Posts by katorga

Quote: New drivers are released with service packs, which MS is currently overdue on with XP. At the rate MS releases anything, that is a bust. You will have to download and install drivers manually for new...

The DX10 GPU is the key since laptops generally can't upgrade video. If DX10 games perform as poorly on DX9 hardware as FSX does there could be issues. But, it will take years for the installed base to deploy enough DX10 cards for game...

Quote: not because the machine is twice as valuable as a Dell or anything else. When you go to resell the Mac, you'll find it is twice as valuable as the Dell. Face it, the Dell is the Ford F-150 of computers....

It sure seems like MS is going out of its way to try to force users to Vista with incompatibilities, lost features, and what not. Basically what I am reading here is that anyone who buys a laptop this year and expects to game on it, even...

MBP c2d all the way....OS X is that much better than Windows.

Quote: Originally Posted by whackamac some newer games (alex something comes to mind) will be optimized for quad core cpu's too. 1 core for data crunching, 1 for physics, 1 to deal with GPU, and etc... They said in the...

Remember that Vista is limited to a lifespan of 2 machines. After your second system (physical or virtual) you have to buy a new copy. I think this is a hard limit that supercedes the 10 activation limit. That is probably why the...

Find the "safely remove hardware" icon in the system tray at the bottom right of the screen. Open it and find the name of the device you want to stop and hit the stop button. If it is possible to stop the device this should do...

Quote: Originally Posted by shazza I think the resolution is a good one for a 15.4" notebook. I've got one with 1680x1050, and that's a bit too small, imo. I agree, but it really depends on the LCD. My...

Vista is a pig and its very expensive for the premium or ultimate experience. It is also a huge "lock in" tactic on the part of MS. 6 months of gaming mayhem as patches come and go to get games working on the platform. My...