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    Dell Inspiron 640m or E1405

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ashish_lib, Jun 1, 2006.

  1. ashish_lib

    ashish_lib Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys,

    has anyone bought dell inspiron e1405 or 640m(as in india). Can u tell me is it worth buying. Someone told me that the screen i.e the display qualiy is extremely bad. Is it true??

    Should i go for true life screen or not??

    please tell me urgently as i have to buy it in another 2 days.
     
    ashish_lib, Jun 1, 2006
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  2. Central

    Central Notebook Consultant

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    A small fraction of the people who bought the 640m in its first week or so of availability have been reporting getting bad screens with sparkle or light leakage. However, Dell have had almost a month to fix this problem, and it was really only a tiny amount of people who had this. Also, interestingly, all these people seemed to be from the US - I never once saw someone from another country reporting a bad screen on the 640m.
     
    Central, Jun 1, 2006
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  3. ChangFest

    ChangFest Notebook Consultant

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    I've heard bad things about both screens. I've also heard good things about both screens. Choose based on what you want. If you cannot stand a glossy screen, go with the wxga matte. If you want a higher resolution/glossy, go with the True Life. I have the True Life wxga+ and I'm very happy with the resolution. The glossy screen doesn't bother me at all, but I can see where some people would be very annoyed by it.
     
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    everyone I have spoke to says the the 640m screen is horrible
     
    gridtalker, Jun 1, 2006
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  5. Pleasure_Paulie

    Pleasure_Paulie Notebook Geek

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    I live in Australia and I've got the Samsung screen. It has noticeable light leakage. The NEC DVD drive is loud also, and it arrived with a dead key on the keyboard.

    Dell are sending me out replacements for my parts however :)

    If you buy this laptop, you will almost always have some light leakage :)
     
    Pleasure_Paulie, Jun 1, 2006
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    gclg2000 Notebook Guru

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    e1405 owner here....i do have some light leakage, but i cannot notice it unless its a total black screen....windows tool bar and all that look great...

    After a fresh format, this e1405 is as fast as my dualcore opteron AMD was
     
    gclg2000, Jun 1, 2006
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  7. j4y_7

    j4y_7 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, THAT's an understatement :)

    To Dell, this is no problem... so they probably didn't fix anything. & I honestly don't think it was a "tiny" amount. About 3/4 of the users on this forum (and other forums) report light leakage & the sparkle effect.

    Do you happen to be a Dell CSR? ;)
     
    j4y_7, Jun 2, 2006
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  8. Central

    Central Notebook Consultant

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    Haha, no. I'll be opening my 640m tomorrow and I'm just hoping it'll be okay. :p

    Wish me luck, I'll let all you lot know how it is.
     
    Central, Jun 2, 2006
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