Posts by MagicRobin

Quote: Originally Posted by pelazem Gotcha... I am on UXGA now though with fonts set to small etc. and get impatient with the limited horizontal space... Could not bear to give up 150 horiz. pixels. To each his/her...

You can search for these on eBay as well, but sellers know it's a sought after item, so prices are completely insane for a sticker.

Quote: Originally Posted by Suur-Marsu SCREEN It's a low-res screen (1024x768) with very bright, vibrant colors, but crap viewing angles. The viewing angles and resolution are propably my main gripes with this lappy....

There's always a risk with eBay, albeit small. I don't think it's worth the hassle of ordering separate components from separate eBay auctions (always more of a hassle if you have a problem) - especially if money isn't an issue. It just...

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Tommy - any news? I made an interesting discovery today. I have booted my nc8000 under SuSE Linux, and guess what? The fan doesn't come in. At all. So it seems that it is possible to run the computer fan off at full 1.7GHz speed. It...

Opening a computer can be very easy or very hard, depending on the model. I'm sure some fellow members would be willing to assist you, except it will be hard for us to guess what Acer model you have

Thank your lucky stars, I have uploaded a copy. Hurry, I won't leave it forever Download

Quote: Originally Posted by Tommi I asked my brother (nw8000) about the noise levels. He said that there is NO noise in normal use. He can even leave the computer on over the night, e.g. for long processing jobs and it...

So - after 2 phone calls, the guy told me he tried with a nc8000 and it has the same behavior than mine: the fan is on all the time, albeit at a "low level that is not disturbing", he said. I asked him if it was normal that the...