 over to her place so we could transfer some files and take some pics with her 8600. She's really happy with it and I am impressed with the 8600 as well. These pics should be a good size comparison as well for potential buyers.
Still gotta say I'd rather have my 9100 though.
Her laptop is a Pentium M 1.4ghz i8600 with a WSGXA+ display, DVD+RW, Intel wireless card, 30 gig HD, 256MB RAM, nvidia graphics card with 64MB VRAM.
Mine is an i9100 with 2.8ghz Pentium 4 w/HT, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WSXGA+, DVD+RW, 40 gig HD, ATI Radeon 9700 w/ 64 MB VRAM.
I am really impressed with her 8600, and I am extremely jealous of the battery life and weight of the computer. The notebook weighs MUCH less than it looks like it should. At first though, I was concerned the computer seemed a bit slow, but after some looking, it was set to run at 560mhz due to the power setting. We cranked it up to the max performance and it runs very quickly at 1.4GHZ. Also, I have not looked up her service tag yet, but I think she has a Hitachi screen. I notice some light leakage from the bottom when the screen is black, but honestly it is not as bad as I thought it would be if she ended up with a Hitachi. I will mention it to her tomorrow when I help her install the rest of her programs, but I honestly doubt she will care enough to send it back. When I look at it, it doesn't seem too bad, but obviously it was bad enough that it caught my eye.
Overall though, very impressed with her 8600. My 9100 seems to get up and running significantly faster, and is ready to work much faster than her PC, but I think it's partly due to all the Dell junk loaded on her 8600. I am not going to mess with formatting her computer though, as she is not a gamer or a performance freak.
Anyway, I brought my 9100 over to her place so we could transfer some files and take some pics with her 8600. She's really happy with it and I am impressed with the 8600 as well. These pics should be a good size comparison as well for potential buyers.
Still gotta say I'd rather have my 9100 though.
