Posts by Ransom

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I recently purchase 2 8777's and am very pleased. As a software Developer who only travels on occasions it is perfect for me. I am now looking to purchase several more laptops to replace my dying line of IBM A and T series notebooks....

I bought a Iomege UBS enclosure and a 120 Gig Western Digital Hard drive. Honestly, I think it works great. I use it for a data store and use it for backup storage and a Media drive for when Im docked at home. I am very pleased...

Well speaking from experience (Im on marriage #2) its good to see that you are already focusing on the good things

I havent had any problems with my keyboard or touchpad, but It doesnt seem to like a PS2 Mouse anymore, Its detected durring boot but doesnt work.. Also the Touchpad doesnt work with a PS2 Mouse plugged in. Most of the time I use a...

Well, I went ahead and Dove in, I flashed the bios, restarted, enabled HT in the bios. When I rebooted windows loaded but the video drivers werent working correctly. A)I restarted with the XP CDRom in. B)Selected Setup C)...

Joel, Will it actually let you boot to windows after you do the bios update and enable HT in the bios? It just doesnt take effect until you update the OS?

I have the deluxe backack which I bought for my previous laptop, and my 8887 fits in snuggly. I dont think it would fit if it was any bigger. I do keep it in the part that velcros with the feet towards the back. I dont use the velcro...

Thats true a full re-install would not be to fun since it took me almost a week to get my development environment set up on it. I have everything I need rounded up now though, but it will still make for a lost weekend reloading...

Its just as sharp as can be if you leave it at 1600x1200 It does loose something if you reduce the resolution. Has anyone tried turning off the screen expansion in the bios when running lower resolutions?