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Originally Posted by Element
I'm pretty sure all notebooks manufactured after a certain point in time (possibly around 1999, allow you to power up without the battery inserted. I guess y'all are talking about...
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Originally Posted by mmarkin
Just curious; Most of the big/nice hotels out there provide high speed access now. Is that simply too expensive? Has anyone tried this?
You have to define...
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Originally Posted by Element
Yes you can bootup a notebook without a battery inserted. It's odd how many people believe this myth. Anybody know how it started?
Unfortunately this is NOT correct. There...
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Originally Posted by JeffL
For one thing, dialing out via a hotel internet line is EXPENSIVE, so why bother? Even those prepaid phone cards are cheaper!
But yeah, it sounds like you are dialing the wrong...
OK, I've run into this before using other ISP's at hotels.
First, make sure you're using the right number to access an outside line. Usually this is 9 for local calls and 8 for long distance.
If you are using the right number and...
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Originally Posted by Atomic
any tweaks or straight basic install?
You have to have Microsoft Media Encoder 9 installed for all of the tests to run. You can download it free from Microsoft's web...
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Originally Posted by SidiusTej
damn is the scoring system any different than 3dmark03?
if not ur comp is blazin
Well it's a new version of PCMark so I'm assuming it's at least a little different. You...
