Dell D610 Thoughts... 638
Tim Yeah, this is definitely a problem and from what I understand it's happened on other Dells and there's no quick fix. Basically you can hear feedback whenever the headphones are...
Glad to see 4 USB 2.0 ports. My D505 has only two, which gets me by with a hub. I am surprised to see though that the D610 doesn't seem to have a 15" monitor option -- my D505 had that as an option.
Probably very similar machines. Mine has held up well altho the color of the casing gets discolored over time where the palm rests are. I prefer black, but that hasn't been offered for a while.
Also, I think they keyboard is really cheap on a lot of these laptops. If fingers are at a slight angle, occasionally they can stick on the edge of an adjascent key. This hasn't happened for a while so I think over time I've learned to adjust.
I like Dells because that is what I know and have used, and I like the modular drive bays. Ever since the Inspiron 4000 I've enjoyed 6 hour battery life -- even more with the Pentium-M's.
Kevin