Posts by ab526

There is a bios bug where the automatic control of fans in the 4xxx series Sagers doesn't work properly. What seems to happen is that the CPU fan won't actually spin up until it's stuck on 100% cooling and sometimes even then it won't...

Americans use a 3 prong and japanese use a 2 prong. The difference is that Americans use a ground prong and japanese don't. I basically got an extension plug (ie 3 prong in 3 prong out, about 1 inch long) and cut off the ground prong...

My dell laptop was a piece of crap and I wish I had an extended warrenty on it, it broke about 6 times in the first year and it just keeps breaking more. Now I don't even use it unless I have to as it's going to crap out any day now,...

the 4080 is offered with the 3.2, however if you need battery life the 4080 might not be the computer for you, it only really has about a 1hr battery life.

actually the price went down on the 4080, once you get past the processor typo and actually price the same system it runs about 40 bucks cheaper or something like that.

it can be upgraded to a 128mb card which I included in that price comparison

Comparing prices it seems the Gateway is $200 more than the same 4780 configuration although the Gateway does come with free shipping which will chop about $100 off that difference.

you will likely get it before you get your tracking number

frankly it's really hard to take a picture of a glossy screen and make it seem worth while because if you look at the picture through a non glossy screen well the visual effect gets destroyed. Let me just say that the screen alone is...

I play EQ on the 4080 and it looks great, I'm sure you will be happy with whatever choice you made.