New Dell Inspiron 15

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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New Dell Inspiron 15

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

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

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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 ? Pardon our interruption...

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

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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…

Simple LED question re: Beat Jump on APC40
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I really dont mean to hi-jack the thread, but its mos def a thing that you can you. Check this out…Mac Forum

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

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

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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?

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Weird, the model they sell in the US is slightly different. It has 4 usb.

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if you can dream it, you can do it.

Rj

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Is that def the new one or is it the 1525?

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is what ‘def’ the new one?

edit: ah right :smiley:

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Sorry that was in response to the post about the us model

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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?Quicklinx=5BZW&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,423620000,4294952904,420740000&InMerch=1

same proc same memory and same hard drive size

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I 2nd that . I might have had to call apple maybe twice in the last 6 years .

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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.

I think dell just get bad mouthed and everyone poss jumps on the bandwaggon … anyone got any real stories?

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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.

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Thats what i’m on now and was on in my last job but unfortunately cant really install traktor on this hahaha

Whats your new one your gettin, another lattitude?

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Im running Mac OSX 10.5.6 On my MSI Wind and running Traktor Pro. Dual booting it with Windows XP Pro.