My new Dell E520 system is on its way so I can replace my aging dinosaur.
It's had its problems recently, and when I tried to upgrade from Windows 98
to XP it really messed things up and I had to back out of the whole
thing...2 solid days lost fixing that one (it should have ...

I've never quite understood why Dell separates these two sections.
Used to be worthwhile checking out any purchase in both places, but
now there's apparently no way to get Vista Home Premium thru the
business section.

On recent Inspiron 6400's and 9400's, rather than a listing of
neighbors' wireless networks when I turn on the wifi (alt/f2),
set the firewall to everything untrusted, and enable the wireless
device, I get

I've yet to be able to save the cart and have the items show up next
time I visit. I saved the cart yesterday, got this message at the
time:
"Your cart has been saved to your account. It will expire on July 13,

hi i have a dell inspiron 1300 with a mobile intel celeron 1.5 cpu and
i read a while back that (on a reliable website) the max cpu for my
laptop is 2.8 mobile intel celeron. so i went ahead and brought a 2.5
mobile intel celeron cpu. and put it into my laptop and fitted

It would be great if it had built in web-cams.

I have an e1405 with the extended battery, which is sufficient
for 6.5 hours or so (down from 7.5 when new). This unit goes
back and forth from home to work. At home it's powered - at the
office it is connected to a 22" monitor and the laptop screen

What kind of deals has Dell offered on XPS systems? They're showing
the 410 at $200 off today, doesn't seem like a particularly good deal
compared to the $350 and 30-40% discounts I've seen on other
systems...

A friend just purchased a new Dell desktop running on Vista and whilst
ordering it online I noticed, in the UK anyhow, the AV option did not
include Norton 360 as a purchase option.
My friend has asked me to recommend a good AV product and I was initially

My Dell XPS 410 doesn't play nice with video cards.
The system came with a Dell GeForce 7900 GS PCIe which died about a month
after I received the system.
I replaced the card with a ATI Radeon X1650 Pro PCIe.  That card died today,

Does anything bad happen if you have both wireless and wired
connections running on the same laptop?
I'm trying to intuit whether something gets confused by having
the common addresses between the two networks, if the respective

I finally ordered my E520. I used a nice coupon L9VCG0J5C0$LBG that
gives $350 off on $999+ Dimensions. It expires the 13th.
I got it from
http://www.dailyedeals.com/free_online_coupons/dell.htm

Does dell use preparatory amd processors,the reason i ask I was try to sell
a amd 64x2 5000 to a person that had a Abit mobo and it would not work ,and
I know it was working fine in my dell E521?

I know this has been asked before, but what media does the E520 come
with now? My first task will be to re-partition (and reinstall Vista)
the hard drive.

Hello group,
I gave my mother a Dell c-510 laptop but my brother got on it and now
it may be dead......or maybe not. If anyone can help me diognose this
problem it would be greatly appreciated.