Posts by trekuhl

well i've had my fs640 for about two months, but i am going to have to dump it. 1280x800 is just not enough res for me. its a shame as i upgraded to 1.5G RAM and 100G hd 5400. despite the poor battery life, the rest of the...

all upgrades require previous version, MS upgrades of anything you can stick in the old version when it asks to verify. thats the way it has always been. sometimes this is nice, you could buy an upgrade to office 2003 cheaper than...

Has anyone who has handled both noticed a difference in quality when running the z70v at lower res (round same res as z70a) i have seen the z70v in person, looks good at native 1650 res but text and all didnt seem as nice at lower res...

I've got 1.5 GB in my 640. left the single 512 in and added 1GB stick off newegg ($120) and put in 100GB drive 5400rpm like it but resolution sucks, need at least 1400 notably, BB and CC have no 15 or 15.4 laptops that do higher...

its a piece of cake... i upgraded my fs640 60GB 4200 --> 100GB 5400 when you flip it over panel will be top left. unscrew it. 4 screws drop drive down. then i think a couple more hold it to the bracket that drops out. and...

if you have a miniDV cam, rec to hi8 cam from miniDV cam. time-consuming, but costs nothing if you have both cams. worst that will happen is you get black bar on side of screen (minimal) since hi8 may be set for diff aspect ratio...

thanks for the quick reply. the xbrite coating is fine unless you are in a sunny place/outdoors, then it stinks. my sony 23in LCD for my desktop doesnt have the reflective coating, just normal and its fine. as long as the...

thanks for the quick reply. the xbrite coating is fine unless you are in a sunny place/outdoors, then it stinks. my sony 23in LCD for my desktop doesnt have the reflective coating, just normal and its fine. as long as the...

how would you compare the LCD with say, a sony FS series? i have a fs640 right now, but may go with the z70 instead. i like my sony (upgraded to a 100GB 5400 drive and put 1.5 GB ram in it clean install as well) but may be able to get...