Posts by kent1146

Have you tried different brands of media?

I highly doubt that MXM will be seen again anytime soon. The problem with MXM is that it does not take into consideration the power draw of the video card... only the size and heat. MXM also requires the video card to take up more...

Just remember that higher resolution screens will mean lower framerates. An 8600M will not have problems pushing 1280x800, but it may have problems pushing 1680x1050. It's all a matter of preference, but I'd personally go with the...

Oh, my goodness, that is an ugly bag. If you like backpacks, check this out http://www.tumi.com/business_laptop/...?modelid=97522 If you like briefcases: http://www.tumi.com/business_laptop/...?modelid=97541 If you like

Mine came with a sleeve, ordered it several months ago. I am very particular to my laptop gear and bags/accessories... I like nice things, and probably would have ordered a sleeve from Tumi or Coach. but the sleeve that came with the...

There is no difference between the 65W and 90W power supplies. The only difference for a Vostro 1400 is the size and weight. Both the 65W and 90W will perform identically.

Well, what are you doing with your laptop? If you are running games with it, or running multiple apps simultaneously, then 4GB will help you (~3GB will be recognized). As a rough estimate, 2GB in Vista is approximately 1GB under...

You'll probably get more, if you change your usage pattern. As for me, I'm running an optical drive, decoding a DVD (steady 50% CPU usage), and running the LED at max brightness. Doing something like editing a doc in Word at 4/8...

Just get the Hitachi 7k200 (7200rpm, 200GB) hard drive. It's the only 3rd-generation 7200rpm hard drive out right now. Pretty much every other 7200rpm hard drive out there is a 1st or 2nd generation 7200rpm hard drive... they are...

Mr Evil totally hit the nail right on the head... getting more RAM does not automatically mean faster speed. The only time when adding RAM means faster speed is if you are using 100% of the 1GB that you had installed before, and your...