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    A new Vostro 1500 arrival! WXGA+ (1440x900)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chadj, Aug 17, 2007.

  1. chadj

    chadj Newbie

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    I received my Vostro 1500 today. It was ordered on 8/10/2007 and it arrived today 8/17/2007. No complaints there for sure!

    Specs:

    • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
    • 15.4 in Wide Screen XGA+LCD Display w/TrueLife™
    • 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 1 DIMM
    • Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    • 80G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    • Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
    • Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card

    So I'm sure there's one question many of you want answered. And I'm happy to say I can put some of your fears to rest. The WXGA+ screen on this unit is absolutely brilliant. No graininess at all. I'm quite please.

    So there you go. There's atleast SOME chance a newly purchased WXGA+ screen arrives without the grainyness.

    Let me know if you have other questions. I'll be happy to answer them.

    -Chad Johnson

    Update: Now with media!

    Walk around video [low quality - YouTube]
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQMJHF4EN3w

    Walk around video [high quality - QuickTime]
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/distrib/youtube.mp4

    High res Photos
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/distrib/IMG_0791.JPG
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/distrib/IMG_0795.JPG
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/distrib/IMG_0797.JPG
     
    chadj, Aug 17, 2007
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  2. caveman017

    caveman017 Notebook Consultant

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    What WXGA+ manufacture do you have?
     
    caveman017, Aug 17, 2007
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  3. chadj

    chadj Newbie

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    LPL (LG Phillips)
     
    chadj, Aug 17, 2007
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  4. dd1989

    dd1989 Notebook Guru

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    Vista basic - 512mb of RAM

    Ouch.
     
    dd1989, Aug 17, 2007
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  5. Nathan0490

    Nathan0490 Notebook Geek

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    Why do you only have half a gig of ram?
     
    Nathan0490, Aug 17, 2007
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  6. chadj

    chadj Newbie

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    Darn good questions! I have 2gigs of memory on it's way here from Newegg. I'll be doing that upgrade sometime early nextweek. And I will be running Ubuntu as my primary OS.

    Compiz Fusion rules my world! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

    -Chad Johnson
     
    chadj, Aug 17, 2007
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  7. farelli09

    farelli09 Notebook Evangelist

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    so no graininess on the wxga+ screen? I'm really glad to hear that dell has fixed this problem (all the latest reviews are reporting the same thing).
     
    farelli09, Aug 17, 2007
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  8. shrimants

    shrimants Notebook Enthusiast

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    lucky! i only wish i could get linux to run well and understand it at the same time. im thinking that i'll join the linux user's group when im at college. it should make things a lot easier for my programming classes and whatnot. either that or the entire thing will come crashing down in fiery oblivion, you know how linux is sometimes. i only hope that my 256 8600m GT is gonna be supported.
     
    shrimants, Aug 17, 2007
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  9. chadj

    chadj Newbie

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    Original post updated with photos and media.
     
    chadj, Aug 19, 2007
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  10. jbannick18

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    i just recieved my inspirion 1520 and i have no grainyness or light bleed :). so i think dell has improved
     
    jbannick18, Aug 19, 2007
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  11. Malc

    Malc Notebook Guru

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    Could someone please tell me what grainyness means? My vostro 1500 should be arriving tomorrow (with the standard size screen) so I would like to know what to check for. Cheers!
     
    Malc, Aug 19, 2007
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  12. mxl180

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    When it arrives... check it out... see if you have any complaints. Dont let bad reviews makes you paranoid. All that matters at the end of the day is if you like it or not. Readying all these bad reviews before you get the computer will just make you go crazy.
     
    mxl180, Aug 19, 2007
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  13. offbase

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    I also have the LGP WXGA+ screen with no graininess.
     
    offbase, Aug 19, 2007
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