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Posted April 6th, 2003 20:00
Area_51,
No 3DMark scores for your 600m? :)
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Posted April 6th, 2003 20:00
THANKS for replying ... MY first laptop was a sony vaio and I had the exact same impression of the screen and speakers and speed! So to ME, you sound quite on point.
After posting, I began to think that perhaps there really aren't that many folks who have (1) received their 600m notebook and (2) those that have them have not had sufficient time to do serious evaluations of it.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN USA HAVE THE INSPIRON 600m?
@Area_51 wrote:
I've had my 600m for 3 days now, here are some observations:
(Keep in mind this is my first laptop)
Screen: I am having a hard time finding a "Just right" viewing angle and brightness setting. It is obvious the backlight is at the bottom of the screen, as this area is overly bright and washed out. I have 1 dead pixel in the middle of the screen, not too bothersome to me. When watching a DVD the screen looks decent.
Sound: The speakers, to me, sound cheap, very low quality. However I did not buy it to listen to music with. Headphone sound quality is very good. No bass and treble adjustments is disapointing.
Speed: The speed is very good, it is quite fast on AC, and decent on Max Battery. It will run the apps I need it to on Max Battery. Hard drive speed is also quite fast.
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Posted April 7th, 2003 02:00
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Posted April 7th, 2003 05:00
My 600m seems to be running great so far. I've had it for two days.
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Posted April 7th, 2003 06:00
I would like to see some 3dmark scores also. I know my 4150's radeon is kinda old stuff (dx7 even?) so it would be nice to know how bad the new chips trounce it. Its too bad dell doesn't offer UXGA on their new centrino's. Games run very well on my panel at 800x600, since its an exact 1/4 scale down from the native resolution.699
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Posted April 7th, 2003 11:00
My 600m gets 6550 3Dmarks (using 2001...I could have used 2003, but then I would have cried ;) ) on AC. Haven't tested on battery, but thats because I'm not usually playing games on battery.699
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Posted April 11th, 2003 07:00
About the touchpad .. there are many settings you can adjust to it to make it work better for you. You just have to experiment with them, especially the one's under "device setting". Try adjusting the sensitivity and make it move faster for one, and turn on and get used to tap-n-drag and make sure you turn on the option that requires you to tap again to stop dragging. Within a few days you should get used to it.
The 600m has a real ALPs touchpad, which works much better than the non-ALPS pad in my i4150. (Maybe it's a quirk of my i4150, but I can only tap-n-drag with my index finger and not my middle finger, which is the natural one for me to use no matter what device settings I use. No such problem on the 600m. The 600m's ALPS touchpad works very much like my older Sony notebook, which was quite good, since it also had a real ALPS touchpad. Switching between the 600 and 4150 takes a bit of mental adjustment, which is rather annoying. Talk about quirks .. that's a real nit.)
They did drop the pointer stick and extra set of mouse buttons on the 600m, but I never use them anyway.
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Posted April 16th, 2003 05:00
I've had mine for 2 days. Seems to work great. I don't know how to use the wireless internet. How do I sniff for free hotspots. Do I need to download some software. Please go easy i'm not that computer savvy.395
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Posted April 16th, 2003 05:00
I've had my 600m for a week and a half now, and I love it. I got it as an upgrade over my previous dell (i3700) and it is a worthy big-little brother. exact same size but thinner, great screen (I do not note any major imbalance toward the bottom like you mention, and I'm pretty picky).
My only couple qualms so far have been 1) the extra battery I bought for the modular bay gets poor life (2-2.25 hours). It is the same capacity as the standard battery, but LiP instead of lion, and more expensive. I certainly plan to complain, because that is unacceptable. maybe i got a lemon.
2) Linux (rh9 anyways) has a couple glitches. Tried out redhat 9 and there is no support for the 1300 b/g wireless (and no planned support from the manufacturer) and X does not respond well to the screen shutting off when you close it (no, it's not suspending, just turning off). Otherwise it works fine, including sound and the gigabit card.
later,
dev
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Posted April 6th, 2003 19:00
I've had my 600m for 3 days now, here are some observations:
(Keep in mind this is my first laptop)
Screen: I am having a hard time finding a "Just right" viewing angle and brightness setting. It is obvious the backlight is at the bottom of the screen, as this area is overly bright and washed out. I have 1 dead pixel in the middle of the screen, not too bothersome to me. When watching a DVD the screen looks decent.
Sound: The speakers, to me, sound cheap, very low quality. However I did not buy it to listen to music with. Headphone sound quality is very good. No bass and treble adjustments is disapointing.
Speed: The speed is very good, it is quite fast on AC, and decent on Max Battery. It will run the apps I need it to on Max Battery. Hard drive speed is also quite fast.
Wireless: Again this is my first laptop and first experience with WiFi. I love it so far!! I get excellent signal strength anywhere on my home network and on my school WiFi network.
Battery: I got almost 4 hours yesterday in class, set to Max Battery, screen bright on middle. Running Visual Studio, Word, IE, and Outlook, I had 11% charge remaining after 3 hours and 52 minutes.
Pointer: Taking me longer than I thought to get used to. Sometimes it doesn't seem to recognize movements.
Noise: I dont hear any! Very quiet.
Overall: Glad I purchased it. It will be a tremendous help at school. I'm sure I will get used to the screen after some time.
If you want any specific info, let me know.