Posts by Chris

Had exactly the same sort of "freezing" problem with Far Cry on my 8887, plus the performance was lousy on anything other than "low" settings. Installed the Omega drivers and performance is much better, with no...

You might consider using System Mechanic (www.iolo.com - you can try it out 30 days for free). This will clean up spyware, reg problems, disk fragmentation etc. I ran this when my machine was really slowing up and it helped considerably....

It is a well known fact that manufacturers of computers build in faults to occur automatically after a specific amount of time (usually to coincide with the warranty running out). :-)

Oh well. Many thanks for the info!

Hello, I want to add an external LCD monitor to my 8887 set-up. I'm probably going to go with the Eizo l567. It features a DVI input or VGA input and matches the look of the laptop quite well. The issue I have is the quality of...

Yes, the 8890 is the sort of laptop you could imagine finding on an oil-rig or on a building site or perhaps at a nuclear testing facility or something. Definately a big hairy man's computer. Let's put it this way: I can't imagine many...

Well, you can get the real dinky USB keyboards too. But anyway, I agree the Clevo 8887 keyboard is slightly unusual but it doesn't bother me much. The main downside is the amount of biscuit crumbs and fluff it accumulates it such a short...

The other option is simply to purchase a USB keyboard of course.

Your love will be tested when a newer, faster, cheaper model is released of course. Enjoy it for the next few weeks when its "state of the art", and after that just appreciate it for the well designed, reliable out-of-date work...

Dude, the 8887 ROCKS! Great choice! Did you get the DVD-R/CD-RW with yours? I've got an empty bay on mine and am seriously thinking about sticking one of those suckers into it. Anyway, just to give you a few light-hearted...