Posts by BlueJ

Quote: Originally Posted by Jawajoey I was pleasantly surprised to find that is came with a carrying case (which is nice, and has space for other things), and an optical mouse. I'm not sure if that is Asus or Portable...

My m6805 battery is indeed by Dynapack.

If you get one with fixed hinge covers and no other problems, it's great, though starting to get on in years. I've had mine for a year. I upgraded the RAM to 1.25GB, and it plays AgeIII fine with everything turned on except shadows....

My m6805 with new hinge covers (spring '05) has also developed about 1/2" of play. (I suppose the technical way to measure this would be in degrees of arc, but I left my protractor behind when I left highschool. :P) There doesn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by kennkurr My network is running WPA-PSK with TKIP encryption and SSID broadcast turned off. Ditto. No MAC address filtering, just cause it's a hassle to set up for everybody who drops...

I just got mine back from the Canadian repair shop too, after about 7 weeks. Same thing, I'd sent in a 6805 that needed new hinge covers. I would call every week and the emachines rep would always say the same thing: "Let me check...

I work at home, and I love being able to go from my desk to in front of the living room window on those sunny days. On days when I need to get out of the house, I go over to my brother's place and sit out in the backyard and work. I...

Out of the box, my m6805 scored 9100 on 3DMark01. I recall reading someone else's review online, and they tweaked theirs up into the 12k range.

Does the 90-day emachines refurb warranty cover hinge cracks?

Bought an "emachine certified refurbished" m6805 yesterday. I've been watching these forums for a while, and know all about the hinge crack. I knew I'd have to get the hinge covers replaced once the cracks became blatant....