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It's here.......My i8600c!!

post #1 of 6
6/10/04 at 4:23pm
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Just arrive about 30 minutes ago. Already set up and running.

My first impression:
1) very cheap plastic feel compared to my Compaq and Sony Notebooks.
The pastic feels flemsy and has a lot of give to it, I suspect it will break or crack easy.

2) Atleast a pound lighter than my Compaq.

3) My WSXGA Screen looks great and has no dead pixels, a little light leakage at the bottom. I don't think it will be a problem, I noticed that my Compaq has about the same light leakage at the bottom also. The screen is a lot brighter than my Compaq also.

4) The wireless 1450 was easy to set up.

5) Seems to be a lot faster than my Compaq.

I'll have a better review in a day or so.

Now back to my toy...................................

Can some tell me how to post pics, My posting rules says not attachments.

John
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post #2 of 6
6/10/04 at 4:31pm
Gratz! Hope you like it a lot.
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post #3 of 6
6/10/04 at 4:58pm
You have to post pictures in the "Pictures" section.
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post #4 of 6
6/10/04 at 5:02pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wooster
You have to post pictures in the "Pictures" section.

That is logical.

Thanks
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post #5 of 6
6/10/04 at 9:56pm
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The display on my 8600 is very nice. The graphics are great. I have been playing Tomb Raider AOD and Laura looks great. I have found only one problem when playing TAOD, when Laura talks, it sounds like she being played on a tape player at high speed. I have already updated the sound card driver, which was no help, but I have installed some games patches that I have yet to try. (Anybody experience this?)

So far I'm very satisfied with my new i8600.

My memory arrived, so I now have 1.0GB of memory.

The touch pad is not as bad as I thought it would be. I actually like it. The 8600 I played with at the Dell store at the mall, the touch pad did not work very well. It also had a mouse stick.

Can't wait till tomorrow when I can play some more. If I didn't have to get up at 0400 for work I would stay up most of the night playing with it.

John
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post #6 of 6
6/10/04 at 10:08pm
Concerning the touchpad, note that it is highly configurable. It is really worthwhile to spend some time on adjusting its settings according to one's wishes.
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