Any original vostro owners still around?

yea, the vostro 17xx's are some of the slimmest and lightest 17" notebooks i've seen. thats why i considered the 1710 as it wasnt much bigger or heavier than the inspiron 8600 (15") that i was upgrading from

 

The vostro I have is pretty thick compared to the thinkpad t400, but in all honesty I dont want or need my 17in laptop to be thin and light. Id rather it be thicker and have better cooling and/or space for larger and faster hardware. Just my $.02

 

Original Vostro 1500 and 1700 owner with no problems. Awesome laptops, built like tanks.

 

there are a lot of people who buy the vostro just for the big screen, not for powerful components (mid-range c2duo and intel integrated dont need much cooling). speed+power+heavy=M6400/6500

and i compared it to the 5 year old inspiron 8600, modern 15" notebooks are smaller/lighter, and certainly a 14" would. what i was trying to say was the 17" vostros arnt too much more bulky than the 15" notebooks of yesteryear

 

"Original" Vostro 1700 owner here and happy so far. I put original in quotes because it got a few upgrades ever since the base machine back in 04/2008

• 1GB (2x512MB) RAM -> 4GB (2x2GB) Kingston RAM
• 120GB 5200RPM Western Digital HDD -> 2 x 320GB 7200RPM Hitachi HDD
• Vista Home Premium -> WinXP x86 -> Vista Ultimate x64 -> Win7 Pro x64
• Stock 8600M GT -> Error-free OC'ed 8600M GT
• 1440x900 Samsung SEC3258 Matte -> 1920x1200 LG TL A1 Glossy (even the reflections have reflections urgh)
• No expresscard media -> Avermedia Expresscard TV Tuner

This PC has been my work and play horse and it shows because the only flaws I had with it so far is cosmetic. The paint from the speakers is chipped a bit as is the front media buttons. Don't get me started on the corner scuffs near the notebook edges. I think the only upgradeable part I haven't yet is the T8100 CPU but aside from playstation2 emulators I'm happy with that

If anybody has suggestions how to get rid of the paint chipping or fix the scuffs I'd love to hear it because if I do that and slap Intel's new Core2Duo & Windows 7 case badge, it would really look like a new computer.

 

I *Kinda* have a vostro.

My pink inspiron 1520 has a Vostro motherboard w/ 8600GT. Up until last week, i had a black vostro keyboard (replaced for worn keycaps back to normal).

Love this laptop

Also have my Vostro 200 desktop running Server 2008 x64, VMWare Server 2 and 6.5gigs of memory.

My room is a Dell shop! Except for the netbook which is going to be replacedd with a 11z I think!