Dell 6000

[thunderroller]

you can go for it

 

[abc]

i read the 6000's lcd is underwhelming...


would anyone know if it's worse than the lcd employed by the 8600?

 

[alm4rr]

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 715 (1.50 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB)
with 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel

or

Intel® Celeron® M Processor 350 (1.30 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB)
with 15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ LCD Panel

I am afraid of blurry headaches for the next 3 years

Any feedback is appreciated
rest of specs:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 1 Dimm
60GB Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Dell® Wireless 1450 Internal Wireless (802.11a/b/g, 54Mbps)
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Services and Support Options 2Yr Ltd Warranty, 2Yr At-Home Service, and 2Yr Technical Support



I read on FW that the default lcd was blech, but haven't had anyone confirm anything yet

 

[Ethan2099]

the 6000 consists of the following :

2 motherboard configurations, one for the integrated video, the other for the 64 or 128 x300 ati chip.

Is also dual channel compatible.

battery life with the x300 has been clocked at 5+ hours

x300 3d graphics are about on par with a desktop running an ati 9200se.

if you're just looking for a basic replacement for your desktop that's what this is. the 9300 is more of a " medium core gamer" desktop replacement.

 

[gwlam12]

battery life depends on which battery we use right? 5+ hours, is that with the standard or the upgrade?

 

[Ethan2099]

with the integrated video (intel 900) people are finding battery life of around 6 hours. even with the x300 128 meg card some users are finding battery life over 4 hours.

 

[RamIt]

Originally posted by: Ethan2099
with the integrated video (intel 900) people are finding battery life of around 6 hours. even with the x300 128 meg card some users are finding battery life over 4 hours.

? I have the 6000 with the integrated graphics and no way will it do 6 hours on the standard battery. I get a little over 3 with wifi on and screen brightness maxed.

 

[newbiepcuser]

any body getting high pitch noise when using a mouse for scrolling. A couple posters on notebook fourms says their 700m, 9300, etc does this too. My 6000d does also at times. Its noticeable when the ac plus is out compared to being plug in.

 

[pecel]

I order 40gb HD, but how come only showing 33.68GB in windows?

Any idea?

 

[MogyBear]

Originally posted by: pecel
I order 40gb HD, but how come only showing 33.68GB in windows?

Any idea?

Pecel, it's the same with every hard drive. Also, Dell has a recovery partition (I think) that will take up another couple gigs.

 

[Ethan2099]

Originally posted by: RamIt

Originally posted by: Ethan2099
with the integrated video (intel 900) people are finding battery life of around 6 hours. even with the x300 128 meg card some users are finding battery life over 4 hours.

? I have the 6000 with the integrated graphics and no way will it do 6 hours on the standard battery. I get a little over 3 with wifi on and screen brightness maxed.

Sorry, should have specified the extended battery

 

[Ethan2099]

Originally posted by: pecel
I order 40gb HD, but how come only showing 33.68GB in windows?

Any idea?

Dell uses that missing 6 gigs of space for a recovery partition called PC restore by symantec. If for some reason we need to walk you through reinstalling windows it normally takes a few hours. with the pc restore, it's a ghost image of the factory set OS that takes about 6 to 15 minutes to bring your computer back to what you got when you first hit the power button on the system.

HOWEVER, it's very fragile. if you reinstall windows from the cd, you're going to lose the ability to use the pc restore. in fact, anything that modifys the MBR will have you lose the PC restore partition. I find a bootable ghost dvd works just as well if you want to get rid of the 6 gig partition and make your own ghost image instead.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: gwlam12
battery life depends on which battery we use right? 5+ hours, is that with the standard or the upgrade?

I think it's 3 hours with the standard 6 cell and around 5-6 hours with the extended 9 cell.

 

[Maximus96]

i have the 9 cell and it gets about 6 hours.