Posts by TrickM

This is a total guess, but I'd assume running it from HD would consume more power. Not because the HD would need more juice, but because HD's run hotter, and the fans would probably kick in more often.

Quote: whats the chances of the replacement screen having more dead pixels? Statistically? The same as your chances of getting a dead pixel on the first one.

Quote: I do not normally run it till the battery dies, maybe once a month, just to cycle the battery If I'm not mistaken, the 8887 has a lithium ion battery, right? Those don't need to be cycled (and, actually,...

Both addresses you gave are for the Dell website, and your machine is probably just automatically checking for updates and patches. I'd hardly call it "spyware" based on the information you've provided so far.

If your WiFi coverage at school is questionable, trust me, you're better off with an external PCMCIA card than using an internal. They're nearly always much better at picking up lower-quality signals than internal cards.

Just do some research, maybe even talk to some of them, and you should be fine. In any case, "which reseller should I use?" discussions are against the rules of this place.

I get mine over 55 all the time, and it's been fine for going on six months now.

Why not just use a bootable external hard drive (or even just a CD) with a virus scanner on it? You'd never need to crack the case.

I'm not surprised the Sager guy wasn't much help -- this really sounds like a wireless router problem, and not a problem with the Sager. To answer your questions: Quote: 1. Is an 802.11g router so powerful that it will...

Quote: If you read Contacting Sager for Tech Support (Please Read) they don't want to use an outside resource for support but the fact that it was mentioned, well? I think they mentioned it just to reassure people...