Posts by 51|RandoM

8790? sounds like a tax form

it is socketed. As far as upgradeable laptops go, they don't make sense from the vendor standpoint. Do I really want to support a 3-year old chassis, just because I made it with upgradeable video? No, I as the vendor, want you to...

the 6805/6807 is so cheap, I didn't really care about what is coming next. I fully intend to get a sager 8790, IF they don't catch on fire after 30 minutes of operation, which means I have to wait for them to ship, and then for some...

6805---Hitachi Travelstar DK23FA-60 Good thing I had a Hitachi 7k60 handy, muahahaha. Very easy swap, restore disks are norton ghost images.

latency is too high for most online gaming.

same thing with cameras. Photographers will often use an external battery pack that they wear inside their clothes to keep the batteries warm and functioning.

5205-S705 was the best laptop I ever used, wish I still had mine(was stolen, doh). CASV screen has to be seen to be believed. Some issues with glare under certain conditions. If you're one of those people who conpulsively touches...

My experience with the CASV screens shows a fairly major issue, at least for me, and that is dealing with glare from ambient lighting. The screens are gorgeous, but if your lighting sucks, you'll be staring at a reflection of yourself,...

People buy the top-end sagers because you usually can't find those particular combinations of hardware(performance) anywhere else. In the lower end, they've got far more competition.

UNIX books are out of date before they're even printed. The 'net has the most up to date reference materials, imho. As a Sun guy, the only t hing in print I use anymore is an OBP reference card that folds up nice and neat to the size...