Posts by barspi

Quote: Originally Posted by plageclochard a notebook is by design a self-contained unit, and should (if it's built well at all) come out of the box without any cooling issues, furthermore, the nature of notebooks makes...

I bet they only offer it in First/Business Class All you suckers flying coach won't get it hahahaha! (I'm one of those suckers myself)

I´ve had my Sager 4020 since May 2003. It has worked flawlesly except I had *TWO* hard drive failures in this period. In most laptop models I've seen, of any brand, all the thermal consideration has always gone to the CPU and graphics...

Thanks Kalessian. You seem to like recompiling and patching everything yourself. At least we know most stuff *will* work with some effort :-) I could finally make the ALPS touchpad work in my old laptop. After reading the X.org log I...

thanks little-one I'm trying kubuntu breezy myself on my old laptop I made the wifi work with ndiswrapper but it gives some errors. My laptop has an ALPS touchpad which I haven't been able to make work beyond a dumb touchpad (no...

Quote: Originally Posted by hbien sounds good, thx =] can't wait till i get my laptop and put ubuntu on it.. printed out undervolting and speedstepping guides already =P Can you give us a link to these...

I'm considering a new notebook (I currently own an oldish Sager 4020 which is doing great but could never find a distro that recognized my Wifi or webcam or other goodies) In the last years I have used a lot of Mandrake(driva), and...

Quote: Originally Posted by olyteddy And yes, a tranformer can be used on DC. How do you think the Ignition Coil in your Gasoline Automobile works? (Pulses of DC). I don't know much about electricity but I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Configulator oi, I remember when the 3790 got that 12cell and everyone was apeshit in love with it. Everyone marveled at the improved cooling, extended run time between charges etc etc etc...

I have a somewhat different question: what is the correct pronunciation of "Sager"? (for all of us who don't speak English and never heard the name, only read about it)