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    Do we have MediaDirect on XPS 1640 ?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chewyeong90, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have seen many people talking about this. What exactly is that and do we have this on XPs 1640 ?!
     
    chewyeong90, Oct 22, 2009
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    ikjadoon, Oct 22, 2009
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    My Vostro had Media Direct. And it blowed, that thing takes almost longer than windows to boot up and you got less features.
     
    chrusti, Oct 23, 2009
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    Great to know that Dell finally figured out nobody wants Mediadirect.
     
    Peon, Oct 23, 2009
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    Ya, media direct sucked. I always preferred to boot into Windows, and now with Windows 7 booting isn't a long process anymore anyway..
     
    gaah, Oct 23, 2009
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    I am guessing it's something like HP quickplay !
     
    chewyeong90, Oct 23, 2009
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    It is on my m1530 and the only time I have accessed it is by accidentally hitting the media direct button instead of the power button. It is such a waste of disk space. Good riddance to it.
     
    Illegal Operation, Oct 23, 2009
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    That was what happened to my HP laptop, geezz it started the laptop and ran the freaking quickplay. Lucky to not have it in this XPS =D
     
    chewyeong90, Oct 23, 2009
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