Posts by barron

I tried to call PCTorque for the first time today since buying my machine from them 2 years ago. I'm on the road and dont have my laptops powercord and was gonna see if I could emergency order another. However, apparently tech...

Hinge cracks repaired, (and they're again cracked) but other than that, works great.

Yeah, I've seen that. But it really kinda matters how the venting of the heat is accomplished. I'm sure the 9860 is cooler cuz it does a great job venting. The question is does it vent it in such a way people are happy with it as a...

My 5680 runs pretty hot. Anyone have any perspective on how the 9860 compares? I use the 5680 on my lap all the time. Thanks

Anyone have any metrics on 64 bit linux on the 9860 compared with 32bit? Faster? How much? Reliable? (I'm a debian user these days..) Thanks

If I had my preference, I'd use fedora only because I have a pretty long history using redhat. That said, when I read the forums it looks like things like my internal wirless G drivers may have issues with some releases, etc. Is...

Anyone have any things on which linux distro supports the sager 5680 the best? Mines otw, and with the recent changes in redhat, I'm nollonger married to redhat 9. I've been thinking fedora, or perhaps SuSe. Ideally I'd like...