Posts by Ryotaro

I believe there is a utility in QuickSet that let's you check the condition of the battery. It has seemed to be pretty good for me and has let me know when the battery is going bad. The first warning was of course ignored, but in about...

Gratz on the system ND6. I hope you enjoy it for a long time.

Alienware is almost guaranteed due to their accidental leak of the information as well as their recent 'top secret' announcement. Since they are in fact Dell, I would suspect Dell will also be announcing on the same day. Depending on...

The only chance would be for a PCMCIA card (or the new mini-version that you have). As of now, I am not aware of any options like that. I think physics in games will become standard, but it seems there are lots of options for...

I am going to do the upgrade, but the latest seem to focus just on Crysis. If you don't play that and are happy with your current drivers it is probably not worth it. Still, you might want to check the release notes to see if any of...

Ubuntu AMD64 is all I really use, but I have a winXP partition for when I need a Civ fix. Gonna try it again with wine someday, but right now it *works*. I boot into windows once a month to download patches when I am _really_ bored.

Hmm, I haven't noticed gaming problems with the Audigy2, but I might try checking my temps out. They have always been a bit hot. Anyway, I don't think you will find anything for your exact purpose, but you could use FRAPS and do a few...

Untweaked, it does 'alright' at 1280x800 with medium settings, but it still looks pretty impressive on my old 7800 (not overclocked) with 169.04 drivers. I don't think I would want to run through the whole game at those settings and...

Targus laptop bag (3 years old) and Targus backpack (6 years old) for the 17 incher Sleeve bought in Japan, + Tumi laptop bag and Oakley backpack for the 12 incher (both won't hold the 17 inch) All seem like pretty good quality and...

Thanks for the info. I picked one of those babies up and have it in an external enclosure. With a eSATA connection, it seems very snappy. I will swap it with my current drive on next OS refresh.