Posts by vvalerio

Quote: Didn't Packard Bell change their name to Alienware? cute... actually, NEC ate Packard Bell up about 5 years ago... They rebadged their existing stock and sold em as NEC's... They do a bit of a better job... PB...

Quote: if you can make an external enclosure for the pci card then u need to start up your own little biz!!! actually, these exist. and theyre really expensive - something like $800 for a 2 PCI slot enclosure. I saw...

But i hate hummers... So that cant be... and besides, it really isnt the hummer of laptops by any streach. Maybe one of the panasonic toughbooks, or the itronix gobooks... i think that title would require it pass a drop test, and i...

Incedentally, SEMC... One comment you made confused me... With Longhorn - what is this '3-D interface' you mentioned... I havent seen anything about that... The alpha versions ive seen look like XP with a huge freaking clock... And...

Drat - as i wrote all that drivel most of it was said... Oh well... Wine is what you need to get games working... And if you want to subscribe, Transgaming will allegedly make the process an easier one. And when you say...

The only true misconseption you have is that linux is a toy. Linux is not a toy, it is a tool. It allows you to customize a computers operating system to do exactly the task that you want it to; with the right software. If you want...

Quote: 1280x1024 is 16" or 17" for me, no smaller or bigger. I have no troubles reading text at this res on my 15"... It gets a little squinty at 1600x1200, but its good when i need the realestate.

I dont see why they couldnt make a driver from WinXP... It'd just need to be a dummy driver pretty much. Something to fool the system into thinking something is attached. But is it worth it - thats the question.

Well, the simple answer is that its not gonna happen. If you look at any laptop out there with a docking station you will notice that it has a special connector on the back or bottom to extend the bus of the computer. sagers dont have...

From above mentioned article - for the lazy... "This fan, and the various other products that look and work just like it, seem quite likely to not work at all if your laptop runs Windows 2000 or XP. Since the fan only connects...