Posts by jmmmmm

not to get defensive, but the majority of people here have pentium Ms and i think a groupthink mentality has taken over. Pentium Ms are great for battery life, but if you don't care about battery life (like if you're just going to take...

I have a 5150 (basically same thing) and I'm very happy with it. Issues: Weight. It's not as light as the 8600. However, if you're not going to carry it around a ton, I don't think this should really be a problem. Heat: it gets...

it is very easy to physically switch the drives. It will be more of a pain to load the os and installed programs, though. Not a dealbreaker, but definitely an annoyance. And no, you won't void your warranty. The new drive might not...

I don't understand why people continue to complain that the dell 600 series isnt as good at the ibm thinkpads. The thinkpads are built better, that's just a fact. However, you aren't making a fair comparison. Let's take a $1000 laptop...

now now children, be nice. the issue has been raised, so unless someone has new real information, please let it die. my suggestion is the 600m. A 14" screen is about as small as I could take for a primary computer.

call/email dell

Quote: Originally Posted by coolsteve5 lol guess you never listen to headphones that come with an iRiver mp3 player, there right on par with my $300 studio phones, but your right most laptop speakers...

you got it today and you already had a lot of personal stuff on there? If you can get your stuff off of it, the only way i know to do it is to take the drive out of the computer, put it in a hard drive caddy (cheap on ebay), and hook...

i would get an ibm if i could afford one. get the t40 if you can. the problem for me is that even if i decided to spend the extra money on the basic ibm (compared to a nice dell), i would still end up with a crappy configuration with...

right click on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen -> properties -> start menu tab -> customize -> advanced tab -> uncheck 'highlight newly installed programs' mine did the same thing