Posts by kent1146

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Flowerday I'm not for an option that will increase the cost of a computer. Dell has to install the OS to do QA testing. If they then have to nuke it I can see them charging us more for...

Quote: Originally Posted by adiemuss Dont you kind of wish you had the option of buying a pc with a clean drive? For those of us who feel comfortable about installing an O.S. and not wanting all the extras that are...

As Mr.Evil has said... there is no harm in using a higher-wattage power supply on your laptop, as long as you are connecitng a Latitude D-series power supply to a Latitude D-series laptop. As for the video on the dock... the boot screen...

Dell XPS M1330, hands down. The small size, light weight, style, LED-backlit screen, and gaming / multimedia performance made it the best laptop of 2007. It is easily still the best option for lots of power in a small package.

Any chance you can change that order? A 200GB 7200rpm drive will be significantly faster than a 160GB drive. The 200GB 7200rpm drives are 3rd generation 7200rpm notebook drives will be around 10%-15% faster than the fastest 5400rpm...

I work at trade shows for my company. While talking to a representative from Dell during a slow-traffic time of a trade show, he mentioned that Dell would be coming out with ultra-thin laptops in the summer that would compete with the...

Call Dell, and have them look at it. Did you get the next-day onsite service and warranty plan?

Uninstall and re-install your video card drivers. You also want to set all graphical settings back to default in both Display Properties and in-game. You may have forced an anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering setting somewhere,...

Quote: Originally Posted by burghblast I don't doubt that you believe this, but it absolutely cannot be. The problem here is that there's no way to define "the one machine" that software must stay on. For...

Yes, that is Microsoft's online licensing validation.... Windows Genuine Advantage. To authenticate without an internet connection, they provide a phone number that you can call and receive a validation code over the phone. Microsoft...