Posts by thelostpatrol

Media Center software is not anything outlandishly new, it's just repackaged and re-designed (aesthetically) software that has been on non-"MC" PCs for years, for the most part. Buy yourself an external TV tuner and you'll...

I'm already disappointed hugely in Dell as well, also for personal reasons, but not due to customer service. Does that count as a 'bigger company'? One company I've dealt with which had phenomenal customer service is Apple, and I might...

Quote: It also appears Dell might have known about these potentially dangerous batteries two years before they issued a recall. An anonymous Dell insider leaked scores of documents to CRN, another technology publication, that...

I will also not be buying a Toshiba laptop ever again. I bought the current one last year and the drive was never as fast as they advertised. I had it replaced and they just gave me another one that was also the same as before. They...

I have none on my glossy 1440x900.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html Quote: "Flames were shooting about three feet out the window," the 62-year-old Forqueran said. "I ran to the driver's side door and the flames were rushing...

Everyone hates on whitey nowadays, dayum.

Quote: Originally Posted by N6400 I am not sure how much space it takes up. "C:\\Program Files\\Sonic\\" is about 32mb.

It hardly matters anymore, but if you want both OSes, get a Mac and Bootcamp yourself some Windows.

The extra screen size is very seldom the culprit for the lower battery life. It's when you have graphic sucker applications running at higher resolutions and wireless connections online that you lose your battery life most. 17"...