Posts by alexrud

I've been using the Dell 2005FPW with my 8100 for awhile now, connected through the DVI port. Works excellent, no problems at all. I only paid $389 for the 2005 a few months ago with coupons, so it was a good deal for me at the time. If...

I've been using a first generation Microsoft Bluetooth mouse for 6 months now. It isn't the best mouse out there, but it worls just fine with the 8104's internal bluetooth and it games just fine.

Same thing occurs when I try pasting an AutoCAD block or drawing into MS Word. The drawing ends up being hideously squished. Haven't found out how to fix it yet.

I have an equally annoying problem with the memory card reader. The machine takes a REALLY long time to read files from the card, especially 4 megapixel photos from my camera. We're talking 3-4 minutes here! Anyone know if there is an...

I've had both the MR9700 (Dell i9200) and the x700 (8104, my current lappy). In my experience, the performance jump from the 9700 to the x700 is a bit less than double. I would get a score of 3200 in 3Dmark03 with the 9700; the x700...

Update: Battery life hasn't really improved much after 4-5 charges. The only questionable thing about the 2nd battery is that the laptop uses that one up first, then goes to the primary. Seems like that'll wear out the 2nd battery...

Quote: Originally Posted by snorre Look at these few examples from the reviews above then: As you can see, for gaming the Pentium M is far from stellar. It clearly dosen't keeps up with the Athlon...

Quote: The travelmate 8103 is a 32 bit 1.8Ghz Pentium M Processor....not a 64 Bit 2.0Ghz AMD processors....not sure how that figures into better specs Then you mention that the GPU is better, actually the X700 is just a...

For the same price you could get the Travelmate 8103. Better specs for most of the components, especially the GPU.

Have you also installed the Intel chipset drivers?