Posts by darthjones

I asked a similar question in the general notebooks section, but I am actually partial to HPs, so I figured that you guys would be the best ones to ask. What I'm looking for is the newest HP available for which one can still download...

The HP DV9230US that I've been using for a year-and-a-half just started to suffer from the dreaded battery charge problem that those systems are known for. So, it's time for me to upgrade but, like many, I can't stand Vista. Many...

I would love to be able to use the Dell System Restore option (Ctrl+F11) to restore my own image. I know Dell uses a version of Ghost (most likely Ghost 1993) and I know that the image is located in a hidden partition. Does anyone know...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ice_Cold I use mine for transfering files between my 9300 and my 9100 Works Great. When you pass your cursor over the network icon for your firewire connection on the bottom right...

I thought about the hardrive bottleneck issue so I tried tranferring using an ethernet cable. Transfers between my laptop and my computer using an ethernet cable are actually twice as fast and much more reliable than transferring using...

I asked this in another thread but I might as well ask it here too - I have an Inspiron 9300. My firewire connection settings register the speed as being 100 Mbps. Anyone else get that? Isn't it supposed to be 400? Am I supposed to...

I noticed that under "1394 Connection Status" the speed shows up as 100 Mbps and not 400 Mbps. Does this happen to any one else? Nothing in the control panel allows me to increase the speed to 400. Transfers between my laptop...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cutters yes there are , getting one myself, here's the link: www.protectcovers.com Actually, those are the ones with the adhesive that I was talking about...

Are there any good keyboard covers for the 9300? I was thinking about getting a Protect keyboard cover but I read some reviews that said that they use an adhesive and eventually collects dust where the adhesive is located. I was hoping...

I do a lot of programming so being able to extend my desktop onto an attached monitor would be nice. Does the 9300 allow this with any of the video card options? Thanks DJ