Posts by Fragged

If you're talking about one of the non-standard sized 500gb notebook drives, it gains the extra space by adding an extra platter, not by increasing aerial density (which almost certainly means there will be a noticable perf hit.)

Quote: Originally Posted by the_scotsman 64 bit requires all drivers to be signed...so that means you wont be able to install any bodged up or hacked drivers...so drivers like the ones from laptopvideo2go and TweakRUs...

All, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction - I'm looking to figure out what enclosure I need to install a 2nd hard drive in the media bay of my new d/dock. Any pointers would be great, thanks in advance!

Quote: Originally Posted by Pirx It may be worth noting that current flash memory has a limited number of write cycles, so if you use a memory stick for your paging file, you'll see it wear down pretty quickly if you...

Quote: Originally Posted by snafle Not really true Fragged. Aero is a total rethink of the way windows does the GUI drawing, moving from GDI to the Aero system. The glass and all that are not aero, they're the theme....

Quote: Originally Posted by JaxChris This means you can remove Aero (i.e Explorer) and install a custom GUI package of your own. And you can multiple boot orders that will allow you to "exit Windows"...

Quote: Originally Posted by codek Is the cat 6 way faster than a cat 5? cat 5 and cat 6 are types of cables, and while they do have different characteristics, the physical cable type does not directly impact...

It certainly would be nice. I'd also be curious about the M90's support for this. If someone with either the 512mb 7900 or the 512mb quadro in the m90 has a chance to try it and report results that'd be great.

Quote: Originally Posted by |-007-| DLLs- I don't remember what I was thinking at the time. I may as well delete that because I have no idea where that idea came from. The way Windows deals with DLL's changed a bit...

Are you sure, I haven't seen any indication one way or another? Of course, by default assuming it doesn't is probably a safe bet, but I'd really like a more formal confirmation. I know the M170 doesn't (which I have now.) But I can't...