Posts by MaxyM

mmzmaster, There is no need to drain Li-Ion battery all the way down to be able to recharge it again. They don't suffer from 'memory effect' like Ni-Cd or Ni-Mh batteries, but they do have shorter life-cycle (about 900 recharges...

This might help. Try draining 9-cell battery all the way to 0% then turn off the laptop and let it recharge overnight (at least 12 hrs.).

basti, To be sure what LCD type would You prefere, You should test both side by side. Each one has pros and cons that depands on Your presonal preference. XGA+ (1440×900, non-glare type screeen) PROS - smaller resolution gives...

Dell XPS 2 seems like a dream come true, it's Centrino based, 30% less heavy, more then double the battery time, it only misses one (important) thing. It doesn't have separate numeric pad (not that I enter lots of numbers into the...

Is there any improvement of battery life with X800 compared to 6800, or with performance drop when using battery (when using battery, GPU performance decreases dramaticaly as the batter runs down).

No need to update BIOS if present one works fine (generaly BIOS updates are meant for the case when something doesn't work as it should). If reinstalling the whole machine it would be wise to get newest drivers, cause original ones...

By entering value '2' into the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators NumLock will be ON, but il will also remember the state befor last shut-down, as Computer Potato says.

ehabctc, If intel haven't invented Centrinos, next generation of P4 would work on 6 GHz, power supply would be portable nuclear plant, and the cooling system would look like miniature Niagara falls.

Pitty they don't produce Northwood's anymore, they were the cold compared to Prescott's.

The beatuy is always in the eyes of beholder. That's why all of us don't find same things equally beautyfull, and it should stay that way. Anyhow, IBM design fits perfectly to the bussiness environment. As for being overpriced, it...