Posts by dellbert

I wanted to play with one of those new Samsung 128GB SSDs, so I tried to find the cheapest Dell config to get one. I came up with $1116 + tax - 4% cash back from FatWallet for a pretty nice M1530 config (with an LED WXGA+) using a 30%...

Quote: Originally Posted by chrous29 Alos no one talked about that but mine if I am in Windows and have the timer in for the screen to turn off it gets darg gray and not off. It's not the drivers I tried 3 difrent ones...

1) No, Dell changed something on the LCD interface. A 9300 LCD will show the BIOS screen on a 9400, but the brightness control doesn't work, and it doesn't display correctly at all under XP. 2) Make sure you have the subwoofer...

Sale pending.

I picked up a nice budget laptop from Dell's outlet, but I'm in the middle of a move, so I'm not going to have time to play with this lappy. Inspiron B120 Notebook Intel Celeron M 360 (1.40 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB) Certified...

Dual core SC430 is available for $399 now. Not too bad. http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...AID=0038386869

Download PowerStrip if you want to play with color temperature. http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm Samsungs typically run a little warm, and LG's run cold.

Quote: Originally Posted by JaxChris Dellbert, Yonah actually has a 14-stage pipeline also Couldn't tell you for sure, but I read about the differences...

Quote: Originally Posted by TriX whats is a built-in MIMO WiFi? Intel's next mini PCI-express wireless card will be 802.11n (= MIMO = multiple input, multiple output = higher bandwidth and better range).

The idea of upgrading CPUs and video cards is always appealing, but in reality, some other tech components will move forward and you'll want to buy a new machine after a year. The Santa Rosa platform actually looks pretty good to me,...