Posts by Dib

Well, like I said that's what _I_ would do simply because I take things apart and put them back together on a daily basis. But if it's not a serviceable part that can't be done with the guidance of a tech rep over the phone or with user...

I can relate, I've been down that road with other companies. That's why, in my expeience, it pays to know when to give and when to demand. If you start out yelling at the poor guy on the other end of the phone you're not going to get...

Expecting compensation is illogical. It sucks that they didn't fix the mic, but that doesn't mean they owe you a coffee mug. What matters is that they're paying to ship your laptop back and forth. But you neglected to mention if...

I already have them hooked up with an ethernet crossover cable. The problem is purely with trying to get the two XPs to play nice with each other so I can transfer my files.

Does anybody have a concise, beginner guide to fit what I'm trying to do? All I want to do is link a laptop and desktop together to share files. I don't care about internet connection, I'm not looking to uplink to NORAD, or interface...

OC or not OC--that is the question. That, and where was the page that displays the read out scale and translates them into plain english performance results?

That's really ****ing awful. Unfortunately, the warranty does state, in effect, that you have to run through the steps so they can attempt to diagnose or resolve the problem before they make the decision to return it for repair. For...

You don't have to format from DOS anymore since around Win2k, and XP had the added functionality of booting from CD instead of those damn bootdisks (which makes for a much, much faster process). The Windows installation includes all the...

I wouldn't really mind carrying something like a power supply seperately. I agree, the aluminum briefcases rock. I'd love to get the black Alienware, but if I had $180 to spare I'd have spent it on harddrive and RAM upgrades for my...

What will you do if your wife usurps your laptop, giving you back your desktop instead?