Posts by ozone

To go off the beaten track a bit... if your brother is really only concerned about writing, email, internet, etc. and is not bothered about extensive Windows compatibility, why not try an Apple iBook? 12" screen, under 5 lbs., about...

Be sure to check out www.tombihn.com. I have the "Brain Bag". You can buy different laptop sleeves to accommodate different sized laptops to fit into the Brain Bag. I find the Brain Bag to be excellent build, high quality...

I have a Presario R3240CA, which looks exactly the same as yours but with different innards (Athlon 64 3200+). - I find the keyboard to be very decent, but the touchpad could be moved over to the left side a bit because you sometimes...

I've had a Compaq Presario R3240CA for just over a week. Can't say how it's long term performance will be, but few complaints about the quality so far. Nothing obvious. Turned it on and it did what it was supposed to. Installed XP SP 2...

I've owned three different Dells in either work or home environments since 2000. The most serious problem I've seemed to have had during the 3 year warranty period is a hard drive failure on one (new HD solved that), a system error on...

If you want to know a (LOT) more about PowerBooks, you should check out www.macrumors.com. Lots of postings there about buying and operating PowerBooks by the Mac devotees that know a lot more about Mac products.

Is there actually a "PowerNow!" button or tab option in the Power Management section? I have the Portable/Laptop scheme selected, but I see no "PowerNow!" option: I assume this is internal? Also, my system...

If you want a cheaper alternative and something that runs fast, try www.softmaker.com and look for TextMaker and PlanMaker. Nice little programs. Not quite as full featured as MS products, but hey, do you need all that extra junk? The...

I bought a Compaq R3240CA (same as R3240US but in Canada). AMD 64 3200+. I guess the video card isn't as great as in other notebooks, but hey, I don't play games so who cares. So far, it works great. The screen is only WXGA and I thought...

I slipstreamed Service Pack 2 into the regular Windows XP Pro CD and so far it works great. Don't really notice any slowness but then again, I've got a new laptop so everything seems faster compared to what I was using before....