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    Yet another Dell Inspiron 9300 review

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by asiliat, Sep 7, 2005.

  1. asiliat

    asiliat Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is my review for the 9300 that I bought just last month. it is a lower end (spec wise) model.

    Lots of pictures and a very long review.

    http://losir9300.blogspot.com/
     
  2. Andrew Baxter

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    wow, that's a lengthy but nice and in depth review. great job!
     
  3. hln98

    hln98 Notebook Geek

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    Great review. Very informative. I like the shots of 9300. You captured it well. It is too bad that you ordered the X300 video card. Should have gone with the 6800. Like you, I ordered the X300 first but had to return the laptop and ordered another one with the 6800 card.
     
  4. jordansport

    jordansport Notebook Consultant

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    Mines comes in a week!! 1 WEEK OF WAITING!! Good review btw :)
     
  5. asiliat

    asiliat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nah, I thought long and hard. I'm not too worried about grfx. For example, I installed my buddie's copy of Fable, and at 1024x768, no shadow details, and no AA, the game still looks very sweet - and gives a fairly constant 30FPS, dipping to 26, and spiking near 40. Yes, I know, my bar is set low. :) I'm sure the 6800 will handle it even better.

    Still, it's $199 I saved for other toys. I'm sure I can find something I want later for that $.

    Thanks everyone for your kind words. Honestly, there was a lot I didn't review that I wanted to talk about. shrug. But I know no one can sit there and read it all. haha
     
  6. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    i thought Fable didn't come out yet....??
     
  7. asiliat

    asiliat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know how he got a copy.... But it looked legit. Maybe not? I didn't even ask.
     
  8. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    i found out it comes out next week!!!!
     
  9. Brando551

    Brando551 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice review, you covered some good points that people have overlooked :) Go WUXGA! [read: pimple on a sexy gal] :p
     
  10. asiliat

    asiliat Notebook Enthusiast

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    cheers. I was trying hard to cover some of the finer things that A) appealed to me B) people have overlooked.

    I was going to go super extra anal and write more, but then I thought people would just die of boredom. haha. I guess i enjoy the sound of my own typing too much :p
     
  11. asiliat

    asiliat Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah, me too. I quickly deleted the game off my HDD, as I'm now sure it wasn't a licensed copy. Oh well, I'm not going to start any debate about it. I just rather delete and move on with my life.