Posts by niftymatt

I'll take the other one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Qckning I've been thinking about this rig (7700) and had a couple of questions.. 1.) If you buy one with only one optical drive do you think you'll be able to buy another one later and...

I don't think the processor in the 5500 is upgradeable. But, I know that the you can do that in the 7700

I talked to one of the guys, if you wanna upgrade the cpu you have to send it to them. (I guess just not to void the warranty)

Quote: Originally Posted by havocide the powerbook 17 inch isnt big and heavy (= But the powerbook doesn't have a 256 mb graphics card.

Alienware has plenty of upgrades. Who says they have to upgrade to 256 MB? It says upgradable graphics but that doesn't mean they even have to make them, they are saying that you are able to if they make them. That's why they stopped...

Quote: Originally Posted by polorboy Even if I had a choice between the 7700 and the 5500 I still would have bought the 5500. It is a heck of a lot smaller than the 7700 and almost as powerful. The only real advantage...

Hibernate saves more battery power

I have an x800 xt Platinum Edition for my desktop and it runs well.

Quote: Originally Posted by Turmoil ok... Koolaide... how would you define the word upgrade? I beleive the Dictionary definition would be: To replace (a software program) with a more recently released, enhanced...