Posts by Thor79

A computer is an investment if you intend to use it for work...which means through the use of the computer he can potentially make money through his business. If it's just for surfing the net and email (not business email) then yes...I...

Quote: Originally Posted by AxiomofIllusion The above poster pretty much covered it all. One minor thing though. The M60 only comes with the Pentium M and associated 855 chipset. Therefore, the only thing that would...

Quote: Originally Posted by jessop [b]Hey all, I've just got a zinger of a deal on a Precision M60 from the dell outlet, price is less than half of what it costs new. Im a little wary of the dell outlet, so I...

I always recommend at least a 10GB Partition for Windows and programs. Putting your virtual memory/swap file on a different partition is pointless since it's still on the same drive. The only time when moving it makes sense is if you are...

The downsides to buying it are most likely it will run hotter since it has both the P4 and an x600 in it. The reports we've gotten on the 9200 are that even while gaming it doesn't get too warm. I'm sure the upsides are that it plays...

I do believe that even if you uninstall it from the Dell you're not legally allowed to install it on a Non-Dell machine. It is branded for Dell use and I'm sure the eula has something in it to make it illegal to install it on anything...

Quote: Originally Posted by cityexplorer I'm using MobileMeter to monitor the running temperature of my 700M. Wow... very hot... when I ran some OLAP stuffs... the CPU reach 73C ! Is it normal? How hot is...

My file server hosts about half of my files...the other half is on the two big drives in my gaming computer. It's called the file server more because at lan parties I throw it up to host game patches and driver updates....it's easier for...

Well I'd say this poll has done it's job...26 owners have put their opinions down and 50% of them right now either love the looks of the screen or are not bothered by it...

Reports are that the 9200 only gets slightly warm when playing games...no where near lap burning apparently. Sounds like it is a very cool running laptop.