Posts by the_bob

Ok, if that was too complicated, I'll ask the same things in less:Is the nx9420 a good laptop ? Does it break easily ? Is the CPU replaceable ? I'd really think someone should know the answers by now.

Thanks for the replies ! I take it the quality of the business laptops in general has improved lately, meaning the difference isn't as big between a IBM(Lenovo) and others. So how tough are they nowadays, can they take a fall or a...

First, does this line of notebooks have any serious flaws that I should know of before I buy one (other then that they are old and discontinued by now) ? Anything as bad as the screen tending to die after a few years, key caps popping...

About doing that... Since my GPU is about to come off, I'm planning on popping in a new mobo as well. Will I encounter serious problems when trying to install a higer model motherboard in what was originally just a T40? I mean a mobo...

Aren't there any memory settings in BIOS ? I don't have much experience with Dells so i wouldn't know, but most computers have this sort of thing. Just another idea here - get some liveCD distro of linux and try to run it on the...

Well it's a generally known fact that winxp doesn't take serious hardware changes too well. Back in the times of win98 you could just pop the HDD with windows installed into virtually any PC and it would install all the drivers it...

If it's _just_ for text editing and browsing the web, consider a refurnished / second hand thinkpad T40, I got by using one for over a year now and I can't complain. It's build quality is great, performence is more then sufficient for...

I'd like to know how the 'current' thinkpad line stands up to the legend, also, how do the HP business models compare? Especially the nx9420, will it feel plastic and flimsy compared to a t40? I don't want to sound like a thinkpad...