New Dell Inspiron 15

**MisterMoleyMole** · 02-10-2009, 06:02 PM

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

**JesC** · 02-10-2009, 06:13 PM

how many usb ports does it have? any firewire? I would install OSX on it.

**MisterMoleyMole** · 02-10-2009, 06:17 PM

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

**j1n** · 02-10-2009, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by JesC

how many usb ports does it have? any firewire? I would install OSX on it.

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...

**JesC** · 02-10-2009, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Epedemic

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...

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_Page

**kidfromkibbly** · 02-11-2009, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by MisterMoleyMole

.... Any downsides to this lappy

Yeah. It's Dell. They find some way to screw you in the end.

**MisterMoleyMole** · 02-11-2009, 08:32 AM

Ha ha thanks for the useful input ...... All my dell business laptops have been good through my jobs

**Rumblejazz** · 02-11-2009, 09:38 AM

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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**MisterMoleyMole** · 02-11-2009, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Rumblejazz

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?