Posts by evil_lurker

I wonder if such a problem could be due to the smart circuitry in the battery. IIRC these cells have internal controls based upon xxx amount of power... put bigger cells in them and the smart controllers may go outta whack when there...

Sweet. According to them they are now shipping out the refurbished batteries first, then including a prepaid return shipping label so you can return your old battery. Definately will have to give them a shot now.

Anyone ever seen this website or done business with them? Seems like it would be a great way to get a battery for a notebook in theory... they take your old battery, open it up, and put brand new cells in it for about half to a third...

I reckon they got those little thumbnail sized bluetooth adapters that plug in your USB port now.. if you catch them on sale or buy them online you should be able to get one for around $20 or so.

I already have the USB- N adapter for use with my desktop so thats pretty much moot point. And yes it blows the internal Wi-Fi on the laptop away. I'm currently sitting 1000+ feet from Mc'ds hotspot inside a Burger King connected at...

Well the laptop came in this afternoon. So far so good. It fired right up out of the box, did a clean installation and now I'm sitting at McDonalds suring their Wi-Fi and downloading updates. The laptop itself is in pretty good shape...

Well against my better judgment I gots me a refurbished Dell D610 from geeks.com for $339. The basic specs are 1.73ghz P4M, 512MB RAM, and 60GB HD. Think I spent about $40-50 too much on it, especially since it does not have Office XP or...