Posts by Texfire

Mondu thanks for the pictures. I think with everything I want to carry with it the 5" model would be best without being too bulky. I don't carry it many places but I want to protect my 10lb investment. Tex

I've been looking at a the Vanguard Designer II for my 5690 also. How much room do you have with the 4" model? I carry my 5690, the powerbrick, a trackball and keypad, along with a 1/2" binder with my disks in an overflowing...

Quote: Originally Posted by sid21177 i wonder why u didnt get a uxga wva ?? it needs to be seen to be believed since ur laptop is more or less maxed out in the other stuff I actually almost didn't get it...

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your difficulties. I am very happy with my 5690. I thought about getting a 8790, 4750, and an Acer 1712 for the same reasons you talk about, screen and keyboard real estate, but I'm glad I passed on anything...

It was delivered this morning. I have been running it through it's paces and so far it's great! As far as I can tell it has a perfect LCD, I can't find any dead pixels. I had one wierd moment when the secondary battery wouldn't...

I'll be sure to keep ya'll up to date on my laptop experience. I definately need a laptop. I work 24 hours at a time every third day so having a computer at work lets me keep in touch and have my documents with me. I have been using...

Well after a long time searching and researching I decided on my laptop. For me the 5690 was the right choice. My configuration: SXGA+ LCD 3.2 GHz P4 128 MB M11 1024 MB PC3200 60 GB 7200 rpm HD 4x DVD burner Bracket for...

If you stretch your definition of laptop, the Acer 1712SMI has the Nvidia 5700Go 128Mb configuration. It is thought to be possibly upgradable but there has been no official statement regarding that. It also has a 4:3 ratio...

I don't know about the battery arrangement for the P72, but a major selling point for me on the A70 was the use of 4 AA batteries as well as the cheaper Compact Flash memory. I bought 2 sets of Ni-MH batteries, much better than the...