Posts by darilon

Glare type screens are beautiful. They do have a downside and that is they tend to reflect ambient light and create glare. This isn't a problem if you can rotate your laptop so the light isn't shining at an angle to create glare for...

I know the waiting feeling. I was very lucky and had checked ahead of time that everything was in stock at Canadasys for my Z71V and they shipped the very next shipping day via Canada Post Expedited Parcel (insured). Canada Post...

Have you also considered the Toshiba with P-M 1.6ghz and the go 6600 they sell at Futureshop? It was the one I considered from there before I went with a Z71V. I ended up getting the Z71V configured the way I want it and with...

I'll try to get time to whip up a review some time in the next week or so. So far I'm very impressed. Some times I think I might have liked a glossy screen, but this one's pretty darned nice as well. I put Star Wars Episode II on it...

Quote: that is only if u break the stickers that resellers like canadasys put on after they assembly it, an advantage to building it urself is you can add the stickers later Stickers? I see no...

My Z71V arrived yesterday from Canadasys. Very good presales support, fast shipping and an answer in under an hour on the only technical support question I had. Everything working the way it should and am formatting the drive and...

Ordered my Z71V with 1.73ghz cpu, 1gb 533, 80gb 5400rpm drive, dvd/cdrw, xp pro on Saturday afternoon, it shipped Monday, arrived Friday. After one small glitch I'm now installing. Man it takes a while to format a big partition! ...

For pure looks I like the Acer Ferrari 3400. The black 4000 isn't quite as nice. The powerbooks look great as well. Fortunately I'm comfortable with my feminine side and have a Z71V. Kinda wish I hadn't bought the extended warrantee...

I would always use at least a cafeteria tray or something hard and flat for a laptop on a bed. Heat is your enemy. A large book like an Atlas might do the trick too

You have to order an optical drive to install in it.