Whoo-hoo New Laptop
I am finally going to upgrade trusty 8200 Dell Inspiron laptop. I bought it back in 2002 or 2003 and thanks to maximizing the RAM and Linux I've been able to use it for years. I'm going to miss the 15" 1600x1200 screen that it had. Thanks to HD TV high resolution screens are a thing of the past, and getting high resolution on a small (~15") screen is all but impossible (HDTV Ruined LCDs). However, I did manage to find the Dell Studio 16 XPS with 1920x1080 resolution.
Since I don't run winblows, I always cross my fingers at this point that I'll be able to get a useful OS booted and X11 working easily. There is a lot of chatter, mostly older stuff on the 'net, about ATI and Linux incompatibility. I'm hoping things will work out.
Dell says the ship date is a little less than 2 weeks away, and I am pretty excited.
Ordered components for new laptop
1 224-6716 Studio XPS 16 Notebook 1 317-2361 Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) 1 317-2366 8GB, DDR3, 1333MHz 2 Dimm 1 320-8330 15.6 inch Wide Screen 16:9 1080p Full HD WLED LCD, W/2.0 MP, XPS 1645 1 421-1010 Dell Webcam Central v1.4 1 421-0188 Facial Recognition 1 320-8350 ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4670 1GB 1 330-5460 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP,XPS 1645 1 341-8989 500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive 1 320-8351 Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish 1 421-1737 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English 1 421-0323 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface 1 420-6576 DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron 1 420-9100 Dell Dock Consumer 1 420-6436 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp 1 421-0187 Dell Support Center Software 64 Bit 2.0 1 420-7938 Dell Connect 2.1 1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG 1 330-6222 Windows 7 Label 1 420-9352 Dell, Software, Wild Tangent Inc Games 1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic 1 421-2086 eBay Webslice 1 421-0757 Skype VOIP Application 1 430-3605 Integrated 10/100 Network Card 1 410-1883 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE 1 421-1582 Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3 Playback 1 313-8874 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive 1 421-1361 MOD,SW,RXO,EZCD,10.3,DE,FI 1 421-2000 Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio Software Enabled 1 430-0737 Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11AGN Half Mini Card 1 410-2090 McAfee Sapphire MUI, 15-Month 1 312-0950 9-cell Battery 1 420-8051 Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron 1 950-3338 2 Year Limited Warranty 1 905-6418 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Extended Year(s) 1 905-5637 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Initial Year 1 905-3971 Banctec In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis , 1 Year Extended 1 906-5380 Banctec In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis , Initial Year 1 412-0360 Soft Contracts - Banctec 1 902-0941 Warranty Support,1 Year Extended 1 960-8710 Warranty Support,Initial Year 1 467-7771 Thanks for choosing Dell! 1 991-1179 LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS 1 420-8655 LoJack Theft Recovery Softwarefor Laptops, 1 Year 1 988-7707 2GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS 1 420-9518 DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB 1 988-0099 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online
Since I don't run winblows, I always cross my fingers at this point that I'll be able to get a useful OS booted and X11 working easily. There is a lot of chatter, mostly older stuff on the 'net, about ATI and Linux incompatibility. I'm hoping things will work out.
Dell says the ship date is a little less than 2 weeks away, and I am pretty excited.
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