Posts by Djembe

I've had good luck with Asus as a brand. Most of their stuff is a bit out of your price range, but the K53SV seems like it would work well for you. GenTechPC is selling it for $820, and Laptop Magazine liked what they saw on a slightly...

Quote:Originally Posted by jppv  Hey all,   I currently have 3gb of ram on my Sony Vaio and I am looking to upgrade. I use my laptop for design work it's my everything computer.    My question is, how do I know I am...

Quote:Originally Posted by bccpucallpa  Hello!! It is a pleasure to participate in this forum that helped me a lot because almost all the doubts that had already been very well answered! I have a very strange problem. I bought an...

Optimus graphics switching is not always very transparent. To make sure you're using the Nvidia card, right-click the launch icon for the game and set it so it always uses the Nvidia graphics. It probably does already, but that way you...

Quote:Originally Posted by lappytappy  im confused because, im willing to spend 2,000 more just to get lenovo which is a part of ibm. Actually, the Lenovo you're looking at is an IdeaPad, which is just one of Lenovo's...

Asus has been pretty slow with rolling out Sandy Bridge-based 14" notebooks. The most recent one I can find is the U46SV on GenTechPC, which apparently is not quite out yet, but should be soon. It has a decent video card that should be...

I'd check to see if it's the real Splendid driver or a malware program with the same name. Splendid should not be using anywhere near that much memory. As to whether to keep or remove the actual driver, I find it useful for preset...

Quote:Originally Posted by goshenNotebook  I have a ASUS K52F notebook.To avoid the battery "memory effect" (This is where upon charging from less than the full discharge starting point, the battery remembers the limited cycle which...

Quote:Originally Posted by accessoriesguy  However RAM is flash memory and already uses a little bit of energy.   1.8 V for DDR2 1.5 V for DDR3 No, RAM is RAM. It is NOT flash memory. It definitely uses energy, but it also...

Apple always gets good ratings, and Asus and Toshiba have been rated the most reliable brands by a SquareTrade survey.