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I'm probably going to buy it either tonight or tomorrow since there is the Core 2 Duo upgrade available With 2GB RAM Free for offer this week, I think it's great!

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I was so excited when I started reading the specs. I've been looking for something like this laptop for AGES now and finally the perfect solution existed... Almost.

Question:
What the hell was Dell thinking when they decided to put VGA on this notebook? More importantly, who fumbled the DVI? There obviously had to be some phenomenal logical explanation why they would produce such a stellar machine and then cut it off to people who own their 24" and 30" monitors. At home, I need the girth of a large format display - as do many professionals in my industry. This laptop can easily power 1920x1200, so why... Why oh why...

Then Dell redeemed themselves by making sure it had a docking station to accompany it. Or at least the port to use when they released one. Or not.

As much as I would love to bask in the glory of this laptop, to me it's like they ran the entire marathon and stopped short at the finish line.

/end rant

Eh? You can run 1920x1200 from VGA.

Have you actually ran 1920x1200 using VGA on an lcd? It's not even in the realm of acceptable when it comes to picture quality.

are there many other 12" laptops that come with a DVI? The only ones that I know of are Macs.

That's my point actually. This notebook is otherwise flawless. It is and has everything a power user would want in such a small package, save for that one flaw.

I'm not going to argue how terrible the M1210 is, because it's not. It's just missing a very key feature. They might as well put a printer port on the back of the damn thing while they were at it.

Here, I fixed it for you. Not everyone needs or wants a DVI out.

I agree. Not everyone needs or wants PCMCIA either. Or dual headphone jacks (although that's actually a feature I find very cool), or even USB for that matter.

I see your point though. I'll just buck up and order it and stop whining like a baby. c-net claims that the maximum exernal resolution is the same as the LCD, but the GeForce Go 7400 shows a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 at 85Hz.

I did test out my monitors with VGA and DVI side-by-side at 1920x1200 and was able to find an exceptable balance, so I'm good to go.

... ran an external 24" monitor at 1920x1200 with a xps 1210 the other night for a few hours of coding.

The 1210 was a friends and only had integrated graphics, but the 24" monitor looked absolutely fine. Wasn't choppy at all (for normal 'business' use, not gaming).

Had I spent a few minutes with my face right next to the screen switching between my DVI PC and the VGA laptop I might have been able to tell the difference, but I wouldn't have guessed it was VGA had you just shown me the image.

I agree that not including DVI was the only fumble on the 1210. The Apples have DVI out that will drive a 30" LCD, this 1210 would be an absolute dream if it had the same.

Thank you for the your post mate. It gave me a bit of confidence.

I just ordered mine last night (off ebay) and paid the guy $50 extra for overnight shipping, so I'm expecting it on Tuesday. I'm pretty excited to ditch my desktop, I'm really excited to run dual core (current machine is a 64 4000+).

Here are my specs:
Core Duo @ 2GHz
1GB (I've ordered 2GB)
A/V package
GeForce Go 7400
wireless b/g w/ bluetooth
CD/DVD RW
Audigy (software edition)
3 yr. in-home

I paid $1,800 for it, which isn't much better than what Dell can give it me for, but getting by Tuesday was well worth it.

I'll post more when I get it. Cheers!

Hello,

I'm a notebook newbie and need help. I've had my xps m1210 for a week now and I'm going nuts trying to load all my software. I'm running Windows XP. The system is slooooww. Also, whenever I play anything in itunes the audio is staticy and choppy.

I had assumed that a brand new notebook should work *at least* as well as my 2 1/2 year old desktip (Dell Dimension 4600C). This notebook has the following specs:

* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz, 667Mhz/4MB)
* 80G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
* Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
* 2GB DDR2 667MHz 2 Dimm

Do I have unrealistic expecations about what this little machine can handle? I want to run:

* Windows Office Suite (including Access)
* iTunes
* ActiveSync for my Axim
* Software for my Cannon Powershot camera
* Software for HP Officejet 5610xi All-in-one
* Quicken
* Homesite

So my questions are has anyone had the problem of not being able to play iTunes? Music sounded fine with the other MP3 players.

Anyone else have same performance problems? Can anyone recommend resources for optimizing Windows XP?

Thanks much!