I am planning to upgrade to the 9-cell battery, but my friend said that the battery might stick out a bit, whereas the 6-cell battery won't. Can anyone confirm or contradict this? Thank you!

I checked the Intel website to get the info on the CPU but I could not find any CPU that is

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)

Only thing I could find closer to it in spec is
T7100 2 MB L2 1.80 GHz 800 MHz
or
L7500 4 MB L2 1.60 GHz 800 MHz

http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/specifications.htm

Anyone can comment on this?
Supposed to be Santa Rosa chip but who knows...

Adam2004 said:Anyone buying XP is foolish in my opinion. As much as you may "dislike" Vista, the problem is not with Vista itself. To be honest, most of the complaints I have heard about Vista can be easily fixed and most of the time a user's lack of knowledge is what leads to the flaming and complaining. Do you really want your brand new computer to have a license for an out dated product?

How about for the simple fact that Vista is a resource hog. You can run 1GB of memory on XP just fine, but there is a noticeable difference with Vista. Sure memory is cheap but why run a bloated buggy OS on the same configuration when XP does the job just fine. By the time XP is "Truly Dead in mainstream" I'll have a newer laptop by then with newer technological specs.

I am planning to upgrade to the 9-cell battery, but my friend said that the battery might stick out a bit, whereas the 6-cell battery won't. Can anyone confirm or contradict this? Thank you!

I am interested to know this as well.

I ordered a 1400 "Smart Value" system for $649. This will replace the recent hot deal $499 HP DV9000Z which is just too big for me to comfortably use. Also, my 1400 order shows the 8400GS in the email, however the online order status shows that I am getting a "X3000" integrated card. Hopefully Dell gets this sorted out by the end of the day.

skmerrow said:I would buy but I hate the glossy screen.
I realize the non trulife is available but not a great resolution.

I would have thought its a no-brainer to choose the Truelife screen option. Whats the consensus on this?

MMinjin said:skmerrow said:I would buy but I hate the glossy screen.
I realize the non trulife is available but not a great resolution.

I would have thought its a no-brainer to choose the Truelife screen option. Whats the consensus on this?

Depends on what you paln on doing with the laptop. If you want to watch movies than the truelife is probably better. I have work to do and hate the glossiness of this screnn. I have a 1505 and a M1210 and I hate this screen. It is alomost impossible to see outside while my Thinkpad with the anti glare screen is visible.

MMinjin said:
I would have thought its a no-brainer to choose the Truelife screen option. Whats the consensus on this?
I just bought one and was gonna go with the Truelife screen. In fact, I already had it selected. One glance at this article changed my mind.

DAMN, THAT'S TOO SHINY!

rickmeoff said:grim3k said:I am planning to upgrade to the 9-cell battery, but my friend said that the battery might stick out a bit, whereas the 6-cell battery won't. Can anyone confirm or contradict this? Thank you!

I am interested to know this as well.

I ordered a 1400 "Smart Value" system for $649. This will replace the recent hot deal $499 HP DV9000Z which is just too big for me to comfortably use. Also, my 1400 order shows the 8400GS in the email, however the online order status shows that I am getting a "X3000" integrated card. Hopefully Dell gets this sorted out by the end of the day.


I have 2 Inspiron notebooks and just recently received 2 9-cell batteries as replacements for the 6-cell on both (purchased off E-bay for about 50% of what Dell charges). The battery is flush with the bottom of the laptop....just like the 6-cell was....it's just got a little more weight to it.

So the answer to your question...no, it doesn't stick out at all.
Oh, darn, I didn't know I could have purchased that elsewhere (this is the first laptop that I have purchased). I paid $40 for the 9-cell battery. Is there anyway I can change my order? Thanks.

mastavic said:
Oh, darn, I didn't know I could have purchased that elsewhere (this is the first laptop that I have purchased). I paid $40 for the 9-cell battery. Is there anyway I can change my order? Thanks.

You paid $40 to upgrade from a 6-cell to a 9-cell....the battery itself will cost about 3X that from Dell. You can find them on e-bay for $59 or thereabouts ($10 shipping), so if you keep your 6-cell and purchase the 9-cell additionally, it will cost you more ($29).

rickmeoff said:mastavic said:
Oh, darn, I didn't know I could have purchased that elsewhere (this is the first laptop that I have purchased). I paid $40 for the 9-cell battery. Is there anyway I can change my order? Thanks.

 

You paid $40 to upgrade from a 6-cell to a 9-cell....the battery itself will cost about 3X that from Dell. You can find them on e-bay for $59 or thereabouts ($10 shipping), so if you keep your 6-cell and purchase the 9-cell additionally, it will cost you more ($29).

so you're saying instead of paying to upgrade from 6-cell to 9-cell for $40, you can spend $69 total and just get a 9-cell? this way you have TWO batteries for $29 more than the upgrade???