New dell 8600 out

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08-20-2003, 07:22 PM
melee

New dell inspriron 8600 out

never liked the dell 8500, this looks great with a pentuim m in it instead of a P4M.

http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/u...inspn_8600.htm

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Graphics Cards

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nVidia® GeForce FXTM Go5650 video controller with 128MB DDR video memory

nVidia® GeForce4TM 4200 Go video controller with 64MB DDR video memory

ATI® MobilityTM RadeonTM 9000 video controller with 32MB DDR video memory

15.4" wide screen. I have a 8100 and its great. nice thing is you can upgrade the video cards and cpu in these things.
08-20-2003, 08:04 PM
Terry

What the heck..?
Thought 8600 was reserved for the desktop lines.

Whatever. Maybe in Europe it has a different numbering system.
08-20-2003, 08:21 PM
melee

no its inspiron 8600. not demension, sorry for confusion.
08-20-2003, 08:22 PM
Terry

*slaps self*
Forget what I said, I was being an idiot.

Mixed up the desktop and notebook number notations.
08-22-2003, 12:32 AM
Pacifier

I can't find it on the US www.dell.com :confused:

I just customized it anyway... How much is 1503 pounds in US dollars? :eek:
08-22-2003, 12:52 AM
melee

Dunno if its equal to $25 or less I will take it...

Its not available in US yet. Only europe, but I am sure it will be in US soon.
08-22-2003, 01:39 AM
Pacifier

Doh :(

Going to college on Saturday. Don't want to ship my desktop from MA to TX but how long can I last without a computer while I wait for the 8600... :(
08-22-2003, 10:10 AM
boob

Looks to be pretty nice. I'm considering a laptop purchase around xmas time, so hopefully the 8600's will be in the US market by then.
08-29-2003, 03:37 AM
tooslick

they're here now:

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/produc...inspn_8600.htm
08-30-2003, 07:54 PM
Pacifier

Yeah I just ordered one for ~$2200. Not bad considering it was cheaper than the 8500 lined up despite having a DVD burner instead of DVD/Cd-RW combo drive, a Geforce FX instead of Geforce 4, and a WUXGA instead of WXGA. Now for the painful, painful wait.
08-31-2003, 02:24 PM
boob

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Originally posted by Pacifier
Yeah I just ordered one for ~$2200. Not bad considering it was cheaper than the 8500 lined up despite having a DVD burner instead of DVD/Cd-RW combo drive, a Geforce FX instead of Geforce 4, and a WUXGA instead of WXGA. Now for the painful, painful wait.

Once you get it and have a chance to get an overall opinion of it, could you sort of post a new thread of a mini-review with some pics of the 8600? That would be pretty sweet.
09-01-2003, 09:03 PM
Pacifier

I'll definitely try to put up a nice little mini review of it once its here (oh such a painful wait). It may not be that great as this will be my first laptop but I'll see how it compares to my desktop gamewise and a few other things. I don't have a digital camera but I'll see if I can borrow someones to put up a few pics.