Posts by Andevian

Quote: Originally Posted by Viper.de Hell yeah, but wait, you also can upgrade CPU, HDD and lots of other stuff, DELL should charge you double the market price of every item you order over the standart one just because...

Well, as of today, I own a Sony VGN-AX570G and a Gateway MX7515. I'm generally about the most down-on-Sony person you can find, but overall I like this unit. You don't get the same value for your dollar that you do with the Gateway,...

I use Turtle Beach audio solutions whenever possible. Lower price, great quality, no worries if your BIOS allows you to fiddle with PCI latency settings to make it function as advertised, the drivers don't blue screen any games when EAX...

Well my wife went into BB to check on the status of our replacement. We have the Platinum which is 7 business days, not calendar days, so apparently we weren't supposed to expect it until later. My wife was nice about it though, and just...

Has anyone tried using silver in a heatsink before? I'd think with it's fairly rapid oxidization rate it wouldn't be ideal for this application. Copper oxidizes somewhat quickly too though, and I've had no problems with that, so maybe...

Dell charges what they do for RAM because people will pay it. You also don't have to monkey around with removing add-on RAM when you are troubleshooting. We buy RAM from Dell because it's easier to move the dot that extra tick than to go...

The worst thing they can do is say no. I think I'd at least try. That's how I got my first laptop replaced over the hinge crack issue, which was before I found this site and learned it was somewhat common. Not all Best Buys suck. I'd be...

OEM keys are permanently tied to the first MOTHERBOARD they are installed to. Linkage. Somewhere buried on the Microsoft site is a guide for System Builders that spells it out a little clearer, but I can't seem to find it. You can...

Quote: Originally Posted by gerryjoson What sort of things does your wife do in front of the webcam,heh heh,nudge nudge,wink wink. Don't ask, don't tell. Err... I'm afraid to ask and she absolutely won't...

The most likely answer (to me) is if you only have battery power available (IE no plugin) and want to switch batteries without closing all your apps down. Hibernation to switch batteries sounds like a perfect answer to this scenario to...