Posts by tron

It assigns it to com port 18, and there are no other choices in the drop down box in the Widcomm advanced settings. When I go to the settings in the device manager, there is still no way to change it. I need to change it to com 1-9 so...

Those won't be that useful until all memory is solid state. Things like PCI-Express and easily upgradeable GPU's will help a lot now. By the time the industry moves to solid state, it will be time to buy a new laptop. This coming...

Get an eMachines 6809. It's about the same price and has real power and tons of great features.

DDR2 is only one thing among many to wait for. Besides, a 5% increase in performance is worthy IMO. Isn't DDR compatible in DDR2 slots anyway? There will also be the easily upgradable GPU's from NVidia and probably an answer from ATI....

The PM line is going desktop soon enough in more powerful 64 bit configurations. I wouldn't be surprised to see boards for up to 8 of these coming processors running in parallel. There will also be quite a few drastic changes in memory...

Yet another great laptop ruined by a crappy screen.

Quote: Originally Posted by jmanjohns Isn't the 2800+ in the Ferrari a DTR version? No, it's a new ultra low voltage chip just released. They come in a 2800+ and 2700+ model. If they used a DTR they would...

AFAIK it was delayed yet another 2 weeks yesterday.

Acer also has a great international warranty and an even better three year option.

Quote: Originally Posted by flyer Great information, although ... I hope this is not a true statement. If you have a widescreen with WUXGA resolution, you'll have no trouble finding a comfortable setting...