Posts by Bootz

Done, dude! Bootz

snorre, thanks for all your posts here! I stuck in two of the Corsair 512MB memory sticks you recommended over the weekend. $96 each from newegg.com. Went like a breeze! bootz

mono, I don't know how XP's built-in defragmenter stacks up against standalones, but you might try something like Diskeeper. There's a new version out. http://execsoft.com/coverpage.asp Bootz

EOL for AMD Athlon XP? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041207-4438.html On the other hand, you can now get one for less than $200. http://www.shopping.com/xPC-AMD_Athl..._512K_90nm_939 Bootz

New Targus Notebook ChillHub, a notebook cooler with 4 USB ports: http://www.targus.com/us/product_det...sp?sku=AWE01US Bootz

Ferrari 3400 specs: http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm I didn't check to see whether it was actually available yet. Bootz

My Ferrari is showing a Mat****a DVD drive, too. Do they really replace four of those letters in that brand name with asterisks? Bootz

Is there any way to manually control the brightness of the 3200 screen? Display under the XP Control Panel doesn't seem to be much help. Bootz

Got my replacement 3200 today. Not the whole kit, just the 'puter itself, no battery, and a few small telltale scratches on the case, indicating it's a refurb. But it does what the first one didn't, which is to connect and maintain a...

Acer is sending me a new Ferrari 3200 Monday and taking the "old" one back. Bootz