Posts by dr/owned

Ebay is ok but it's safest to buy the parts directly from HP. It used to be the LCD would cost more than the computer itself to replace but that's changed now. Now I believe you can get a replacement LCD for around $250. Just look up...

Yeah i use my old pentium 2 desktop as a file server running just XP and a network card

Yes, it's possible that the mobo automatically switches it to IDE for the boot process....smart thinking since no one really needs the full SATA bandwidth over compatibility during boot (EVGA 780i).

Yeesh 1599 for a laptop is crazy. for that much I could get a desktop that would have blu-ray, sli gfx, and a screaming intel cpu that would get 50 fps in crysis on high and 4x AA. personally, i would go with a scaled down cpu, and 2...

Downloading software uses the same internet connection browsing webpages does....I'm not sure where your confusion is coming from on this question.

HD movies require more video card power than anthying else. However, I'm skeptical that any reasonably priced machine will have the power to do so (dedicated gfx)....someone would have to jump in and give a yay or nay here. You're...

Jeez calm down. It'll get here when it gets here....if it's not there in a week raise hell.

I think a 12.1 screen is too small but 2 gb is fine and everything else looks good.

Jesus christ a f-ing computer from 1995 will be able to run ms office and internet browsing. I'm tired of people thinking they need friggin octa-cores and 8 gb of ram to use vista. Hell a single core with 256 mb of ram on XP will...

No adding 2 gb more ram isn't going to make any dif. unless you're crazy (dumb) enough to run Photoshop, Crysis, Firefox with 20 tabs all at the same time. The common misconception is that simply adding more ram magically makes a system...