Posts by hwfan

Quote: Originally Posted by irock The successor to PCMCIA CardBus. I think CardBus top bandwidth is that of PCI bus, and Express Card top speed is that of 1x PCI Express. If a laptop runs on PCI Express like...

Quote: Originally Posted by Malarkey With mild overclocking you can clear 6800 in 3DMark03. Mine runs around 6500 with no OC at all. I've only played Everquest on it so far, but it runs that at 1920x1200 with all...

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I have the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG, like many people with the newer centrinos.. problem is, I just upgraded to WinXP SP2, and now when I suspend my lappy, upon resuming, my wireless connection is lost, and when I go into control...

hmm, it seems that the screen may be a big factor in your decisions? well, in my experience, perhaps the closest approximation to the acer's screen is that of the compaq x1000's WXGA screen, so perhaps you can have a look at that in the...

hmm, seems like acer has to work on getting its laptops into american stores.. they are real common in asian and european computer stores, from what i've heard. screen - go for the toshiba if you like it. seriously. the best laptop...

Hey Irina, read your PM, no problem, here goes: My concerns are as follows: 1.) The Acer is a tad faster than the Toshiba. 1.8 vs 1.7. Does this make a significant difference? Not very much, imo. Unless you do really intensive...

Quote: Originally Posted by j4ever yes i did understand him. if you think about it, a new mobo/chasis/with prolly the lowest pci-e gpu is about = to $500. if i do this upgrade option (for me id consider next summer)...

Quote: Originally Posted by snorre Yes, no problems whatsoever and I've tested them in at least 5 different drives including a stand-alone Pioneer DVD p layer. Could I check which medias you have been able...

I love the Aspire 2010/2020 series laptops. but I have a complaint... The DVD writer is very fussy with the media it chooses! be it the UJ-820(tray load version) or UJ-825(slot load version), the only DVD-R media I've gotten it to write...