Posts by Fry

Quote: Originally Posted by hawkeye New to benchmarking but ran these on stock A190 Sandra CPU Drystone ALU 6631 MIPS Whetstone FPU 2359 MFLOPS Whetstone iSSE 3018 MFLOPS Aquamark3 standard settings GFX...

I recently bought the new Sony Vaio A170 - It is amazing! - but I notice a persistent clicking sound from the hard drive about every 1-2 seconds. After a few rounds with Sony tech support we determined there is nothing wrong with the...

I am really excited about purchasing the new A series, but first I am trying to find out if the docking station will support DVI passthrough of up to 1600x1200 for my external LCD 20" monitor. Does anyone know how I can find this...

Thanks for the info everyone - I have one more question - The tech guy at work today said that signal loss using a VGA port is neglible (compared to a DVI port) and I wouldn’t notice the difference. Is that right? What is the degree...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rabble psimcia card? (however the hell its spelled) How does the PCMCIA card relate to creating an extended desktop?

Quote: Originally Posted by Dustpap Fry, I had to do something along the same lines....give up my beloved mac for a PC due to college conflicts...why, may I ask, did you choose to purchase a PC??? Dustpap - My...

Does anyone know if the G556 is quiet, or the voodoo pentium-M computers?

I want to avoid analog-digital conversion, such as with the VGA port, so does the port replicator have true digital streaming straight from the notebook, or does it simply convert the output signal from the notebook to digital via the...

I am looking for a Pentium-M based notebook with a DVI port (because I want to support an extended desktop for multi-media purposes) and the only notebook I can find that fits both criteria is the Acer Travelmate 8000. There must be...

I am a long-time MAC user that is switching over to PC and looking to find a quiet notebook (in terms of fan noise and hard drive noise). I have been reading the forums for a while now but I still have a few questions I was hoping...