Posts by coastalcarolina

This is a known issue with this laptop. The poster above is correct in that disabling the internal touchpad should help. This issue has been discussed in detail over @ forum.notebookreview.com/asus Here are G73JH common problems and...

I agree...wait for the prices to drop. 8GB of RAM is waaaaaay too expensive now..especially in DDR3... and you will not see that much money/value in performance increase. Maybe pay the extra $50 for the faster RAM 4GB option.

Better contrast ratio and quality...normally. Should consume less power and also have a better life span (total hours of runtime). LED LCDs are the new must haves...I was VERY surprised when I didn't see this option. The Dell...

Anyone know why there is no offering of an LED LCD on the new Alienware M17x? Are they planning on offering one?

I think the official releases of 802.11n and USB 3.0 are competing to see which one can take a decade to come out. This is ridiculous.

Any idea when we might see USB 3.0 in these notebooks? I have read as of a few months ago, they were still slating Holiday 2009/Beginning of 2010 as the release date for USB 3.0 to show up in hardware. That is the only thing making...

According to Dell and Alienware's website they are calling the latest notebook the Alienware m17x. The Alienware Area 51 m17x was the old one...it has Area 51 in the model number. The release time line would be: Area 51 m17x - mid...

I sometimes switch between external speakers and my laptops internal speakers with this card inserted. I have noticed that anytime I do this however, I have to go into the card's control panel and switch it between internal laptop...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolApathy From what I read you are as much to blame as he was. both of you were going at it. Calling people uninformed is one thing, calling them stupid, well... You are just asking...

Quote: Originally Posted by ghazgull013 y does he hate u again? Because of this thread that got locked... and he got a temp. ban:... and probably because I took up for "MY" president. God for bid if I...