Posts by ewerx

well i'm not even getting the dvd burner with the laptop (i have a desktop with one already), so i dont think slower burn times will be an issue. looks like i'll go with the samsung then

Well since there are no 7200RPM of any kind available here (and the local resellers won't give me any ETA, which usually means at least a month), I guess I'll go with the Fujitsu SATA. It just feels like a bit of a ripoff because it's...

Quote: Originally Posted by smilepak Highly recommend try to get Hitachi 7200RPM drive. If not, go with the Seagate you've mentioned above. Well I want 80GB (so I can dedicate 20GB to Linux dual-boot), and...

Ok I know this type of question has been asked before but I am trying to buy my Z71V at a local computer store in Canada so my choices are more limited: - Fujitsu 80GB SATA 5400RPM: $255 - Seagate Momentus 80GB IDE 5400RPM: $195 -...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaker I live in Canada, and I don't know how I can get one of these. Are there any Canadian retailers or ways of ordering online, preferably where warranties can be handled without...

Well so far I like the sound of Ubuntu, especially for a laptop, but I prefer KDE to Gnome. So what do people think of kubuntu?

Ok.. seems the majority like Gentoo and Ubuntu. I've installed Gentoo before, but it was a console-only system. Seems like the major difference is that Gentoo is a lot more tedious, especially waiting for things to compile, and...

FrontierPC.com now has the Z71v as well, $975 for the barebone. Funny, it is still hard to find local stores that have Pentium M 740/750/760 line. PC4200 SODIMM are also hard to find around here, as are SATA notebook hard drives. So...

LinkSys is generally considered better quality than D-Link and Netgear. LinkSys usually has better firmware, more router features like QoS, etc. As for Speedbooster, AFAIK it's basically just a compression scheme and only makes a...

Anitec has it on their website now (link). $959 (cdn) for the barebone, which is not bad compared to some US resellers. Unfortunately they don't have any CPUs (Pentium M 740/750/760), RAM (PC4200 DDR2), or the optical drives that you...