Posts by Labmouse

Price cuts won't be anywhere near as drastic on Intel processors as they were the last 2 years...well, maybe on the Pentium D series...but Intel has a lot of backstock on that. There's very little competition for the Core 2 series of...

Another thing you should consider is the memory bandwidth. The 7600 has a 128 bit wide memory path, while the 7900gs has 256-bit wide memory path. Confused enough?

I don't think you can get a barebones that will take a P4-M any more. Maybe the Alienware has a P-M? You may be able to reuse the memory and HD though.

Core 2 duo

I stopped cracking open AC adapters since the last time...it started smoking furiously and fried... I swear! It wasn't me!

Ah, good luck with your next purchase.

Asus A8js? It's around $1600 US

Hmm...the DC voltage may be fine with a simple voltmeter test and only fluctuate under load. He did mention "isolation" (I assume he means insulation) is damaged. Could have a pinched wire in there that's only making contact...

LOL, I think you lost me with the 2nd sentence. BTW, what are you getting rid of? The laptop or the AC adapter?

I've heard the battery life on the W7J is pretty short only 2.5-3hrs.