Posts by TrancerSteve

Quote: Originally Posted by alexrud OK, here are some results: According to Windows' battery monitor, with everything turned off except for wifi, screen at 10% brightness, I get an estimated battery life of 7 hours....

Nice! Im pretty sure you are the first person here to have purchased one. Im surprised how it is more expensive compared to the normal batt, espeically considering the capacity is lower. Let us know how much more life you get out...

hahaha

Nice choice of graphics I must say SiSM760GX chipset with integrated Mirage2 graphics lol. Yeah the 8100 is def still ontop

Anyone out there who has this lappy? I can't find any info from a real person who owns one. Mainly the SXGA+ catches my eyes! Would love to know more info about it, especially on the screen quality and if it will be happy running...

Quote: Originally Posted by stocks Hi TrancerSteve. Well, you might just be lucky. I finally gave up on FC3 earlier today when I took a break from studying (don't tell my University... Waterloo would probably just work...

Im very intrested aswell stocks as I need a laptop that will run linux (ubuntu especially), if the 8100 can't do it then I shall be looking elsewhere. .. let me know if you solve the problem with the vid drivers Thanks

does it power up when connected to AC?

Quote: Originally Posted by DarthAcer The ATI card is not socketed, it is soldered. See the "Disassembling 8100" thread and a link from it to another thread that had another link to pictures of disassembled...

Quote: Originally Posted by DarthAcer No. Impossible. oooo never say never.. the dell 8600 nvidia go could be upgraded to a ATI 9600 Turbo (if you managed to acquire the card). But yeah the chances are...