Official Vostro Owner's Lounge

yea they raised the price good thing i got it when it was 59 dollars and im happy with what i got becuse both the 6 and 9 cell doesn't wobble its the best

 

no actually, and that is kind of surprising now that you bring it up.

 

Just testing out my 1400 with the 1440x900 glossy screen. I have only been surfing a little and played a bit with Vista.

So far: nice screen, no grainyness. My IBM T60 is a bit more crisp but darker/duller on the brightest setting compared to this one which is just fine. I adjusted ClearType though and that made a clear improvement.
The rattling battery is a joke, I will have to tape it as everyone else. The design will not make people turn their heads but I think it is ok. Webcam was great.

I DO MISS THE IBM TRACKPOINT... I feel like a slow old man browsing around on the screen. I think the computer I have now is a lot of bang for the buck though.

Will write some more after a couple of days playing with it.

 

on the dell site i have a next bussiness day shipping...shippped on the 14th but the site says DHL EXPRESS ground with 17th-18 as my delivery date....should i not be receiving it by the 15th...

 

Hi all,
Im from Brazil... i got a Vostro 1400 with True Life here from Dell Brazil....
My vostro is quite noisy at the LCD screen suport when openning and closing it... i would like to know if this is normal for a vostro....
I know that it has plastic on its parts... so that i think it may be normal some noise....
Sorry for the bad english...

Thanks all...

 

Shouldn't make any noise when opening and closing the screen. At least not that I know of.

 

I have also ordered a Vostro the specs are in my sig can some one tell me where in the H*** are all the pics promised by the members of this forum.

I literally went through all 60 pages of this forum looking for them and NADA every one said i just got mine and I'll be posting pics soon and then nothing the stop posting period.

I want to see some PICS man I can't find no decent pics on the net i need to see what it looks like in real life.

some one please have mercy and post some pics PLEASE.

 

sorry specs should show now.

 

Got a vostro 1400 yesterday. Its a samsung panel. Whites look really good but blacks look almost grey.

Should it be like that or should I ring dell for a replacement?

Comparing the screen to my toshiba satellite screen the dell is just not up to scratch.

 

i just opened up my 1500 the other day - i also have the samsung screen - although i dont really see any "grainyness" - i DO feel like the entire screen is washed out on the default settings

i played with the nvidia control panel a bit - boosted up the contrast a little, lessened the brightness a smidge, and lowered the gamma a bit - that seems to have helped it a little but when looking at some nite photos i took, the pictures are REALLY dark

are there any other settings i should be looking to mess around with? i mean, if it stays like this, i dont think ill be keeping this laptop

im also wondering if there was anyway to turn down the volume (or mute) right before windows boots up - it looks like the volume buttons only work AFTER windows is fully loaded (so you hear the windows entry-music VERY loudly - not very conducive to a so-called "business" machine)...