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post #21 of 54
11/10/04 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by gundie
The 8600 is fast enough to handle most of the games, unless we're talking about Doom 3 or HL.
What the heck are you talking about? Of couse the i8600 can play Doom3 and HL2 (I'll assume you meant HL2, not HL). I play CS:S every day, and it looks and runs great. And there are plenty of i8600 owners around here who can play Doom3 just fine.
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post #22 of 54
11/10/04 at 2:57pm
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Originally Posted by deadzone
The 9100 is definitly a beast of a notebook both size-wize and performance-wize! I gotta tell you though, I think the P-M processors are faster than you think. They keep up rather well with it's bigger brother desktop chips.

In my opinion they need to stop calling these desktop replacements laptops or notebooks completely. I think it gives one a false sense of portability. I love my 8600 with a P M 1.7, it plays any game I throw at it fine. RAM, hard drive speed, and video card are the important things, not so much the processor these days.
I think this is the problem people have here. My XPS is very portable, it goes back and forth from work to home everyday. Mobility is another thing all together. I wont be hitting the road or traveling with this Monster anytime soon.
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post #23 of 54
11/10/04 at 4:07pm
Jack up the settings and see how well D3 runs. The mr9800 is a much better card than the one in 8600.


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Originally Posted by Wooster
What the heck are you talking about? Of couse the i8600 can play Doom3 and HL2 (I'll assume you meant HL2, not HL). I play CS:S every day, and it looks and runs great. And there are plenty of i8600 owners around here who can play Doom3 just fine.
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post #24 of 54
11/10/04 at 4:22pm
Youd think people would

A - Read this forum a bit BEFORE buying their laptop and,
B - Read the ****ing specs and shit on the Dell website before purchase.

The original poster should of known about everything he posted about before purchasing this laptop, and more.
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post #25 of 54
11/10/04 at 4:30pm
Shit on the Dell website? Now why would anyone do such a thing!
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post #26 of 54
11/10/04 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by FearNo1
Jack up the settings and see how well D3 runs. The mr9800 is a much better card than the one in 8600.
Reread my post and show me where I said anything about the MR9800.

My point was that the MR9600PT will play those games just fine. And it does.
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post #27 of 54
11/10/04 at 6:25pm
Also reading the instruction manual is pretty helpful *hint* *hint*
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post #28 of 54
11/10/04 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by virgin_mary
Also, as a home desktop 'replacement', it lacks serial ports and comports, which are neccessary for certain devices, which Dell fails to consider in creating this.
Those ports are legacy. If you still have a use for such ports, get a USB adaptor. I for one am glad they are gone and it is finally becoming a trend on most machines.

My only complaint about the ports on it is the lack of a 6 pin firewire port. 4 pin firewire is a joke. At least with a 6 pin connector, I can have a bus powered hard drive for extra storage, and not try to either break the USB power spec, or use up 2 USB ports.
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post #29 of 54
11/10/04 at 10:01pm
i've not had anything that uses that uses serial ports in nearly 5 years, and nearly as long for the lpt port. the 9100 is the best laptop/desktop pc i've ever had. i've taken it to a few lan parties where people have laughed at me for having a laptop, when they see how well it runs, they soon go quiet.
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post #30 of 54
11/11/04 at 12:32am
Reread my post, I never said you said anything about mr9800..*I* mentioned it. Maybe you don't want admit that the 8600 will not play the latest games (doom3, Far Cry, etc and soon Half Life2) that great at the highest settings. Sure you can play those games on your laptop, but compromises will have to be made. Thats the nature of technology.

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Originally Posted by Wooster
Reread my post and show me where I said anything about the MR9800.

My point was that the MR9600PT will play those games just fine. And it does.
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post #31 of 54
11/11/04 at 12:44am
One thing I found really helpful with the scroll bar is to have it set to "narrow," as narrow as it can go. it gives you lots more space on the touchpad.
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post #32 of 54
11/11/04 at 12:47am
I don't think a lot of people’s definition of "fine" is necessarily "the highest settings." A lot of people are "fine" getting decent rates without the uber high effects.

It's a moot point anyway because if that is the definition (maxed out settings) of "fine" we choose to accept for the duration of this discussion, then buying a tricked out desktop is currently a rabid gamers only true option.

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post #33 of 54
11/11/04 at 4:59am
Thread Starter 
I just looked into the USB port replicators and they are much more expensive than I had expected. But since I really need one, I guess I have no choice but to buy one. Also, it seems that the Prescotts suck up more power, and are about 200 mhz (average) slower than it's Northwood counterpart.
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post #34 of 54
11/11/04 at 1:22pm
"Fine" is pretty relative. Regardless, graphical compromises will have to be made to play the latest and upcoming games on the 8600. It was uh fine for its day, but today is a new day.
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post #35 of 54
11/11/04 at 4:59pm
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Originally Posted by FearNo1
"Fine" is pretty relative. Regardless, graphical compromises will have to be made to play the latest and upcoming games on the 8600.
Let me let you in on a little secret. Compromises will have to be made with any laptop. High-end laptop GPUs are not on the same page as high-end desktop GPUs, and chances are that they won't ever be, at least not for a while. While the MR9800 is a very competent card, try playing FarCry on it at native resolution with the settings maxed out. It just won't work.


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It was uh fine for its day, but today is a new day.
Trust me, the MR9600PT will play every new game in the next year just "fine".
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post #36 of 54
11/11/04 at 7:16pm
hehe you really do learn something new every day. would never of looked for the scrolling on the touchpad if it werent for this thread. i was already delighted with my 9100 now even happier :P
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post #37 of 54
11/11/04 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by simonhipsey
hehe you really do learn something new every day. would never of looked for the scrolling on the touchpad if it werent for this thread. i was already delighted with my 9100 now even happier :P
Yeah, the scrolling does rock.
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post #38 of 54
11/11/04 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by Wooster
Yeah, the scrolling does rock.
Okay, what is this scrolling? Does it work with firefox?
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post #39 of 54
2/20/05 at 2:30pm
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My point was that the MR9600PT will play those games just fine. And it does.
Roger that.
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post #40 of 54
2/20/05 at 4:59pm
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Originally Posted by mal
i love my 9100 too. But then again, i made an educated purchase by researching which laptop would best suit my needs.
Quoted for truth. You always research something like this, I did more than 2 weeks looking at various Dell, Sager, even Alienware laptops. The Dell offered the most power at the time with the MR9800. It makes me happy.

Also, pretty much everything these days is USB. Legacy ports are of the past. I had to buy a 9-pin PDA adapter for my SCUBA diving computer to replicate to USB, but heck, I'm definately satisfied with my 9100. It's a beast. It's what it is meant to be.

Had you wanted ultraportable, I'm sorry, you were looking in the wrong place.
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