Posts by Mastiff

I guess there's always new stuff coming out. So I'll get the largest drive that will fit for now (750 gig) and hope and wait for the next, best thing.

Not that difficult, but a lot of work. I've ben installing stereo systems in my cars and friends' and relatives' cars for 25 years, so I use the same principles and cable types. You should see the carputer setup in my Chevy Suburban....

The docking is as fast as if it's connected to the mainboard. eSata, DVI ports and all. Anyway, with the PSU's I'm expecting in the mail next week this is no more a problem for me.

Sounds promising, thanks! I'll try to be a patient padawan...

I opened my Dell Precision M6500, and it seems it can't use one of those 12.5 mm 1 TB drives that are around now. I tried to google it, but didn't really find any info. Does anybody here know if there will be 1 TB 9 mm drives any time...

Well, I have ordered two original 210w PA-7E adapters instead. Found them with a good price and a nice seller who will mark them down for me (Norwegian customs fees are pure blackmail). Two new adapters with shipping for less than I...

Well, they're still 1/3 of the PSU I use on my only i7 desktop computer (which is running my home theater). That has a 650 watt PSU, and I really had to use that. The 500 watt I tried couldn't cope. Of course the computer is so...

Thanks! I'll drop it then. Turns out the seller doesn't really know what he's talking about anyway. Quote: "Dell makes maximum 120W not 210Wand i am selling this from last 1 year and no single complaint, rest is upto...

Figures. Thanks! I'll stick to the originals, then.

Yeah, good point. This would be for travel. Without much extra at all. Maybe I'm lucky! But it would be good to be sure... Maybe I'll ask them if they will pay the return shipping if it doesn't work on my M6500? Then they should be...