Dell Inspiron 8600 Purchased

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11-09-2003, 12:05 AM
boob

Dell Inspiron 8600 Purchased

Well I bit the bullet, passed on the HP zt3000 and purchased an Inspiron 8600, here are the specs:

Pentium M 1.4GHZ
WSXGA+ (1680x1050)
512MB DDR (FREE UPGRADE!)
32MB ATI Radeon 9000
40GB
4X DVD+RW/+R (FREE UPGRADE!)
etc...

Once I get it, i'll make sure everything works and then i'll do a clean install of WinXP Prof. Total price was $1500, no rebate hassle aswell which I liked. The free upgrades are what pushed me on this purchase. Maybe once I get it i'll post some pics and mini-review on here.
11-09-2003, 01:50 AM
Recon

nice I love mine, just be prepared for some....HEAT out of the Left hand side
11-09-2003, 12:45 PM
boob

Thanks for the tip!

Any other tips, notes I should take care of? I know dell lists up to 4.5 hours of battery life, but what's your average time on a full battery?
11-09-2003, 06:06 PM
Recon

4.5 doing absolutely nothing heh

average is about 3.5-3 word proc, gaming 2.5, with folding on 1.5 =)

the only other thing is its a BIG, and HEAVY, so I reccomend a backpack, I got a shoulder bag, and im thinking of sewing backpack straps onto it.
11-09-2003, 06:59 PM
Terry

Um, you DO know by installing another OS you'll be voiding warranty right?

Or correct me if I am wrong.
11-09-2003, 07:07 PM
Daywalker

I got a backpack for my 8500, works good and is easy on the back.
11-09-2003, 09:03 PM
boob

Quote:

Originally posted by Terry
Um, you DO know by installing another OS you'll be voiding warranty right?

Or correct me if I am wrong.

Actually i'm not sure on that one, might have to look it up. If I am able to clean up the Windows XP Home that comes with it, then i'll probably keep it that way until the warrenty is gone (1yr warr).

I ordered the $59 carry bag that was an option so it should work out. I'm not worried about the weight, I can handle it :)
11-10-2003, 10:31 AM
Recon

Quote:

Originally posted by Terry
Um, you DO know by installing another OS you'll be voiding warranty right?

Or correct me if I am wrong.

Thats not what they told me, I was informed If I wanted to upgrade my PC to WinXP pro id have no problem
11-10-2003, 10:56 AM
Terry

Ok, my mistake.

Thought I heard that somewhere.
11-13-2003, 05:43 PM
Vengance_01

Quote:

Originally posted by Terry
Ok, my mistake.

Thought I heard that somewhere.

Ya installing other OS'es do not void warrenty B/C it dose affect the hardware any bad ways:) And Congrats on the laptop purchase