Posts by galahad05

Voted Vista just to be contrarian. And besides, it seems pretty fast to me on my little m1530.

More info needed: what specific games or what kind of games?

Check out this page. http://www.netmon.org/tools.htm Might have something useful for you--I'm looking at "Show Traffic" and "Network Probe" in particular. Note that Wireshark is also listed in that group; I...

Well...Ethereal (now called Wireshark) can do the job...but it's WAY too low-level (and powerful in that sense) for what you want. It's a true network packet sniffer, with logging and filtering capabilities. But it's not so easy to set...

Just to get the discussion rolling: my router has this capability. It's a Trendnet TEW-631BRP, and it can do traffic-shaping. It's by no means free, however. I'm sure there's something out there to do this on the cheap, but it will...

What about the source material? Is it (software-wise) set up to run DD?

You have it set to output DD 5.1 format or somesuch?

Good point. I figure Dell won't change...unless one of their major competitors start upgrading their 15" lineup.

I've had mine for a month or so. I've been gaming on it, surfing, MIMO-WiFi'ing with it, etc. Works well. Even plays Crysis (res/effects turned down some) okay.

Hoff's trackpad problem is definitely unique to his system (read: it's not "just the way it is"): my 1530 tracks well, with very little finger pressure. The "touch sensitive" media controls are an eyebrow-raiser for...