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    Got me An XPS 15

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hyelton, Aug 11, 2011.

  1. hyelton

    hyelton Notebook Consultant

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    Okay So Ive had my XPS 17 for about 2 months give or take a little. I called up dell and told them it gets really hot in which it does sometimes and that its getting a big to lug around. the woman offered to send someone to fix it and after reading about some issues with that I said no I asked if I could trade off for a XPS 15 she said that was my only option or they would offer me a full refund. And IM like okay that works lol

    So I found an XPS 15 on here, heres the link
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...5-1gb-525m-750gb-1080p-intel-6230-9-cell.html


    Hows the 1080p screen?
     
    hyelton, Aug 11, 2011
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    zjacobss Notebook Consultant

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    The 1080p screen is awesome awesome!
    Having mine for a week now and already got used to it ( texts may look small at first etc) best laptop screen I've seen.
     
    zjacobss, Aug 11, 2011
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    One thing to note is that when I got my XPS 15 laptop, Dell preset the DPI setting to 125% instead of 100%, which in my opinion makes text look out-of-focus. Use the 100% option instead in order to reduce scrolling of webpages.
     
    ajd2006, Aug 12, 2011
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    Holy hell that would make it hard for me to read. I have it on 150% lol
     
    FlipBack, Aug 12, 2011
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    What is the DPI setting and where do you change it?
     
    BobTheSniper, Aug 12, 2011
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    Bill Nye Know Nothing

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    Control Panel.
     
    Bill Nye, Aug 12, 2011
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    I use 125% and it doesn't affect web pages, my web browser displays web pages at 100%. To change DPI right click on your desktop and go to screen resolution> make texts and oter items larger or smaller
     
    zjacobss, Aug 12, 2011
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    Shadow_Shooter Notebook Guru

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    I use %100 and it is not that bad. At first you think the letters are too smal but then you get used to it. I was annoyed by the distorted taskbar icons because of the largely set dpi setting.
     
    Shadow_Shooter, Aug 12, 2011
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    ^ Right click taskbar, properties, tick "small icons".
     
    Bill Nye, Aug 13, 2011
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  10. hyelton

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    So I just got it a few ago YAY! wow nice too. And the screen I could tell a difference and how bright the screen was as soon as I seen the dell logo.

    I do have a ? is it the fan that makes a noise when it speeds up like an older loud hard drive? is that the fan?
     
    hyelton, Aug 13, 2011
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  11. hyelton

    hyelton Notebook Consultant

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    Bump. Anyone?
     
    hyelton, Aug 14, 2011
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    That isn't dell's fault. Windows sets the DPI to 125% when it detects an high resolution and a mobile graphics card.
     
    Darkstone, Aug 15, 2011
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  13. hyelton

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    Actualy your wrong it is dell`s fault. Done a Restore Using Disk PLAIN windows 7 and after drivers and everything The DPI was set to 100% unlike dells restore Partion does
     
    hyelton, Aug 15, 2011
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    Dell's restore partition is a factory reset. It brings back all the crapware and such, so yea, it's going to be the same as out of the box.
     
    madmattd, Aug 16, 2011
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    Oh an update about my Fans a Tech came out today and replaced my heatsink and fan he was really nice. It was my fan was the cause. Kinda what I thought now its all quiet
     
    hyelton, Aug 16, 2011
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