Is there anything new owners should do to prep their laptop before venturing out onto the 'net. Any network patches, or weaknesses we should know about?
Instead of going through crucial, I just got 1 gb of ram from dell. The difference was only $100.00. I figured this would be best, becuase I wouldn't have to deal with 2 companies. And also, if I ever have to send the laptop in for...
Yeah, it can be used for that. It will give you a numerical score (if I'm thinking of the right program) at the end of the test. Somewhere in the thousands. You can compare the before score and the after score.
3dmark is a benchmarking program. I believe it's a free download.
As for the difference between format and clean install. I think they are one in the same. You need to format your old installation, and then install winxp fresh. You...