Posts by CyberFriend

Quote: Originally Posted by SV007 Was your hard drive wiped clean after the new motherboard install? I am not looking forward to a half day of reloading software, networking, etc. If the drive is wiped clean, I might...

After I received the replacement of the motherboard, everything works great now. No problem whatsoever. Also, I played rpg for hours until the computer gets hot but it never shut down. I have not stress that computer that much until now.

Quote: Originally Posted by SV007 That's an excellent price for that config. Hope yours lasts longer than mine. My M680XL worked flawlessy for 2 days, then just died. Won't power up, nothing - sent back for Service...

Quote: Originally Posted by czm2000 No offense, but I'm not sure it's fair to compare the 2 on that level. The XPS2 would surely win. That said I guess it would be interesting to know. I know that the m680 is...

Quote: Originally Posted by rp3 And offset by the weaker warranty. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I got the 1 year warranty with accidental coverage instead of the Dell's 2 years warranty with accidental...

Quote: Originally Posted by johare That's sort of like saying that trading in your Ferrari for a Camaro isn't a downgrade because you have 'upgrades' like better gas mileage, less blind spots and a back seat. ...

So I guess the screen is in the eye of the beholder.

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainCheerios ...accidently drop it and break it....then they wwill up grade it to a newer and faster gfx card.........hd.............processor lol....but remember it has to be an ACCIDENT...

Yeah, it is more important to get a good hardware than software. Do what flashram say.

Good info