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Has anyone got one of these?
Worth a look in ? Top spec is comin in at about £550
Thats gettin me.....
2.26ghz P8400 Proc
1066Mhz FSB
3mb L2 Cache
4GB Ram 800mhz DDR2
Tru life 1366 x 768 15.6inch Screen
320GB 5400rpm SATA Drive
.... Any downsides to this lappy
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs
how many usb ports does it have? any firewire? I would install OSX on it.
3 usb's no firewire
i will not be using firewire withit though and even if i did could i not get an external firewire card like this one ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...626882ffcb4605
Here are the accesibility options ...
Externally Accessible
(3) USB 2.0 compliant 4-pin ports
15-pin VGA video connector
Integrated network connector 10/100 LAN (RJ45)
AC adapter connector
Audio jacks (1-line out, 1 Mic-in)
34 mm ExpressCard slot
7-in-1 Media Card Reader Internal Card Slots
1 Half Mini-Card
Why install OSX ? I was thinking XP
OSX as in the Apples OS?...Is that really possible cus ive given the it some thought and asked my computer savvy friends if it was possible and they told me that it was a negative...Quote:
Originally Posted by JesC
I really dont mean to hi-jack the thread, but its mos def a thing that you can you. Check this out....http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_PageQuote:
Originally Posted by Epedemic
Yeah. It's Dell. They find some way to screw you in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterMoleyMole
Ha ha thanks for the useful input ...... All my dell business laptops have been good through my jobs
dell will probably be fine, some people have bad experiences with customer service and thats all you hear about. ive used dells at home and work and they have always been fine.
Installing os x on a machine designed for windows, will never be as stable as a clean, streamlined XP installation. I subscribe to the view that XP SP3 is much better, easier to tweak and run than OS X for music.
The hard drive on that model may be a tad slow, can you get 7200 rpm?
RJ
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No unfortunately not ..... I could by and install one at a later date though couldn't i?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumblejazz
Weird, the model they sell in the US is slightly different. It has 4 usb.
if you can dream it, you can do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterMoleyMole
Rj
Is that def the new one or is it the 1525?
is what 'def' the new one?
edit: ah right :D
Sorry that was in response to the post about the us modelQuote:
Originally Posted by Rumblejazz
I've come to the conclusion it seems like a pretty decent buy as looking on dabs.com to buy anything close in spec i would be looking at £650 as shown here ... http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...0000&InMerch=1
same proc same memory and same hard drive size
I 2nd that . I might have had to call apple maybe twice in the last 6 years .Quote:
Originally Posted by kidfromkibbly
I was IT support for a company running aprox 8 dell laptops. I had to call dell maybe twice also but that was in 5 years. Service was pretty good. The only problem i find is the language barrier when speaking to india but it only seems to be the receptionists in india, you eventually get through to uk when you need support.Quote:
Originally Posted by darrel855
I think dell just get bad mouthed and everyone poss jumps on the bandwaggon .... anyone got any real stories?
I've had my Dell Latitude (still do) for 6 years now. I will be retiring it from DJing after I get my new one in a week. In other words, it is still a beast for the club. Dell has been real good to me. Lets hope they keep it up.
Thats what i'm on now and was on in my last job but unfortunately cant really install traktor on this hahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Foreverhex
Whats your new one your gettin, another lattitude?
Im running Mac OSX 10.5.6 On my MSI Wind and running Traktor Pro. Dual booting it with Windows XP Pro.
i use the inspirion 1525 and i love it works greath with my vci 100 and traktor
What spec you runnin ?Quote:
Originally Posted by DJFAR
Ok stuff the inspiron .... just bought a used d630 off ebay.
Its got a 2.4ghz T8300 Processor, 2GB Ram, USB, Firewire only an 80gb HD but its a 7200 RPM one ( I will upgrade this at some point )
Won it for just £316.00 which i think is a pretty good deal considerin i was about to blow £550 on the new inspiron which didnt have firewire and had a slower processor.
I'm a happy person ... anyone out there care to burst my bubble ;)
Seems good mate, maybe stick a bit more RAM in, yeah larger HDD, and you are all gravy, get a nice stand, and a good case and a clean streamlined xp install.
boom.
easy.
what you worried about?
shut up.
Rj
:D
Hahahahahaha I'm just waiting to find something ive overlooked. I'm proper chuffed to be honest as ive in effect just saved myself £200+ pounds :) and in doing that saved myself the need of getting ripped off by some over charging credit company as i had the money saved bar about £40.00 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumblejazz
HAPPY DAYS!!!
you do realise that model doesn't have the codec for MP3's and won't work with internal or external soundcards right?
HAHAHHAHAHAHAA Cheeeky ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumblejazz