Posts by katorga

I'd prefer the Dell for support reasons....Dell can fix stuff onsite anywhere. Asus...probably have to ship it back. That is important if it is your only computer at school. That said, a 17" laptop is a huge thing to use in class,...

Quote: I have the same problem with the crackling/dropping out, which typically precedes or occurs during the lag! Bingo. Its the sound card. But you said you re-installed and reformatted, and I would think that...

How close are we to a new revision of the XPS 1710? I'm in the market, and am looking at the Asus G1 and XPS 1710, but will wait if something is around the corner.

I had a repeating problem with my sound card and wow. I do not know what caused it, but it affected my SB audigy pcmcia, onboard sound, and even a plantronics USB/DSP headset. Something is the registry got hosed, and wow sound would...

Sound card is my guess. I had similar problems randomly with my M70. The most recent event, I removed my SB Audigy pcmcia card, and used onboard sound. No luck. I disabled onboard sound and plugged USB plantronics dsp headphones. Same...

Based on the doc at Asus' site, the external video card connects to an external display and does not route back the the laptop LCD.

Santa rosa would be nice, but I doubt the 79xx class DX10 parts will be out any time soon. I would expect an XPS3 with a 77xx class DX10 part first (probably making the 7950 faster). I'd probably lean toward an XPS2 as soon as the prices...

I've been a professional unix geek for 15 years, so linux is easy for me, but start adding the cost of commercial software up and the time taken to learn linux or OSS apps can save you many thousands of dollars. Even on my windows game...

The Asus G1 is almost 2" thick and its got that funky thick top bezel over the screen which shifts its center of gravity and makes it wobble on planes or in cars. If you are getting a 2" thick laptop just get it over with and...

Agreed, with the Nvidia driver, CPU usage is very low on my system. Maybe 2-5% higher on average over not running the XGL effects.