Posts by chuck232

Nice review and great pics. It's definitely better looking than I initially thought. It is disappointing about the battery life though. In another review, it seems like better battery life was achieved though. Then again, everyone has a...

It depends on what you mean by multitask. As well, what type of engineering are you going to be going into? I know my WSXGA screen has served me well through my first year of computer engineering. Personally, I'm hooked on the screen...

Quote: Originally Posted by kent1146 1) How would I know if 6lbs doesn't fit my needs for mobility, if I have never seen, used, or touched a 6lb notebook? Maybe I should just stuff 6lbs of canned vegetables in my...

Just don't expect anything amazing out of a X1400 in a game like Oblivion. My (albeit aging) X800XT PE with a X2 3800+ at 2.5GHz and a 1GB RAM can barely push 1280x720 at medium settings. Frame rates drop down to ~15FPS pretty regularly...

Quote: Originally Posted by suddste223 Do you know how long before it expires? or does it not expire, and you can keep it forever? February 1st is the expiration date for the software.

Definitely a good choice. I still can't stomach the looks for the HEL80. Sure it may not be the only reason for buying a laptop, but aesthetics definitely play some sort of role. Nice looking system you've specc'd out there in your sig.

Yeah, they're pretty much identical. The HGL30 definitely looks better than the HEL80, but I still dont' think it's in the same league as the W3J when it comes to looks. The bezel/back of the screen still looks... iffy.

Quanta and Compal are first and second respectively. Quanta has like 50% of Dell's orders for notebooks.

Oh yeah, ZGold's hit it on the head. The dual core system will be faster. That's not the mention the Go 7600 is already faster than the X700.

You'll have to take a look and see what your laptop supports.