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    What Color Would You Choose?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by WolksVagen, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. WolksVagen

    WolksVagen Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having a hard time deciding whether to get white or red on my inspiron 1420 :confused: Which color would you get?

    And does anyone know is the T5550 is santa rosa?

    I wanted white because it makes it look like a Macbook lol
     
  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Compromise. Get Pink.
     
  3. AeroxZero10

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    What is your favorite color??
     
  4. Sponsi

    Sponsi Badibade

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    I like the red, and yes the T5550 is Santa Rosa.
     
  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    White... and oh look, it's winning :)
     
  6. heyaldrin

    heyaldrin Notebook Guru

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    I got a brown color 1520...it was between that and yellow, but don't listen to me, no one voted for either! i had to vote for brown!
     
  7. Maraquinn

    Maraquinn Notebook Guru

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    Tough choice. But I'd go with the glossy white. It looks nice anywhere in any kind of light IMO.
     
  8. Samuel613

    Samuel613 Notebook Evangelist

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    For the M133O, I got black. If I were getting an M153O, I'd be tempted to get the Blue.
     
  9. chelet

    chelet Notebook Deity

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    White looks good on the 1420.
     
  10. Gunner

    Gunner Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd get either the black or the blue.
     
  11. Arki

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    Brown is the way to go.
     
  12. Van_Isle

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    I have a green 1420 ... as it was an open box unit with a price I could not pass up. I originally planned to order a new LCD cover in blue or black, but you know, the green is growing on me and others who see it comment favourably.
     
  13. bmwrob

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    If you haven't already, you should probably consider visiting San Francisco, Lithus. I believe you'd fit right in and have a fine time. [​IMG]

    Oh, yeah . . . I like the white model, but the red one doesn't look bad.
     
  14. TX Free Bird

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    Brown here.... looks great! Not as black-looking as some have said it is.
     
  15. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I love my midnight blue 1520, so I vote blue :)
     
  16. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Are there a lot of people there who are unable to identify their favorite color? Because if there are, then I know a crapload of people from this forum who should go there. Maybe they can hold the annual "What color do I like?" day.
     
  17. sbarnet

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    badger red, of course!
     
  18. WolksVagen

    WolksVagen Notebook Consultant

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    Blue or Black go well both in formal and informal settings. Blue is better as most of them have black notebooks.
     
  20. WolksVagen

    WolksVagen Notebook Consultant

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    Personally I think the Red looks nice.
     
  22. philly Dog

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    red, red, red,.............
    all the maniacs pick red :D
     
  23. WolksVagen

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    I find the red makes it look like a plastic toy... a firetruck to be exact
     
  24. mykie

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    When I was deciding which color to get my Inspiron 1420 in, I didn't want a mainstream color like red or black, and DEFINITELY not wanting to look like i'm holding some Macbook rip-off (white). Since I have all my male genitalia intact, that eliminated pink. Dell does not offer an orange option, and blue just isn't my thing, so it came down to brown, yellow, or green.

    So I went to the mall to look at the finishes at the kiosk first hand, and since the samples they had there were pretty well handled, I (reluctantly) eliminated brown, because I thought it looked the most worn out. Admittedly, the yellow finished looked like it would stand up to the test of time, having looked the "newest." I was assured by the rep at the stand that the samples were all the same age. So I mulled over green and yellow, all the while keeping brown in the back of my mind.

    In the end, I chose green, since it's my favorite color anyways.

    I advise everyone do the same. :)
     
  25. mk5572

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    I agree Mykie. Looks like we are definitely in the minority here. I love my green laptop. And everyone comments on it.
     
  26. kkl1014

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    Yeah. I love my green 1420. People always do a double take when they see the lid.
     
  27. WolksVagen

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    Aren't you worried that maybe one day, that spring green might get old like the swampy green color from the 70's?

    [​IMG]
    yummy
     
  28. mykie

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    Hah, good point :)

    But I, for one, have always loved the split-pea green of old 70's appliances and hoped it would come back.
     
  29. manoy385

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    RED

    It's Valentine's Day!!!
     
  30. AussieVesti

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    I'd probably choose either Black, White, Brown or Green. It's hard to make a final pick.
     
  31. D.A.

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    One thing that really helps is looking at photos of the diffrent colors "in action". Gives you a better idea of how it looks.

    If I had to choose one, I'd probably pick blue, black or white. Of those I'd look for the one with the least plastic look.
     
  32. WolksVagen

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    It's kind of funny how out of 99 people, only 1 person chose yellow haha
     
  33. IlPsychdoc

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    How glossy is the glossy white?
     
  34. WolksVagen

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    [​IMG]
    Glossy
     
  35. D.A.

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    That looks pretty sweet.
     
  36. vinumsv

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    Product Red !!! ;)
     
  37. WolksVagen

    WolksVagen Notebook Consultant

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    Wrong thread mate, Product red is xps only
     
  38. vinumsv

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    Ok Then Red :p
     
  39. WolksVagen

    WolksVagen Notebook Consultant

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    aren't symbians those things that girls jump on?
     
  40. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Blue, definitely!

    I know someone who has a Red one and another who has a Yellow one. They both look good, but Blue would look good IMO.
     
  41. WolksVagen

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    I'll post pics of my white inspiron when it gets here ;)
     
  42. vinumsv

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    Nop :D " Symbian OS is a proprietary operating system, designed for mobile devices, with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian Ltd. It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors."

    More : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS
     
  43. WolksVagen

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    Woohoo my lappies being shipped as we speak...
     
  44. philly Dog

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    Looks like red is the winner