Posts by thill

hello - just opening my new studio 1557. it recommends that i update the BIOS immediately. hoewver, when i go online, there are two available - A03 and A02. The only difference seems to be that A02 indicates DOS on it. the A03 was...

i am excited. ordered a studio 15 with the following specs: Studio 15 Notebook (Studio 1557) Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core Mobile CPU 6GB, DDR3, 1066MHz, 2 DIMM 15.6Inch Full High Definition (1080p) High Brightness LED Display...

i thought the cpus were the same???!?!?!?! i ended up kicking my budget up and went with the dell. i have been very satisfied with their quality at work and from other ones we have had (i have a desktop that is still kicking 10 years...

i have not heard good things about HP. i love my gateway but don't like best buy. i am thinking about going for a dell on sale right now: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...en&s=dhs&cs=19 Genuine Windows® 7 Home...

hello all: i am wondering about two deals going on now: studio 15, intel core i7-720QM processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB 7200 HD bunch of stuff for $999: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...en&s=dhs&cs=19 or Studio 16XPS...

thanks so much for taking the time to reply. i would like to stay under 1000 but i may not be able to. the laptop is my only pc so i need it to do everything i want, which is basic MS office apps, internet and DV. i don't do much DV...

one of the better "investments" i made. over on the gateway forum there is a fix for it - i know it is just the wire came loose, because it would flicker for a while now it is just dead. i just don't know if i want to risk...

my gateway LCD backlight has gone. I know there is a fix for it, but i am thinking about just upgrading. i don't have a desktop anymore, so the class i have been looking at is desktop replacement. my biggest concern is the GPU. I...

i put in an SDHD card into my 7405GX and it blew it up. Kept getting an error on the card reader. so i assume my card reader won't read SDHD. is there a solution for that? i have a USB reader but that didn't help either. any thoughts?

i just bought a new digital camera that takes HD video. i never even thought twice about if my laptop could handle it, but apparently it can't. the HD video is choppy and when i read the specs for the camera they recommend 128 video...