How long does your vostro i5 3700 battery lasts? I cant get it beyond 1 hour unfortunately.. ;o(.. not very mobile..

i hope the newer generation one is more mobile friendly

really? that's interesting coz since day one, even if i'm using just documents & some internet, it still works out to about 1hr. Hmm... anyway i can trouble shoot to firm my fears?
The fan is also always on, and the left side of the laptop is always TOO HOT to the touch

Try install BatteryCare and screenshot the "details" when using battery.
Whihc power plan you are using ?

did u used cooling pad or lifting up the lappy

Call, tell the problem, diagnose, they send technician ?

[quote=Iphone4Lover,May 14 2011, 12:42 PM]
I never get a cooling pad for my 3700 since day one. It is just too gigantic for most of the cooling pad out there. Also, i sometimes even use it on the bed(soft) but mostly i will turn to Intel Hybrid Graphic to reduce the heat.

How did u to switch to intel hybird graphic?

just now switch to power saver but the GPU-Z still shows Nvidia GT330m in use . Anyway to identify it?

1800-88-0022

Any pic's? Couldn't get what u meant it

thanks!!
ok.. maybe i need to install switchable graphic card for GT330m from Dell Website

heyo, any issues regarding this lovely but huge lappy?

3750 stil got heating problem?

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Added on May 30, 2011, 3:16 pmcan i add 4gb + 4gb ram into vostro 3750 ?

This post has been edited by endau02: May 30 2011, 03:16 PM

Enjoyed my laptop for more than a year, never had any real problems with it. Just got stolen last weekend. Sigh, the laptop sure served its purpose. A good buy I might say.

Now I'm off to hunt for a new laptop. Somehow someway, I miss the bulkiness of the size and still managed to bring it around to do my work.

Woah, bad luck

Another 17'?

I guess so, probably the newer version, 3750? I'm the type which likes to stick to what I'm comfortable with, so I'll vouch for the new Vostro I guess..

Not much cheap 17'' as well

But have you seen the new prices for Vostro 3750? Its cheaper and much powerful than the 3700?
But still, the Vostro 3700 was a good buy. Missing it already.

Hi! SPuNx,

Sorry to hear about u loss.

I bought the 3750 around june for my wife, it is quite a nice build. my wife love it, especially the matte screen. And it is quite cool in temperature. And I picked bronze for my laptop, it looks elegant. It is funny, I checked through dell retail out or lowyat, the smaller model does not look nice in bronze, nothing special. But it looks professional on the 17".

Nowadays, 17" doesn't have much choice, all are very expensive,. Cheaper range, I can find are dell vostrol 3750 or sager 5175. But sager one have to purchase through local reseller and service, repair might be troublesome.

Good luck on u hunt for 17" laptop.

For the sake of curiosity I bought myself an Alienware M14x and now am a proud owner of one as of today. But comparing with pricing I found a few laptops which are much more economical and performance worthy as well. Still Vostro 3750 is in the list. Hope you enjoy your buy! Totally worth every penny
As for the Alienware laptop, all I can say is that its more of a cosmetic laptop rather than performance since there are so many other laptops which can compete through performance wise and at a cheaper rate. But no regrets, I am somewhat a vain pot, but I cringe at the mentioning of people calling it a kiddy laptop. lol.

Wow!! you bought alienware, congratulation, it is very nice. I saw it in Singapore shopping center, when they were trying to promote certain online game with 8 to 10 M17x displaying. The red one look damn awesome. I tried to lift it up, it is quite heavy. And it is too expensive. I was addicted to it. Half of brain was totally occupied by it, even now.. hehe.. the other half brain keeping me from buying it. lol. Recently, Australia dell have 12% discount (ended in July i think), I spec it out basic option with AMD 6990m, then minus off 9% off GST. It still cost around S$3100 after 12%+9% discount, but is cheaper than Malaysia and Singapore dell. I don't think my sister can carry it back, too heavy for lady, and troublesome to transfer warranty back to Singapore or Malaysia. Finally gave up.

I also saw the asus G73 in Singapore challeger Funan centre. It cost S$2900 but I think it is with gtx560 or 460, not worth it. It looks really like stealth fighter from the back. haha..


Now, trying to get Sager np8170 when amd 6990m release. Hopefully, 6990m will fall within US$200 range.

This post has been edited by bbs3322: Aug 3 2011, 01:56 AM