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Dell Introduces Laptop With WUXGA

Posted by timothy on from the so-dense-it's-unpronounceable dept.

Cutie Pi writes "Dell has just released the Inspiron 8500, a new 15.4" widescreen notebook with a WUXGA screen--thats 1920x1200, high enough resolution to watch HDTV quality movies. Couple that with the new nVidia 64MB GeForce4 4200 Go (much faster than the ATI Radeon 9000), and you've got quite a notebook!! Can't wait to get my hands on one!"

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  1. Looks like a Powerbook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This looks too much like Apple's Powerbook. And what's with that blue trimming around the keyboard? I liked the 8000-8200 Inspirons better. Why can't companies be more innovative?

  2. Just don't buy it from Dell EUROPE!! by antoniol · · Score: 0, Troll

    I ordered an Inspiron 8200 back in August '02 and still didn't get it! And I paid in advance, in cash, $2150. Dealing with this company (German branch) was the nightmare of a lifetime. They screwed up my order on every level, in every way imaginable or unimaginable. And after each screwup, the respective droid would be unattainable over the phone or email, and I would get another one.

    After a mindboggling amount of my time and patience had been wasted, I finally just got my money back last January (not a dime in compensation). Surprise: they screwed up and wired me the money twice, then sent me a rude dunning letter asking for the extra amount, even before I discovered the double refund!

    Then the other day, the mess lands on the desk of an escalation manager, who offers me a $100 discount if I try to order it again! That's the absolute top offer they're making! The manager told me that something like this lands on his desk about once a week! Other European countries are supposedly similar. Small wonder they don't have customer forums on the European web pages! Be forewarned!