I currently have an Inspiron 4150 and I too am hoping for an update to the 600m. My girlfriend has a 600m and it's a very nice machine, but I too would like a better video card. I also hope they update the memory, probably to PC2700 or perhaps faster. I would also like a faster hard drive, currently my laptop has a 5400 RPM drive, I don't like the idea of getting a 4200 RPM drive. I expect Dell will udpate the 600m when the new Centrino (Dothan) is released. I am planning on getting a new laptop in May, so I hope the new Dell comes out by then. I really like the size of my current laptop and I dont' want something as large as the 8600.
I am not a huge fan of HP computers, the nc6000 is a bit larger and heavier than the 600m. I am also hoping the new 600m will have better than a Radeon 9200.
I truly hope Dell will update the 600m in the next few months, my I4150 could burn your lap and I would like an upgrade that can handle games better.
On a side note... I purchased an I8600 for myself and I bought an I600m for my mom late last year. Both are excellent laptops. I bought the I8600 because I wanted the best video card I could get. I purchased the I600m for my mom because it was very light and small. My mom had been happily using an old 266Mhz Toshiba laptop so performance was not a big point with the new one. My biggest concerns for her laptop was portability and battery life.
I was worried when I bought my 8600 that I wouldn't like the wide screen (I had been using my I8200 with a non wide screen). After owning it for three months I have to say that I love it. I have tons of room on the screen which allows me to have many windows open at once. I work on OpenVMS and Unix platforms so being able to display six telnet sessions at once is also very nice.
I know that this does not address your question but I just thought that I would point out that the screen is much nicer than I thought it would be and perhaps you will be pleasantly surprised also.
So... the 600m doesn't have a removable video card. It is integrated into the motherboard but is a seperate chip with seperate memory. As such, upgrading would mean replacing the entire mainboard of the computer, hardly a feasable option based on motherboard costs.
There may come a time (should be soon) when a 600M replacement comes out with a new integrated card. In all likelyhood it will follow the same form factor as the 600M as the light and powerful machine.
who says its removeable? the disassembly instructions from my dell friend only shows the heatsink for the video card as removable, not the video card itself which looks very simular to processor chip but with memory on it. if someone could pull apart their 600m and show me some pics to prove me wrong, i'd love to see it. but according to Dell's disassembly instructions the chip looks solidered onto the motherboard.
jwerfel
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February 12th, 2004 15:00
I currently have an Inspiron 4150 and I too am hoping for an update to the 600m. My girlfriend has a 600m and it's a very nice machine, but I too would like a better video card. I also hope they update the memory, probably to PC2700 or perhaps faster. I would also like a faster hard drive, currently my laptop has a 5400 RPM drive, I don't like the idea of getting a 4200 RPM drive. I expect Dell will udpate the 600m when the new Centrino (Dothan) is released. I am planning on getting a new laptop in May, so I hope the new Dell comes out by then. I really like the size of my current laptop and I dont' want something as large as the 8600.
I am not a huge fan of HP computers, the nc6000 is a bit larger and heavier than the 600m. I am also hoping the new 600m will have better than a Radeon 9200.
I truly hope Dell will update the 600m in the next few months, my I4150 could burn your lap and I would like an upgrade that can handle games better.
D. Burger
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February 12th, 2004 15:00
On a side note... I purchased an I8600 for myself and I bought an I600m for my mom late last year. Both are excellent laptops. I bought the I8600 because I wanted the best video card I could get. I purchased the I600m for my mom because it was very light and small. My mom had been happily using an old 266Mhz Toshiba laptop so performance was not a big point with the new one. My biggest concerns for her laptop was portability and battery life.
I was worried when I bought my 8600 that I wouldn't like the wide screen (I had been using my I8200 with a non wide screen). After owning it for three months I have to say that I love it. I have tons of room on the screen which allows me to have many windows open at once. I work on OpenVMS and Unix platforms so being able to display six telnet sessions at once is also very nice.
I know that this does not address your question but I just thought that I would point out that the screen is much nicer than I thought it would be and perhaps you will be pleasantly surprised also.
Just my two cents...
rp3w600m
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February 12th, 2004 15:00
So... the 600m doesn't have a removable video card. It is integrated into the motherboard but is a seperate chip with seperate memory. As such, upgrading would mean replacing the entire mainboard of the computer, hardly a feasable option based on motherboard costs.
There may come a time (should be soon) when a 600M replacement comes out with a new integrated card. In all likelyhood it will follow the same form factor as the 600M as the light and powerful machine.
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February 13th, 2004 00:00
sakor1
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February 13th, 2004 01:00
^^^ Correct, it is a separate video card that can be replaced..... its just that there's nothing worthy in that form factor to change it too.
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February 13th, 2004 21:00
Maverick2o2
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February 15th, 2004 16:00
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Message Edited by Maverick2o2 on 02-15-2004 05:09 PM
jwerfel
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February 15th, 2004 17:00
that's the information for the XPS, this thread is talking about the 600m.