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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
"Mixed feelings"
Pros: Great machine in many ways
Cons: Screen, perhaps
Summary: I see what people mean about the WUXGA screen...it is rather shiny...the resolution is amazing, and of course you have to increase the size of fonts and icons, and it's great for movies. But it is quite shiny, almost shimmering when a lot of white is showing. This is no problem when surfing the internet or doing anything where there isn't a lot of white, but of course with MSWord and similar programs there's a great deal of white showing. It's too late for me to return it, and it seems to help to turn the brightness down a bit, or to work with an off-white background. The amazing resolution makes up for this to quite an extent. The backpack carrying case is great. Dell left part of the order out--the auxiliary keyboard I ordered as well as the utilties and photo program disk, but after I emailed them, they have shipped them. Mixed feelings on the whole...Updated
I submitted a review a few days after I got the laptop. Now I've had it for three weeks, and the more I use it, the more I like it. I got the WUXGA screen...if I'd read all the reviews before I got it, I probably wouldn't have, but now I'm glad I did. I would describe the screen as shiny, not sparkling, but if this is a disadvantage, it's more than compensated for by the incredible sharpness. Movies are terrific, and word processing is wonderful...just beef the size up huge -- I could practically read it across the room. Dell left out part of the order, but they overnighted it to me when I told them. I really like the soft backpack, because this is pretty heavy with the power brick and everything loaded. I gave it a 7 at first, but I'd give it an 8 or 9 now. My advice is to go for the WUXGA screen and see what you think. I'm glad I did...
