Posts by TrickM

Yep -- back in the old days, a file could live a good long time without being overwritten. These days, with temporary internet cache files, downloads, and all the other files that come and go on a regular basis, there's a very good...

Quote: Originally Posted by Unomas Can anyone comment on this without being biased? You must be new here.

Quote: I guess I'm showing my age here, but I remember a time when people bought new hardware to keep up with the demands of software. Hardware is soo far ahead of software right now its not funny, and I really dont foresee...

Let me preface this by saying I'm primarily a Unix and Linux guy... this may be a stupid question to people who work with Windows more than I do: This morning, I went to shut down my 4780, and it hung. This happens a lot, actually......

Yep -- the drop in wireless signal is definitely not Sager's fault. In fact, it's *extremely* common for wireless cards, from just about all vendors, to lose connection when a cordless phone is used near them, because of signal...

Afraid I've got some bad news for you... it's just not going to work on a Sentia. The Intel card on those things is (I believe -- though I've been wrong before) below the minimum requirements for the game.

The resolutions are very similar. Basically, to get a relative idea of widescreen vs. non-widescreen resolutions, just look at the height number. In your case, you're used to 864. Going to 800 probably won't make much of a noticable...

I'd rather have the 1440x900, myself, even though a non-widescreen equivalent would be something like 1200x900 (give or take a few pixels). Most games, even on a screaming machine like the 8790, bog down a bit at resolutions that...

Quote: Well, are you talking about a mobile Athlon 64 3200? Either the 32-bit or 64-bit Athlons will trounce a 1.7GHz Centrino. However, both the Athlons and the Centrino could run circles around your current...

Quote: With the Centrino 1.7 GHZ, how does that compare benchmark wise to an Athlon 64 3200+ etc? An Athlon 3200+ will blow a 1.7GHz Centrino so far out of the water it won't even be wet when it lands. I just...