Posts by decumcp

Quote: Originally Posted by emeliekaye i picked this dell because my school (cornell) buys them in bulk and i can get a good deal and a good warranty. you say its big...i'm going to be lugging this thing around brazil...

Quote: Originally Posted by hyc Mine hits around 70C sometimes too, and that can be too high if it stays up there for a long time. I was playing a game that used 100% CPU for about 15 hours, and it fried one of my...

Quote: Originally Posted by deltawalkerl I just tried and I am having the same problem. You are exactly right. For the first 10 minutes the speed is limited at less than 3KB/s, but after a while it picks up. So where do...

Quote: Originally Posted by emeliekaye I'm looking to buy a new laptop and have narrowed it down to these two options. I know the PC/Mac debate rages spiritedly, but i guess i am looking for some balanced advice. Pros...

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeK I'm in the process of selecting a new laptop because in 45 days, I'll be teaching a workshop in the use of a high-end piece of engineering software, and my 266Mhz AMD w/ 128mb of ram...

Anyone have a recommendation for a replacment mini PCI wireless b/g card? I just enabled WPA auth on my router and the latest Intel drivers, w22n51.sys, causes BSODs frequently under heavy loads like using bit torrent! Don't they ever...

Quote: Originally Posted by needalaptop I was just wondering what college students were going to do at college this fall that they did not or could not do at home. I have dial up at home so i cannot do alot. I plan on...

I've had my CL56 for 2 months now. The only downside for me is the poor LCD screen...and no PCI-Express, Centrino2. Actually, I'm pretty happy with it but if a new Compal that came out that fixes these, I'll upgrade in an instant!

Quote: Originally Posted by footpedal_2000 You could just format them...... that will wipe the headers and info,,,, Even if you format for Fdisk your data is still there and can be recovered! Use DBan's...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf i was looking around the net last night and came a accross a site where i could download a leaked Longhorn beta, so i did. I tried to install it on my desktops but my MMX has 64mb ram...