Posts by Spezza

Quote: Originally Posted by sooner06 good work Dell, hope some idiots falls for this trap. Actually, for Canadians these email coupon offers aren't that bad. I got one a few months ago which came with a 50%...

April '05. no problems. Maybe one thing or two, butothing really serious anyway.

I have the WUXGA on a i6000d. And yes, it is beautiful and all BUT... everything is WAY to small. It cause hassles, and all the font rigging you can do to increase the size of text still presents problems. If I could, I'd take the...

Why is it that CHC unilaterally decides to change my CPU speed settings? Every so often, mostly when I change user accounts, a CHC bubble will pop-up telling me it has detected a new setting. WHY?! I always want it on "Dynamic...

Quote: Originally Posted by chevyrulz099 turning a wifi card off will maybe get you 10min. Really? I have always noticed a large difference in batterylife with WiFi off. Anybody else?

Quote: Originally Posted by chevyrulz099 6400 and 1505 are the same. one is just in the @home section, and one is in the small business section. its not possible yet to use a x1400 in the 6000 because its not out...

I have the 6-cell and I only get 2+ hours with Wi-Fi off and screen brightness turned way down - two to three notches at least. So, basically doing nothing but word processing I get a little more than 2 hours. I'm thinking I should be...

Thanks all for your help, but now that I changed the screen turning off times, it doesn't happen. It happened on several occasions (I would notice my CPU light flashing when the screen was off) but never thought any ill of it until the...

Quote: Originally Posted by DELL-Machina What model do you have? i6000d. 1.6 CPU, 1 gig ram, 128 mb x300, etc. Oh, and this happens in my user account (which I use 99% of the time); don't know about Admin...

That's right, my CPU usage skyrockets to 100% when my screen shuts off due to inactivity. I have the screen set to shut off after 10 minutes of non-use. After an hour of non-use the lappy goes into standby. The other day while doing...