new widescreen on market

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daniel77

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Mar 5, 2003

• #1

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/model_inspn_1_inspn_8500.htm

looks nice, included combo drive standard

 

MacFan25

macrumors 68000

• Mar 5, 2003

• #2

Here is a thread on that...

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=21540

 

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b-smooth

macrumors newbie

• Mar 6, 2003

• #3

Price of 15.2 Dell v. 17 PB

So I was curious. I priced out the Dell compared to the specs of the powerbook I ordered. I had to add quite a bit to the dell to make it equal to the PB (processor speed aside). Ram seemed the most expensive with dell constituting a $600+ upgrade to equal the 1 gig I ordered. So the powerbook is cheaper with a bigger screen and is thinner, lighter, cooler*, and it's not a PC and it runs Jaguar. Why would anyone by the inspiron 8500? Ignorance?

 

JSRockit

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 7, 2003

• #4

I'm waiting to see the 4150 widescreen update...this could be a decent PC laptop. The TiBook will never be beat by a laptop manufactuer...but this is a step in the right direction.

 

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daniel77

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Mar 7, 2003

• #5

Re: Price of 15.2 Dell v. 17 PB

Originally posted by b-smooth
So I was curious. I priced out the Dell compared to the specs of the powerbook I ordered. I had to add quite a bit to the dell to make it equal to the PB (processor speed aside). Ram seemed the most expensive with dell constituting a $600+ upgrade to equal the 1 gig I ordered. So the powerbook is cheaper with a bigger screen and is thinner, lighter, cooler*, and it's not a PC and it runs Jaguar. Why would anyone by the inspiron 8500? Ignorance?

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doesnt apple charge like $1k for a gig?

 

aethier

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 7, 2003

• #6

Also, the Dell uses DDR ram un like the SDRam on the 15 in pb.. will they change that with the next upgradE???



aethier