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I'm hoping someone will see this and set my mind at ease.
I have a Dell PE 2600 with 6 73GB 15k SCSI drives on a PERC 4/Di
controller arranged as follows:
Physical Disks:

I placed an order for a E520 system on Tuesday and the estimated ship
date was yesterday. Dell's site is still showing the system as being
"in production". I haven't received any tracking numbers yet via e-
mail either. About how long is it taking Dell to ship current systems

dell says 1G total.
Crucial memory says 2 G total.
Who is right??

My 4-year-old Dimension 4600 is periodically shutting itself off (not
rebooting, it's completely powering off).  It then starts up ok, and
runs with no apparent problems.  I've vacuumed it out and checked the
fan, seems to be running normally.  Just wondering if it's getting

I have a number of Latitude D410's and one of them the screen just goes
blank for no apparent reason and doesn't come back on without turning
off cold and back on again.
the laptop has a docking station so believed the user may have kept

we have a Dell 1950 server that we have rack'd
for supporting our small SBS Exchange & Sharepoint project team.
It has the 73GB 2.5" drives - mirrored -
Question - how do these "laptop sized" drive handle the server world ?

Now that China Mart is selling Dell computers will they also sell
Dell ink?  I've been to two stores so far and have not seen Dell ink.

Does the Google sidebar (which came installed on my new Vista-running
pc) have any particular advantages over the regular Vista Windows
sidebar? I realize that it can be easily switched.

Ok, so I'm loading up my software on the new E520 system. Some programs have
some compatibility issues which I will need to work out, but ArcSoft Photo
Suite 2.1 seemed to install fine...and then I re-booted the PC only to have
me "E" drive...the CD/DVD burner...completely disappear ...

Ok, I got a Dell laptop at Christmas time (Christmas 2006.)
   It has a cord that plugs into the wall socket.  The cord runs from
the wall socket to the back of the PC (of course.)  About half way on
the cord is some type of plastic box/power pack or something.

On this near-new (but already obsolete) e1405 with 2GB RAM,
"ReadyBoost" is installed, or available.
I did services.msc, activated ReadyBoost, and inserted a 4GB
fast thumb drive with about 400MB in stored files.

Given two laptops with similar specs, but one is labeled
"Latitude" and the other "Inspiron". The price differential
suggests that "Latitude" is a better product.
Is it?

Got my new Dell E520 system today and want to hook up my old trusty
workhorse laser to it...an HP Laserjet 4P (vintage 1994 or so). Gack...no
parallel port on the back. For former tech wizards and now dummies, what's
the best way to do it?

When I bought my Dell 4550 I "upgraded" after I received it to an ATI
All-In-Wonder 9000 Pro video card.  I bought the card from Dell.  I
was reviewing the specs on the board this morning and see that it has
only 64MB of DDR memory.  Isn't that pretty low for today's