New Dell Inspiron 8600 Revision?

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Recently i noticed some changes to the Dell Inspiron 8600 chassis. The
parallel/serial/infrared ports seem to be gone and there is no
trackpoint to be found. Some users report an improved keyboard. What's
the deal now: a cost-cutting measure by dell or did theys improve on
the Inpsiron 8600? Am i late in finding out about the changes?
Thanks
Christian

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<cIfec.112075$gA5.1451365@attbi_s03>...
> See the earlier post about "Dell Hell" I think was the title -- guy
> ordered an 8600 based on the pictures on the web then found
> that the ports were gone and got nothing but a run around from Dell.
> Same newsgroup.
>
> --
> Mike "mikey" Fields
> http://home.comcast.net/~mike.fields/
> outgoing email scanned by Norton Antivirus ... is that good ?
>
> Linux users brag on how long their system stays up,
> Window users assume it's a temporary condition ...
>
>
> "Christian M?llers" <timestwo@freenet.de> wrote in message
> news:43f7ff18.0404110821.41d3c3e7@posting.google.com...
> > Recently i noticed some changes to the Dell Inspiron 8600 chassis. The
> > parallel/serial/infrared ports seem to be gone and there is no
> > trackpoint to be found. Some users report an improved keyboard. What's
> > the deal now: a cost-cutting measure by dell or did theys improve on
> > the Inpsiron 8600? Am i late in finding out about the changes?
> > Thanks
> > Christian


Thanks for the hint. I read the post and so it's clear that there have
been changes. The question is why? A new board, to save money, to
improve the keyboard?
Christian