Notebook question

Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It seems DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade the video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

Hi

Did you purchase it online? if so, how long did it take them to deliver it
to your place?

How is the screen size? i thought maybe the 1280 x 800 res might make icons
and text smaller than the 1024 x 768 res??

Whats is the bluetooth for?

If I do purchase, i would like to upgrade it to 7200rpm hard drive and 128
ATI 9600 PRO

cheers
Sharp


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade the
video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD
burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

I got mine off of eBay last month. It was still in the sealed box. Never
opened. Has a one year warranty. Paid about 300 dollars less then if I had
bought it on Dells website. I just went to their site and transferred the
warranty to my name.

The screen on mine is the 1280x800. It comes in 2 higher resolutions. I'm
pretty happy with the screen resolution. It isn't so small that it strains
the eyes.

The Bluetooth is a method of communications like wireless 802.11. You can
use it to connect to your Bluetooth mouse, printer (with Bluetooth receiver
on it) a variety of cell phones for data sharing. It's kind of like infrared
on steroids. I was going to get the Bluetooth mincard for mine so I can use
a Bluetooth mouse. But I read somewhere that there might be interference
since the 802.11 b/g also broadcast on the same range of 2.4ghz. So I just
ordered a Microsoft mini wireless mouse with a USB receiver.

I would recommend upgrading to the 9600 card. Mine is the GeForce 32 Meg
5200 Go card. It runs games okay and desktop apps. But if you can afford it
then get the muscle card.

"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Did you purchase it online? if so, how long did it take them to deliver it
to your place?

How is the screen size? i thought maybe the 1280 x 800 res might make
icons
and text smaller than the 1024 x 768 res??

Whats is the bluetooth for?

If I do purchase, i would like to upgrade it to 7200rpm hard drive and 128
ATI 9600 PRO

cheers
Sharp


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade the
video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD
burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it
pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It
seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

Is the blue tooth integrated? or it works like a flash drive where you can
pull it in and out?

sharp

"Greg" wrote in message
...
I got mine off of eBay last month. It was still in the sealed box. Never
opened. Has a one year warranty. Paid about 300 dollars less then if I had
bought it on Dells website. I just went to their site and transferred the
warranty to my name.

The screen on mine is the 1280x800. It comes in 2 higher resolutions. I'm
pretty happy with the screen resolution. It isn't so small that it strains
the eyes.

The Bluetooth is a method of communications like wireless 802.11. You can
use it to connect to your Bluetooth mouse, printer (with Bluetooth
receiver
on it) a variety of cell phones for data sharing. It's kind of like
infrared
on steroids. I was going to get the Bluetooth mincard for mine so I can
use
a Bluetooth mouse. But I read somewhere that there might be interference
since the 802.11 b/g also broadcast on the same range of 2.4ghz. So I just
ordered a Microsoft mini wireless mouse with a USB receiver.

I would recommend upgrading to the 9600 card. Mine is the GeForce 32 Meg
5200 Go card. It runs games okay and desktop apps. But if you can afford
it
then get the muscle card.

"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Did you purchase it online? if so, how long did it take them to deliver
it
to your place?

How is the screen size? i thought maybe the 1280 x 800 res might make
icons
and text smaller than the 1024 x 768 res??

Whats is the bluetooth for?

If I do purchase, i would like to upgrade it to 7200rpm hard drive and
128
ATI 9600 PRO

cheers
Sharp


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade the
video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm
very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD
burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it
pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It
seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

You can buy a Bluetooth and plug it into your USB port. Or you can buy an
internal one from Dell. It fits in the spot where your hard drive caddy
goes. Slides in a plugs into a port inside.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Is the blue tooth integrated? or it works like a flash drive where you can
pull it in and out?

sharp

"Greg" wrote in message
...
I got mine off of eBay last month. It was still in the sealed box. Never
opened. Has a one year warranty. Paid about 300 dollars less then if I
had
bought it on Dells website. I just went to their site and transferred
the
warranty to my name.

The screen on mine is the 1280x800. It comes in 2 higher resolutions.
I'm
pretty happy with the screen resolution. It isn't so small that it
strains
the eyes.

The Bluetooth is a method of communications like wireless 802.11. You
can
use it to connect to your Bluetooth mouse, printer (with Bluetooth
receiver
on it) a variety of cell phones for data sharing. It's kind of like
infrared
on steroids. I was going to get the Bluetooth mincard for mine so I can
use
a Bluetooth mouse. But I read somewhere that there might be interference
since the 802.11 b/g also broadcast on the same range of 2.4ghz. So I
just
ordered a Microsoft mini wireless mouse with a USB receiver.

I would recommend upgrading to the 9600 card. Mine is the GeForce 32 Meg
5200 Go card. It runs games okay and desktop apps. But if you can afford
it
then get the muscle card.

"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Did you purchase it online? if so, how long did it take them to
deliver
it
to your place?

How is the screen size? i thought maybe the 1280 x 800 res might make
icons
and text smaller than the 1024 x 768 res??

Whats is the bluetooth for?

If I do purchase, i would like to upgrade it to 7200rpm hard drive and
128
ATI 9600 PRO

cheers
Sharp


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade
the
video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm
very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty
of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD
burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it
pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It
seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp

Both. You can buy the integrated piece and install it yourself. It looks
pretty easy. Or you can get one that is like a flash drive. That is great if
you don't mind loosing a usb port. (which you would anyway if you were to
use an optical mouse with a usb plug)

"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Is the blue tooth integrated? or it works like a flash drive where you can
pull it in and out?

sharp

"Greg" wrote in message
...
I got mine off of eBay last month. It was still in the sealed box. Never
opened. Has a one year warranty. Paid about 300 dollars less then if I
had
bought it on Dells website. I just went to their site and transferred
the
warranty to my name.

The screen on mine is the 1280x800. It comes in 2 higher resolutions.
I'm
pretty happy with the screen resolution. It isn't so small that it
strains
the eyes.

The Bluetooth is a method of communications like wireless 802.11. You
can
use it to connect to your Bluetooth mouse, printer (with Bluetooth
receiver
on it) a variety of cell phones for data sharing. It's kind of like
infrared
on steroids. I was going to get the Bluetooth mincard for mine so I can
use
a Bluetooth mouse. But I read somewhere that there might be interference
since the 802.11 b/g also broadcast on the same range of 2.4ghz. So I
just
ordered a Microsoft mini wireless mouse with a USB receiver.

I would recommend upgrading to the 9600 card. Mine is the GeForce 32 Meg
5200 Go card. It runs games okay and desktop apps. But if you can afford
it
then get the muscle card.

"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Did you purchase it online? if so, how long did it take them to
deliver
it
to your place?

How is the screen size? i thought maybe the 1280 x 800 res might make
icons
and text smaller than the 1024 x 768 res??

Whats is the bluetooth for?

If I do purchase, i would like to upgrade it to 7200rpm hard drive and
128
ATI 9600 PRO

cheers
Sharp


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have an 8600 and am very happy with it. I would like to upgrade
the
video
though. It has the Nvidia 5200 GO with 32 meg or ram. Otherwise I'm
very
happy with it. It's sturdy and the pentium m processor packs plenty
of
power. I upgraded the DVD/CDRW on mine to a NEC 6500A dual layer DVD
burner.
Also thinking of getting a bluetooth minicard for it. The sound it
pretty
good as well. And you can exchange covers on it.


"Sharp" wrote in message
...
Hi

Whats the best one to buy? Best bang for the buck so to speak. It
seems
DELL
8600 is the way 2 go.

Cheers
Sharp