Posts by Labmouse

Depending on the age of the laptop, all you're going to be able to swap out is the memory and the hard drive. On anything a year or more recent, you should be able to swap out the CPU and the optical drive (good luck finding a matching...

No and no. Did I mention no?

I believe that laptop is based on the Mitac 8089P. http://www.mitac-mtc.com.tw/product/file/8089P.jpg Careful, HUGE jpg file.

I just read the hothardware.com comparo of the PM vs the Athlon 64...the Athlon 64 was a desktop chip using dual-channel memory? Wouldn't it have been a more reasonable comparison to have used a single-channel S754 chipset mobo with a...

I've heard that Benq will be bringing their laptops to the US soon, I personally like their Joybook 7000 series. 14.1" wxga, under 5 lbs, with an MR9700 64MB. Hope that helps. If you want something now, go for the Acer TM3204....

Very tough question. I'm personally biased against Dell, but I have no problems recommending it to someone else. How's your mom's vision? I find the text on an SXGA resolution display (1400x1050) to be a bit too small to comfortably...

Yes, there is a little ripple on the LCD, but you're going to get that on most laptops (except for those milspec models with the metal chassis) I can certainly live with it and it's better than on my old Inspiron 8100 which made me worry...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaneda I'm not sure... i just hit ok -> apply, didn't do anything extra. Ah, that could be it. go and calibrate the cleartype fonts. When I did that, I found the text was so sharp...

Here's a quick rundown of the new ati mobile parts and what they are equivalent to M22/X300 M9000/9200 M24/X600 M9700 M26/X700 roughly equal to the M9800 M28/X800 Geforce 6800 mobile fighter

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaneda Just wondering. Some people run 96 or 120 dpi with cleartype, or standard, or none at all. What do you guys prefer? Cleartype is supposed to be great for LCD's but 96dpi cleartype...