Posts by noot

Does anyone have any info on this thing? From what I can tell, it's the ideal laptop for me....can't find anything on it other than on the Acer site.

Quote: Originally Posted by killer_deep where do you live noot? near Edmonton, Alberta thats in Canada for you who don't know hehe

3hours 30min? Do you expect it to be more or less? What was it before?

I would recommend Gentoo for a number of reasons. First, some explanation....you can install a Gentoo stage 1 install, which is literally from scratch. A stage 2 install is almost from scratch..you basically skip one step. stage 3 is...

correction: I just read that the hitachi travelstar 7k100 drives are now shipping, with SATA versions to come in july. Anyone have one of these?

I'm having a hard time finding information on mobile SATA drives... From what I hear, the Hitachi 7k60 (PATA) is the fastest mobile drive available? When are mobile 7200rpm SATA drives coming out?

Yeah, thats what it seems like indeed..stupid lazy companies. I had checked the website too, but I just wasn't sure...it's not too uncommon that the websites are inaccurate.

I've been reading a lot about everything, as I've said before, and something kind of bothers me. No offence to anyone, this could be a lack of knowledge on my side, but a laptop with a fast CPU, a decent GPU, and a small(ish) size is...

Has anyone tried Omega Drivers? For my crap ATI R9200 they improved perf. a lot, i don't know how well they work for nVid.

I plan on buying a Z71V, and I will be running Gentoo linux almost primarily. IMO, Gentoo is one of the best distro's out there. i would consider myself an "intermediate" linux user...the jump from "beginner" to...