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    Inspiron 9300 Australian Launch date 28 February

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Chips, Feb 21, 2005.

  1. Chips

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    Just got off the phone with the sales rep and he told me that the Inspiron 9300 launch date is 28 February 2005.

    He also told me that the Inspiron 9200 is not making a comeback here (i.e. The 9300 is an outright replacement for the 9200).

    Cheers,

    Chips[8D]

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Chips
     
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    well to be smart, i'd stick with a lower end graphics card (9600-X600) or so

    i think anything above that would just kill the battery[ :p]

    but then again i still wouldn't mind having a 6800 or X850[} :)]

    good luck to you and your laptop! ima be so jealous when you get it[ :eek:)]

    TO ARRIVE AT THE TRUTH, WE HAVE TO REASON CORRECTLY.
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Chips
     
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    Chips Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got a quote for the i9300 sent to me. It's real hard to cut and paste the highlights from pdf, but oh well here it goes...

    p.s. I'm surprised to see the X300 in it's config[8D]

    M510237 - Dell Inspiron(TM) 9300 Intel(R) Pen
    tium(R) M 730/740/750/760 Notebook
    -Inspiron(TM) 9300 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Proc
    essor at 730
    -1.60 GHz, 2MB Cache, 533 MHz FSB
    -Integrated Stereo Sound with Subwoofer
    -Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet
    -Artic Silver with Alpine White accents on a
    black base
    -17" UltraSharp(TM) Wide Screen XGA+ TFT Disp
    lay resolution: 1440x900
    -Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915 Dual Band 802.11a
    /b/g 54Mbps MiniPCI Wireless Card
    -512MB (2 X 256MB) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM
    -128MB ATI(R) Mobility(TM) Radeon(TM) X300
    -No Floppy Drive
    -Internal Dell(TM) 87 Keys Keyboard (English)
    -60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
    -Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition (Eng
    lish)
    -Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive
    -Cyberlinks PowerDVD Software
    -Sonic(TM) MyDVD(TM) and Sonic RecordNow! Sof
    tware
    -Internal 56K Modem
    -6-Cell 53Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery

    Price AUD
    2,816.00




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    Hey mate, I'm just as surprised as you!

    I just asked for the basic configuration quote, but I will not order until it is online - my guess is that the 6800 will still be an optiopn...but from the benchmarks, the X300 seems better.

    Pentium M 1.7Ghz Inspiron 8600
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    1920x1200 WUXGA 15.4" TFT LCD
    1 Gb RAM
    80Gb Hitachi HDD
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Chips
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>
    The x300 better in benchmarks than the 6800? Are things upside down south of the equator? [:D]
    <hr height='1' noshade id='quote'></font id='quote'></blockquote id='quote'>

    lol, the only thing X300 would be better at is preserving battery life, wouldn't drain it so much compared to 6800

    other than that, 6800 is untouchable by the X300[:p]

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    so x300 is similiar to 9600( x600 vs. 9700 ) in terms of graphic performance? i am gettin an i8600, if the video cards are similiar, i would rather get i6000 instead.
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by cheq326
     
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    Most of these new high power cards can go into a low, powersavings mode when not active. I guess we'll have to wait for benchmarks to see if they're comparable though.
     
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    Well, Dell considers the 256Mb 6800 an upgrade to the 128Mb X300 [ :p]

    The benchmarks from www.tomshardware.com indicate that the X300 is slower than the 6800 but faster than the Radeon 9800, 9700, and 9600 series (because it's PCIe not AGP I guess).

    However, when it comes to the X800, it is faster than the 6800. Dell unfortunately don't have the X800 for any of it's notebooks so the 6800 is as good as it gets (for the time being).

    Another interesting page is the benchmark results between the 6800 and the 9800 at http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20041108/geforce_6800-09.html

    Pentium M 1.7Ghz Inspiron 8600
    128Mb Radeon 9600 Pro
    1920x1200 WUXGA 15.4" TFT LCD
    1 Gb RAM
    80Gb Hitachi HDD
     
    Chips, Feb 22, 2005
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