Dell Inspiron 9400 With Intel Duo Core Available (specs)

[Weaser]

Font Size or DPI Setting??

my bad. DPI setting. I use 150 percent and it turns out really nice.

[krazz]

I got my E1705 laptop earlier this week and I am very happy with it. Ordered it last thursday and received it on Tue (Im in the US). When I placed the order on the phone I requested Windows XP Media Center with a backup CD and got it at no charge. For those of you who didn't get one it might be worth calling and asking them to send you one...if you are lucky they might send it to you for free. The CD (its actually a DVD but whatever) made it easy to reformat, erase the hidden backup partition, and get a fresh OS without all the bloat.

I don't call them on the phone anymore. I use the chat. Last phone call I made, they didn't include the cd's on my order. I chatted with big complaint about not receiving email confirmation and not knowing what I was getting until it was posted on the the website. Since you can only modify your order via the email, I couldn't order the cd's. I told the guy I wanted to order but they screwed up and not me. He said "As far as the back up cd's are concerned we have stopped sending them as the software is factory installed, however, I will make an exception in your case any send you there back up cds." I got

1 Kit,Software,Overpack WXPPSP2A,Compact Diskette W/documentation,English $10.95
1 Kit,Compact Diskette,Portable Resource Cd,Inspiron,9400 $10.95
1 Compact Diskette,Software DELL-APPS,BKUP8,Inspiron $10.95

Sub-Total $32.85
Shipping $0.00
Tax $1.98
Total Price $34.83
for free
Now I just hope That my laptop is not a dud. My sister just informed me the desktop she had a ton of issues with was a dell. I remember her even going to the BBB in PA., but not that it was a dell . Only time will tell.

[Diyow]

Order date 31/1/2006
delivery date 24/02/2006

aarg

[iranis01]

I wold to know if any of the fans of the 9400 are ALLWAIS ON, even a small speed.
I wold a nothebook extremelly quiet!!!!

Thanks a all

Iranis.

[Flame X]

Order date 31/1/2006
delivery date 24/02/2006

aarg

Dont worry, mine was estimated to be delivered on the 20th of February...I ended up recieving it on the 31st of January...so yea, the estimations are pretty inaccurate.

[Diyow]

ooh that's good news, because I really need another computer, I'm working on a project right now and the rendering time is about 3 days for a movie in 3ds so right now I have to work 3 days on a benq joybook S52, but it's a really crappy notebook for me, It's a good notebook for presentation but for grafical design it's really bad...

[TARJr]

I just got my 9400 and I got a 3DMark06 score of 2110 in stock form. Then I installed the 83.20 drivers and overclocked and now I get 3123.
What scores are you getting?

[Weaser]

I wold to know if any of the fans of the 9400 are ALLWAIS ON, even a small speed.
I wold a nothebook extremelly quiet!!!!

Thanks a all

Iranis.

Idon't think the fan is always on. When I first boot up I don't really hear anything. After I do some intensive applications or games, then I hear a fan kick in, but it's still pretty quiet.

As for the display.. the UWXGA... I really really like it. It does have some light leakage at the bottom of the screen, but the clarity and resolution and crispness more than make up for it. It' s like comparing a CRT monitor to a standard LCD display. The Uwxga screen is very very close to a CRT. It does have a lower Hz rating though at 60 but I don't notice any flickering.

To me it's a pretty quiet laptop... quieter than my sonata silent desktop thats for sure..

[Garbuckle]

OK, short and to the point. My lappy is here. Haven't turned it on yet (eating dinner as I type, while it charges).

-It's heavy, but manageable (my last/only laptop was an emachines M5310 15.4")
-The "Deluxe Nylon Case" is reeeeealy good (almost XPS-ish)
-Got the NEC DVD+RW
-Got the Samsung screen
-Got the MCE OS install disc (although "dell" branded)
-Even got the SVideo adapter/breakout-box I was mentioning (outputs Svideo, Composite Video, and Coaxial Digital Audio)
-Got the MCE remote (didn't order the tuner, tho) - it's infrared (I'm used to my AIW RF remote)


That's it for now. Will supply pics/benchmarks at some point.

[Flame X]

Am I the only one that got the 2002 version of MCE?? My order confirmation shows me that I should have got the 2005 edition, but my computer says I have 2002...

EDIT - Nevermind, after looking at the key on the bottom of my laptop, it says i have 2005 edition...but its weird because when I right click>properties my computer, it says I have 2002...

EDIT 2 - When I run "dxdiag" it says I have XP professional!? What the heck...