Posts by bobwalt

55-XPS Gen2 Got last week Dell XPS Gen2 17" 1920x1200 WUXGA Pentium M 760 2Ghz 2MB L2 533 FSB 512MB PC4200 533Mhz (will upgrade when price goes down) 256MB nVidia Go 6800 Ultra 60GB 7200 RPM 8x DVD+/-RW DualLayer...

I suspect a great many will disagree with me buying cheap memory is usually a bad idea. The quality of some manufacturers is better than others. I find Micron and Samsung to usually work about the best. I have seen many cases where...

I got 5007 I tried to post it on Futuremark but they would not come up. Note that this is with std setup no reformat just new drivers (76.50)very little tweaking. Bob

My last laptop was a Sony Vaio GRT170. The reason I will never buy another Sony is that Sony does not have any long term commitment to its users. For example the latest NVIDIA video driver from Sony is 46.xx. This driver does not work...

When one considers the lifetime of a laptop 60 times is insignificant. I have used laptops as my personal system for years; in addition I have seen what happens when the systems have not been well treated but if you have someone who...

Several Manufacturers recommend letting the system cool for 10-15 minutes before closing the lid. I've always found this to be a good idea. Why take chances with something that cost a couple grand or more? However, it the building...

I replaced the drive that came with my Vaio with the 7200rpm 60GB hd from Hitachi and it is fast. I just ordered my XPS Gen2 and I was going to use that drive in my new laptop but then I thought that since I have used this drive for...