Vostro 1500 (XP Home) came, system reports 3.75GB RAM Physical Address Extension, so you
can apparently use almost all the 4gb if you order it.
I don't like the desktop screen. Where is the old Dell desktop kept, on older
XP systems? I'll move it over from the Inspiron 1200 if I can find it.
There's a little more HD free, there being no CP/M partition (good for about 3GB).
They charge $15 each for not loading online archiving, and not loading Dell Support.
On the other hand, there was no junkware at all to uninstall except Media Direct.
It comes with a hard copy (soft cover) owners' manual.
It will take a day to set it up, including the 15 hours downloading windows updates,
and real player.
It looks like a nice enough machine. Seems very heavy. I don't think you'd want
to carry it around.
"Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:46C08FD6.7ACB@mindspring.com...
> Vostro 1500 (XP Home) came, system reports 3.75GB RAM Physical Address
> Extension, so you
> can apparently use almost all the 4gb if you order it.
>
> I don't like the desktop screen. Where is the old Dell desktop kept, on
> older
> XP systems? I'll move it over from the Inspiron 1200 if I can find it.
>
> There's a little more HD free, there being no CP/M partition (good for
> about 3GB).
>
> They charge $15 each for not loading online archiving, and not loading
> Dell Support.
> On the other hand, there was no junkware at all to uninstall except Media
> Direct.
>
> It comes with a hard copy (soft cover) owners' manual.
>
> It will take a day to set it up, including the 15 hours downloading
> windows updates,
> and real player.
>
> It looks like a nice enough machine. Seems very heavy. I don't think
> you'd want
> to carry it around.
>
> Ordered July 29, came just now.
>
> --
> rhhardin@mindspring.com
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
me@privacy.net wrote:
> Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> It looks like a nice enough machine. Seems very heavy. I don't think you'd want
>> to carry it around.
>
> really?!
>
> Its a 15.4 inch correct/
>
> and heavy enough to be problematic?
Here we go, again.
"Problematic" is subjective.
Carry something around, of the same weight, and see if it's problematic for *YOU*!
Timothy Drouillard wrote:
>
> "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:46C08FD6.7ACB@mindspring.com..
> > Vostro 1500 (XP Home) came, system reports 3.75GB RAM Physical Address
> > Extension, so you
> > can apparently use almost all the 4gb if you order it.
> >
> > I don't like the desktop screen. Where is the old Dell desktop kept, on
> > older
> > XP systems? I'll move it over from the Inspiron 1200 if I can find it.
>
> Try looking here for one that you like..
> http://www.bay-wolf.com/wpview.htm
The Dell desktop (blue chips with Dell written on it) is in C:/WINDOWS/Dell.bmp
Just copy it over from another laptop that has it, and it appears in the Display/Desktop
selections on your Vostro.
me@privacy.net wrote:
>
> Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >It looks like a nice enough machine. Seems very heavy. I don't think you'd want
> >to carry it around.
>
> really?!
>
> Its a 15.4 inch correct/
>
> and heavy enough to be problematic?
I don't know. It just struck me as heavy. I think you'd notice pretty fast that it's
in your backpack.
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:18:04 GMT, Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>me@privacy.net wrote:
>>
>> Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> >It looks like a nice enough machine. Seems very heavy. I don't think you'd want
>> >to carry it around.
>>
>> really?!
>>
>> Its a 15.4 inch correct/
>>
>> and heavy enough to be problematic?
>
>I don't know. It just struck me as heavy. I think you'd notice pretty fast that it's
>in your backpack.
For me, whether something is "heavy" depends on what I am using it for
and my activity level. Carrying a laptop around campus is different
than going a short distance from a car to a meeting in a nearby
building.
Also, my perception of heavy depended on how the backpack carried the
load, and whether I had books or other heavy things in the backpack.
With that in mind, an Inspiron 6000, 1500, 6400 by itself is fine for
most of my activities.
The 630m / 640m / 1405 was fine even though I don't like the build
quality.
If I were a student, I would definitely want a XPS M1210 or the new
13" one, unless I needed more screen real estate.
Vostro 1500 4GB 
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