Inspiron 6000 opinions ! - Page 2

Go to Dell.com. Click on Home & Home Office. In the "service and Support" drop-down menu, click Knowledge Base. Click Origianl System Configuration then enter you service tag. it will list your system modules. Mine says "LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, NO-SPWG, SAMSUNG"

Its a samsung

From reading threads, Samsungs are better compared to LG's. At least on the general view point. You can retur your system anyway if you're not happy with your LCD if you're still in your 21-day policy.

yup, i am gonna return it and go for the Wxga version.

Have you read review for the WXGA? Be sure if you're gonna return your current WSXGA+. You might regret it. The WXGA in general has a bad reputation having "sparkles" and dim backlight.

the lighting i guess wont be as much of a problem as this small crap everwhere, i can barely read some websites that have words on small pictures.

try firefox... it handles the scaling better than IE... that may solve your problem

ya that makes everywork mine except for the pictures. everything is big but the pictures which makes them look much smaller

How is that Dell working for you? I just ordered my system, which is pretty close to the same as yours. How is the LCD screen? I have read a few negative comments on the WUXGA. I may be sorry I went for that screen...

wuxga for a 15.4 i think is rediculously too small. wsxga was even too small for me. I downgraded to WXGA. I couldnt stand the small buttons while webbrowsing. (buttons ie pictures )

Don't get WXGA, cauz its not an ultrasharp so you'll loose color quality.

IMHO I was a bit disappointed with the i6000d for a few reasons:

While the Samsung WSXGA screen had great resolution, the colors were so-so and a bit washy with very narrow viewing angles. This was even after tweaking the gamma, etc. in the display properties which is something I've grown accustomed to do (since most LCDs seem to look like shit out of the box with factory settings). 'UltraSharp' does not automatically mean rich vibrant colors with superior contrast.

Putting the underwhelming display aside, what really turned me off was the plasticy bottom of the chassis. When you look at the i6000 in pics you assume it has the same solid, rigged build and chassis as the 9200/9300 - but when you see and hold it in person, you realize it does not. The bottom casing is regular plastic and while it is somewhat sturdy for regular plastic, it is very soft and flimsy under the optical drive. You can squeeze the bottom of the drive with the white strip on the top of the palm rest and it will bend and squeak together with little effort.

However, the thing that really annoyed me was the display lid and how it would rattle slightly up and down when closed. Not sure if this is like that on all i6000's, but the one I saw didn't close properly (like older Dell notebooks) where the feet on the display didn't fully meet with the palm rest when closed. Whenever you picked it up or push down a bit on the lid, you'd here it 'give' and rattle.

Over all, the i6000 that I previewed had a noticeable inferior build quality to its larger and smaller cousins (9300 and 700m). The cheap price, sharp looks and great battery life weren't enough for me to look over these shortcomings. Your model however may be different and not have these issues (except for the plasticy underside of the chassis as I can't see that being different on various models as say the LCD or lid issues).

Dude I can say without ANY hesitation that you got a bad unit. I've seen the 9200 handled it and it's build quality if anything is inferior to my I6000d. It is on par with the 9300/m700 machines. My lappy is solid as a rock and it is well engineered. It is built to last and take reasonable abuse along the way.

I agree with you to a certain extent on the display. I tweaked the gamma and enabled anti-aliasing and that certainly improved things, but It just doesn't wow you like my former Sony A190 trubrite screen did. I can live with that because on every other measure it is a far superior machine.

I am very happy with my choice and get compliments from clients every day on how nice it looks with its tuscan cherrywood exterior.

Well that's odd considering the 9200/9300 are of the same chassis, build quality, etc. Not sure how the 9200 can have inferior build as it's the same machine - literally. I also have both the 9200 and 9300 and they are both rock solid based - more so than the ThinkPads I've owned.

I agree that the 'rattle' in the lid can happen on just some machines, but there is no arguing that the bottom part of the i6000 chassis is *not* made of the same rigid material found in the 9200/9300. The bottom is regular plastic (found in earlier Inspiron models) with it being noticeably flimsy under the optical drive. If you remove the optical drive in both a 6000 and 9200/9300 and pushed in on the plastic over where the drive was, the 6000 would 'give' effortlessly while the 9200/9300 won't budge and is rock solid. I've tested them side by side in person. The 6000 had play and slight creaks when sitting it on my lap and pressing my hands down to type where the 9200/9300 did not. It's all do to the bottom casing - everything else looks and feels identical to the 9200/9300.

This doesn't mean the i6000 isn't a great, sexy, fast machine, but I just can't agree that the build, chassis, rigidness is the same as the other models. I've seen them and have played with them all and the 9200/9300 and the 700m all have more rigid bottom casings. This may not be a deal breaker for all, but it was for me.