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Dell Inspiron 8600 (8600SAP) PC NotebookThe Inspiron 8600 improves upon Dells award winning 15.4" wide-screen Inspiron 8500. The new Inspiron 8600 incorporates Intel®...
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The Inspiron 8600 improves upon Dells award winning 15.4" wide-screen Inspiron 8500. The new Inspiron 8600 incorporates Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology to provide wireless connectivity anywhere wireless access is available and improved battery performance versus its predecessor. The Inspiron 8600s Wide Aspect Display (up to 1920 x 1200 pixels) provides a wonderful panoramic view for side-by-side document viewing or DVD movie watching in the cinematic 16:10 aspect ratio. Experience Nvidias latest graphic imaging with its new 128MB GeForce FX Go5650 4X AGP graphics card option. Finally, the Inspiron 8600 is equipped for all of your home digital needs with the DVD+RW drive option for easy DVD burning. With a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, you can store up to seven times the capacity of a standard CD!
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I love my I8600!
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Pros: Fast speed, awesome speed and long battery life.
Cons: Maybe a bit pricey. Paid $2400
The Bottom Line:
Fast and awesome screen. Does not get too hot after many hours of use. Fast 7200 rpm 60 gig hard drive.
I saved a few $$$ and got the 1.4 but it's way faster than my 1.7 P4 desktop by Dell (8200). I got the UXGA screen which, for my 45 year old eyes, is harder to read but using Mozilla browser at 120% works fine.
The Truemobile 1300 works very well with my Linksys 54G wireless router and with wireless on, I routinely get 3 1/2 hours of battery time. More without the wireless. DVD's look superb and the sound from the 2 front speakers are more than adequate for a laptop. The 128 Nvidia 5650 vid card is more than what I need since I don't play games. I also got the DVD burner which, I admit, I don't use too much but the few times I did, it worked fine.
After getting my 8600, I did reformat and install only the software I like with it and forgot about some of the included software from Dell (I'm a bit particular).
As for support, I have Compaqs, Gateways and Dells and none are tops in my book but I've been lucky since many of the problems I've had with these 3 are problems easily solved. In today's money tight ways, you can't get price and quality at 100% for 100% of the time.
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