Posts by ankurg

Why not Acer 8104? My considerations when buying a laptop that prevented me from going with HP 1. HP has historically had poor finishes - they wore out with time. It is supposed to be addressed now but then I dont want to risk my...

Thanks sonicwind. That's a lot of stuff. I guess the Sport bag will fit my needs for traveling with 2 laptops (one being XPS Gen 2), their power bricks plus some papers and music on the flight.

Nice find! That does answer some questions. I will try to store this one - though dont know if there a way to store favorites on the forum? Ideas anyone?

"My clients ask if I am staying over (LOL how embarassing). Also, the bag is almost 7 lbs with nothing in it, so I want to keep total weight under 11 lbs." Ouch - that IS pretty bad. Are you going to take your XPS2 to work?...

This is what you can do: Go to Dell accessories, then to memory configurator, find RAM for Gen 2. You should find it much cheaper than when you configure your laptop. I did this - bought a Dell D810 and then bought 2x1GB from Dell...

This is a really interesting discussion Either that or the topic header is wrong. There is a sony T series too to add to ultraportables. There was a really cool carbon fiber shell sony but that's gone now. Sharp makes some really...

NotebookShoes, One option is HP zd8000 series - it falls in your budget too ($1900). I would have said Dell XPS but that comes to $2700+ properly configured.

The desktop numbers are below: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...charts-06.html Notebook equivalents are slower by 10-20% except the new GeForce 6800 ultra. 6600 go v/s ATI MR x700 is a really tough one though - I guess you will...

Doom3Groupie, For stats on whether you can nicely (>30 fps) play doom3, check out video card benchmarks at tomshardware.com and anandtech.com, and also the specs listed at gamespot.com. In a nutshell, for ATI MR x600, you can...

I currently use an IBM. Certain things to keep in mind (on IBM and in general) 1. Construction wise the thinkpad T series are great. But: IBM is sold to Lenovo. I know IBM says that it should not make a difference, but for my money I...