Posts by Talz

Agreed on the WXGA for gaming, just because the MR9700 is not going to be able to run much at native WUXGA with a good frame rate. And with the backup res of 1024x768 for non widescrean gaming it's really just the best match for that...

Have to say my wxga 9200 is definately not dim. The only time I've ever wanted it any brighter at all was with direct sunlight shining on the panel. Used it to watch movies on a road trip last week, no complaints from people sitting in...

Quote: Originally Posted by RabidBunny It is difficult to know what the actual HDD speed will be. I got a 80 GB HDD on my 9200 and it was 5400 RPM (will receive the laptop tomorrow but order confirmation gives RPM). I...

Yep it's possible if the card is made. Who knows if they will or not.

Kingston, Corsair, Mushkin, and OCZ are all good in my book. Other than that I'd really just try to find the best deal on something not totally generic such as PNY or Kingmax etc.

I would consider a cheap black&white laser, while keeping the cheapy for color printing. The laser will definately be nicer for normal documents, and you could upgrade the color printer at a later time to a good photo printer.

This is important in dual channel memory configurations such as the current pentium 4's or the more expensive versions of the athlon 64. Currently no pentium-m setups use dual channel though, which includes the 9200, so two dimms of...

Yes you can disable either one, or both (both is easiest due to hotkeys).

Strange, I more than doubled my framerates using mobility modded catalysts on my 9200.

The new PCI-E does make it less likely to work out. But I will be surprised if another video option is not added considering the design, though I figure it's a 50/50 shot that it will be an option for a slow budget card (radeon...