Posts by yuccamoth

It looks like Dell is having a pretty good deal right now on specially configured systems that allow for a minimum of customization, which is fine by me. I'm looking at an 8600 with 600$ off. The end price would be 1307 USD. In...

I was recently setting up a friend's new Gateway and noticed that there was no Windows disk with the system. She told me that Gateway now expects you to make your own recovery disk from the hard drive. Does Dell do this as well?...

As far as I can tell while doing my own shopping, the 1150 isn't any different than the 5160 in terms of what you can put in it processor-wise. I think you should be able to upgrade to the mobile p4. I found that when configuring the...

Thanks very much for all the input. It'll be a bit before I actually do the buying, so feel free to continue dishing out your advice and experience!

I'm thinking about getting a laptop to replace my desktop in the near future, but am having trouble figuring out which to go with. For what I need - basic word processing, iimage editing with photoshop, light gaming (Sims, Final Fantasy)...