Posts by mikemex

Dells are custom assembled, so they must be easy to mantain. Other brands are much more difficult to dissasemble / assemble.

The wider the viewing angles, the more power it consumes. On such large screens, the one which provides the highest run time is probably the one which has the narrowest viewing angle. Be sure to compare apples to apples, as not all...

The screen itself is like $300-350. Labor is harder to tell, but I guess $100 is ok. Try on eBay.

I wonder where my Quadro Go 1400 (GeForce 6800) stands compare to those...

Just be careful to clean the heatsink time to time. My M70 just died because there was no cooling due to excess of moisture.

Both passwords are stored in EPROM (Flash). The one in the motherboard can be bypassed sometimes, but the one inside the hard drive is almost imposible to. It's secure enough to stop next door's Joe.

T60 on 14". The best in town hands down. Or you might like to wait and see what they release as T61. Probably a 14" widescreen, which will be absolutely awesome.

I'm not so concerned with the laptop being stolen as much as someone acquiring my personal information. I simply set a hard drive password. If it ever gets stolen or lost (because I'm sure a lot of them are not really stolen) they...

Quote: Originally Posted by LarryC Not worth worrying about. Be happy with the machine you have now. Get a new one in a couple of years or more. I am tired of the upgrade game with notebooks. How fast do they need to...