So, is anyone that is purchasing the 8890 (besides Adam) planning on doing a somewhat full review of their computer. I have the intention of doing one, but it may be a week or two till I can get around to it. Just curious
hmm, I agree ... I was under the impression that it is basically like a full version of XP. And they put the drivers on a seperate disc. Becuase I know if you get the computer w/out XP, they still give you a disc with drivers.
But I...
I dont understand why the new 8890 can't boot from usb hdd/cdrom. This is not new technology, people have been booting from these devices for a while now. The bios should and better have this option!
heh, also to note is that .. for every pc they give away for magazines/websites to review, costs them money. And in the long run drives our costs up. So we are better off with a less known laptop and cheaper costs.
I bought the port replicator from pctorque. And here's what its REALLY got on it.
25 Pin - Printer Port
9 Pin - Serial Port
2 Ports for keyboard/mouse
2 USB 2.0 Ports
Uplink to hook it up to laptop
So, I would suggest possibly...