Posts by ayasin

My primary reason for deciding against Sager was warranty. I've purchased 2 sagers in the past (both through PCTorque) and while I didn't have any trouble with the first one I did with the second. The warranty repair ended up costing...

XP may be hiding it as a "unused" icon. To find out right click on the start menu, on the taskbar tab select customize next to "hide inactive icons" and set on ac power to "always show"

Quote: Originally Posted by meatpimp And if they're like any other Dell laptop, they WILL loosen up. The display will tend to wobble more over time as the hinges wear. I have an inspiron 8000 that I used...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cookie092 Ah that reminds me of a question I've been wondering for a while now. Does much closing and opening of the laptop display, in any way harm the display? I mean, does it get...

If the image persistance is bad enough Dell will replace your screen (assuming warranty of course). Also it should take a LONG time for an image to persist in the screen.

Hey guys, I'm concerned about the longevity of the drive on this machine if I watch a lot of TV on it with MCE. Appearently it buffers 30 min of TV and there's no way to disable this buffering. Any idea if this will cause problems...

To answer your OT: Pros: Screen is better. Higher res and brigher. More RAM MUCH ligher MUCH cooler Better battery life Better reception from TV Tuner SD card reader not directly under a heat pipe (SD card reader would fail and/or...

Just to add to my previous post mine could very well be the strike zone.

I got a level and measured mine (it was bugging the crap out of me and I'm anal, what can I say lol)...there's a slight grade. Probably the rubber feet. I stuck a small folded piece of paper unter one foot and it worked well.

Well it appears I spoke too soon. Windows won't boot (repeated blue screen). I replaced the Dell supplied ram and it works like a champ. I guess it's RMA time.