Posts by Jumbie

Wanted to apply Arctic Silver to my processor but can't remove the left screw holding the display down. I'm a big, strong guy with a hell of a grip but whatever or whoever tightened that screw is thwarting me. All I'm managing to do is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tim Sloper The Yonah based processors are undergoing a stepping change from C-0 to D-0. This stepping change requires a BIOS update. There are no logic changes. Tim What does...

Quote: Originally Posted by corrado85 lol believe me we ALL know dell sucks. lol their laptops are generic and well you pay for what u get. This is the third post today alone that I've read from you bashing on...

Nice laptop for your wife. I'm sure she'll be happy with it but I think my g/f would beat me if I painted a laptop pink for her. lol

Quote: Originally Posted by yee245 also, i hear firewire has better sustained rates than usb, which is much better for transferring. so, where my usb2 gets about 30% of its maximum, firewire might get closer to 50%? ...

I use them both but FF a little bit more. It's true that I have to install a bunch of extensions to get FF to work like Opera does out of the box e.g. Paste and Go and Session Saver. But Opera just cannot do some of the things FF does,...

Here's one thing you've missed - you can't choose which screen manufacturer you get. You can make a request and the sales/CS rep can tell you they'll honour it, but that's crap. It's a lottery. If you want a different screen, you can...

Quote: Originally Posted by Roadog1aj originally wanted a E1505. Unfortunatel, Dell will not allow a business account to purchase one of these. Instead I had to have the salesperson configure a 6400 with the same items...

Quote: Originally Posted by zakaluka2 However, if I had to choose only one, I would pick USB. This is because it is a lot more common than firewire. Which is why I usually get one with both. Even though I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Think4_Danny In sustained throughput FireWire is faster than USB 2.0 but USB 2.0 is a far more common interface since most PCs nowadays have a USB port. See the following link for a...