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post #1 of 16
8/16/03 at 8:03pm
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Found this over at the Dell Forum. What is the Nvidia 5650 Go? 8600
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post #2 of 16
8/17/03 at 12:06pm
It's the Video subsystem being packaged with the new Inspiron 8600... hehe...

Sorry, had to do it.

You're seems to be the question of the day.

-D
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post #3 of 16
8/21/03 at 1:22am
Its a 128MB video card packed in with the 8600 which has a higher clock rate over a (refrence) 5600 card think of it as an ultra at the moment alienware has the highest clocked 5600 go card which is clocked almost as high as a 5600 ultra with all that space inside i wouldnt be surprised! but dont hold your breath for gettign a 8600 it will take at least 2 months to get to your house from now assuming the site brings the order avaiul to us by end of the month
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post #4 of 16
8/21/03 at 1:27am
How do you arrive at that kind of a timeframe?
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post #5 of 16
8/21/03 at 2:30am
Here's how I am guessing he figured it out.

Let's say they bring it out Sept 1.

If you buy it that day, build time is generally about 1 week, if not more for a new laptop. The they "Package" it for about 3 days, then they ship it.

In the end, they will give a good month or month and a half of time in order to cover for themselves and make sure they get it to you by the estimated arrival time.

That's why I am happy with the D800 I just bought...it's this same machine, only with the 4200 Go instead of 5650 FXGo, but I already have mine, which was a must with college here.

Have a good day.
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post #6 of 16
8/21/03 at 8:17am
You guys ever take a dell laptop and twist it. It freezes the system. We do it at work as a joke about how "great"...or lack there of...the quality of dell laptops are.
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post #7 of 16
8/21/03 at 9:44am
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Originally posted by soulreaper
You guys ever take a dell laptop and twist it. It freezes the system. We do it at work as a joke about how "great"...or lack there of...the quality of dell laptops are.
But they're not all made the same. So your company buys the cheapest ones; there are different lines that are made by different people in different places. The only 'not-cheap' feeling laptop I've ever held was an Apple Powerbook.
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post #8 of 16
8/21/03 at 9:50am
why would u twist a laptop in the first place?
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post #9 of 16
8/21/03 at 10:08am
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Originally posted by Jebus
why would u twist a laptop in the first place?


"Well my Sager crashes when I drop it, it must be cheap!"
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post #10 of 16
8/21/03 at 1:57pm
bet the new alienware wont feel cheap hehe

any laptop thats chasis or case which is made of plastic will SURELY feel cheap. Alumium is the way of the future lads!
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post #11 of 16
8/21/03 at 2:13pm
http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/u..._notebooks.htm



I haven't read anywhere yet whether or not the super-flimsy piece of **** keyboard is fixed or not in this laptop.
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post #12 of 16
8/21/03 at 2:19pm
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Originally posted by Direwolf
bet the new alienware wont feel cheap hehe

any laptop thats chasis or case which is made of plastic will SURELY feel cheap. Alumium is the way of the future lads!
I believe it's Magnesium Alloy, not the Alumium. Haven't seen anybody use Aluminium to make a laptop chassis. I believe Aluminium is very easy to get scratched and it's too soft.
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post #13 of 16
8/21/03 at 7:37pm
correct Magnesium alloy is a common frame used for most chasis which is then filled in with plastic. like the dell and sager laptops
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post #14 of 16
8/21/03 at 8:19pm
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Originally posted by Kasteo
I believe it's Magnesium Alloy, not the Alumium. Haven't seen anybody use Aluminium to make a laptop chassis. I believe Aluminium is very easy to get scratched and it's too soft.
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html

Almost... it's an aluminum alloy, not strait aluminum. The 15" is still made of Titanium alloy, but will probably sport aluminum alloy when it's updated soon.

...still waiting for an aluminum laptop capable of running window$...
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post #15 of 16
8/21/03 at 8:59pm
I saw that on TechTV, Apple is using Aluminium Alloy in their new 17" PowerBook. But they said Titanium Alloy(Magnesium Alloy) is much better because Aluminium Alloy is too soft. It get scratches and dents so easy.
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post #16 of 16
8/21/03 at 10:29pm
Regular aluminum is soft. Annodized aluminum on the other hand is quite hard and scratch resistant. I believe the Apple PBs are annodized aluminum.
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