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post #21 of 55
3/28/05 at 11:38am
Congrats, I'm still a long ways away from mine.
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post #22 of 55
3/28/05 at 11:52am
Maybe I missed the post but I have yet to see anybody comment on the "watch DVD's without booting feature." Maybe you can report to us on how that works LeeU.
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post #23 of 55
3/28/05 at 11:58am
If you're talking about playing a DVD w/o booting Windows...it ain't happening. Windows will boot.
Saw a post about it, yesterday...but I don't remember the thread title but I think it wa specific to this question
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post #24 of 55
3/28/05 at 11:58am
Ooops...my bad. Not sure if things are diff. for the XPS...the thread refers to 9300
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post #25 of 55
3/28/05 at 12:09pm

Battery life

Battery life for: just watching dvds, watching movies off of hard drive, internet browsing, and gaming. (all separate). thanks
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post #26 of 55
3/28/05 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by |-007-|
LeeU -- I don't know how interested you are in this, but if you want to give it a try: I'm curious if you can underclock the video card to get more battery life. Perhaps setting it to the same speed as the geforce 6800 in the i9300 will extend the battery life to equal an i9300. Note that I have heard that the 6800 in the XPS 2 is NOT overclockable using coolbits or rivatuner.

I'm getting my laptop soon, so if you don't care, then don't bother.
I am very interested in this test too.

Most of the time I will be using this machine for the daily commute as opposed to out on the test track where I need the horse power.
Can I improve the gas mileage on my Cobra(XPS2) if I lower the pressure on the super charger down to standard atmospheric levels closer to that of the GT(9300)?
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post #27 of 55
3/28/05 at 12:51pm
Thread Starter 
I'll probably run the DVD video/battery test later tonight. DaddyOf2Girls I thought you would be more interested in how the mermaid swims??? LeeU
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post #28 of 55
3/28/05 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by LeeU
I'll probably run the DVD video/battery test later tonight. DaddyOf2Girls I thought you would be more interested in how the mermaid swims??? LeeU
Yes that too. I would like a full play by play account of Nalu's activities. Be very discriptive of her hair and report if you can tell if she has freckles on her nose.
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post #29 of 55
3/28/05 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by LeeU
All,
Since the info has been a little slow coming and my XPS Gen 2 will be here no later than 10:30 on Monday, and since this is a new laptop I thought it required a day of leave. I have a digital camera ready, I still have not given Dell this Damn i9200 back so I'll have it hooked up to this web site and the XPS on the side for us to wring out. I have 3Dmark03 and 05 on a CD ready to pop in, I have all of the Dell drivers ready to do a XP format. Make a list of things you want and I'll do it and post back or even better I'll do it real time. If it requires software let me now so I can down load and have it on the CD ready to pop in before the FedEx dude is out of my drive way. We will make our own review and the only cost to you is having to read my bad use of the English language. LeeU
Hi Lee!
I guess the only thing left is the shields that I would like to ask about. How do they attach, are they cheesy plastic or heavier gauge, do they just snap on or is there a latch or sorts, and do they feel secure? ETC.
Thanks
Pegster
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post #30 of 55
3/28/05 at 1:38pm

lee?

so, no word from lee yet right? if you are around lee, did you receive it yet?
or is the UPS guy late?
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post #31 of 55
3/28/05 at 1:41pm

Pics

Mine's arriving tommorow, but I'd love to see some pics of this beast today, if you can
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post #32 of 55
3/28/05 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by etonos
so, no word from lee yet right? if you are around lee, did you receive it yet?
or is the UPS guy late?
Anyone know what timezone he was in.

Its past 10:30 in Eastern and Central times. He should hav it if he is in one of those.
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post #33 of 55
3/28/05 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
Anyone know what timezone he was in.

Its past 10:30 in Eastern and Central times. He should hav it if he is in one of those.
I think there's a clue to that in the thread title.
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post #34 of 55
3/28/05 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by sonicwind
I think there's a clue to that in the thread title.
DOH!

well we know where he is now
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post #35 of 55
3/28/05 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
I am very interested in this test too.

Most of the time I will be using this machine for the daily commute as opposed to out on the test track where I need the horse power.
Can I improve the gas mileage on my Cobra(XPS2) if I lower the pressure on the super charger down to standard atmospheric levels closer to that of the GT(9300)?
That's grand.
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post #36 of 55
3/28/05 at 4:04pm
Thread Starter 
All,
I'm here. I did get it and the LCD is defiantly got sparkles so I'm on with Dell. While I'm waiting I will tell you this it is "BAD A$$" compared to my i9200. As far as the screen X9065 it is better than my i9200 W5412 but not as good as a Y4014. I have run 3DMark05 twice and I'm only getting 4885,4849? I be back soon LeeU
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post #37 of 55
3/28/05 at 6:23pm
Thread Starter 
Folks this is a awesome laptop. In a sim that I have for practicing RC airplanes my decked out i9200 has 44 fps, the same settings on my XPS 330 fps. I contacted Dell about the LCD, they have the Samsung that the i9300's have but I have to send it in to have the new LCD put in. I'm going to do it, but I will say that the LG is not that bad, but it could be better. I'm a little disappointed in the bench mark No of 4885, but I'm sure it can be tweaked. The power supply is huge but not as big as my work i9100. I love the aluminum on the lid, reminds me of the Spirit of Saint Louis. Movie DVD's are well awesome, the car wash scene in Charlie's angels is very detailed LeeU
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post #38 of 55
3/28/05 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by LeeU
In a sim that I have for practicing RC airplanes my decked out i9200 has 44 fps, the same settings on my XPS 330 fps.
Hey LeeU,

What Sim do you use? I use RealFlight G3. My Desktop system with an AIW 9600XT can't really keep up with it. This is the main 'gaming' type software that I'm getting the XPS Gen 2 for. Do you fly in real life as well ?
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post #39 of 55
3/28/05 at 7:28pm
Thread Starter 
WirelessWatson,
I sold all of my G2 stuff and now I use AeroFly Pro Deluxe as I fly all 3D airplanes and AFPD is way better for aerobatics. What do you fly? I fly 35%-40% and giant OMP Yaks. LeeU
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post #40 of 55
3/28/05 at 7:39pm
At this point I just fly in the simulator. I have a Nexstar trainer 70" wingspan, which I just broke the engine in. I also have a small Cap 232, which I won't be flying for a while. I hope to be flying in real life pretty soon though. The Cap 232 and the Yak 54 are my favorite planes to fly in the Sim. I never used G2, but apparently the 3D characteristics were very poor compared to the G3. I think I've seen a video clip of AFPD, it looked really nice as well.
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