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.

Ordered components for new laptop
1224-6716Studio XPS 16 Notebook
1317-2361Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
1317-23668GB, DDR3, 1333MHz 2 Dimm
1320-833015.6 inch Wide Screen 16:9 1080p Full HD WLED LCD, W/2.0 MP, XPS 1645
1421-1010Dell Webcam Central v1.4
1421-0188Facial Recognition
1320-8350ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4670 1GB
1330-5460DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP,XPS 1645
1341-8989500GB 7200RPM Free Fall SensorSeagate Hard Drive
1320-8351Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish
1421-1737Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1421-0323Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
1420-6576DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron
1420-9100Dell Dock Consumer
1420-6436PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1421-0187Dell Support Center Software 64 Bit 2.0
1420-7938Dell Connect 2.1
1421-0092DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1330-6222Windows 7 Label
1420-9352Dell, Software, Wild Tangent Inc Games
1420-9691DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1421-2086eBay Webslice
1421-0757Skype VOIP Application
1430-3605Integrated 10/100 Network Card
1410-1883ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1421-1582Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3 Playback
1313-88748X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive
1421-1361MOD,SW,RXO,EZCD,10.3,DE,FI
1421-2000Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio Software Enabled
1430-0737Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11AGN Half Mini Card
1410-2090McAfee Sapphire MUI, 15-Month
1312-09509-cell Battery
1420-8051Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron
1950-33382 Year Limited Warranty
1905-6418Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Extended Year(s)
1905-5637Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus At-Home Service, Initial Year
1905-3971Banctec In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis , 1 Year Extended
1906-5380Banctec In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis , Initial Year
1412-0360Soft Contracts - Banctec
1902-0941Warranty Support,1 Year Extended
1960-8710Warranty Support,Initial Year
1467-7771Thanks for choosing Dell!
1991-1179LoJack Theft Recovery Service,XPS - 1 Year DHS
1420-8655LoJack Theft Recovery Softwarefor Laptops, 1 Year
1988-77072GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS
1420-9518DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB
1988-0099To 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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