Posts by Turtle

Quote: Originally Posted by Mattrix I mean featurewise and looks etc its really the best notebook you can buy at the moment IMO. I'm sending it back and hopefully its just a defect - but I have my doubts. How...

I ordered from PCNation.com and I'm still hearing early February from them.

Price gouging is a reality. I preordered mine from PCNation.com and it's gone up about $50 already in less than a week since I placed the order.

First I would try another Windows XP CD (if available). Short of that, try a Windows 2000 CD if you can find one. The setup programs are relatively similar in the bootup portion where you said it's crashing. If that's not an option...

Quote: Originally Posted by andy318 I ordered from PCNation and live in CA but did not have to pay sales tax. During the order process, there is an option to pay a $14 handling fee and have them ship it to you from a...

Does anyone know why some of these stores (like PCNation) who are located in places other than California are still charging sales tax to California residents? It's really annoying because I'm interested in purchasing one of these but I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tong Tong Will the 4750 support 5.1 sound in headphones? I need to get a good set of headphones, and I want to know if getting the 5.1 will be pointless. Thanks! Theoretically,...

Can the BIOS see it?

Oh come on, you know you stole it from someone at the airport. Nah in all seriousness, try calling Gateway tech support. I'm sure they know the backdoor routines. If/when you find it out, I'd be interested in knowing also. ...

My first one was a 286 with a whopping 1MB of RAM. Back in the day, that was an extreme amount. It also had VGA graphics which was extremely unheard of at the time. I think it was 8 MHz with the turbo switch on. It ran DOS 3.3 which had...