Posts by Jeffbx

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system? b) Prefer to buy a branded system 2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC? d) 2 – 3 years 3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance? a)...

Don't assume - machine already supports them (Lenovo W520) - they're just not widely available yet.

Does anyone know of a place selling 8GB DIMMs yet? Looks like Crucial does not have any yet.

Screen brightness, wireless card, dual core processor, discrete video & bluetooth can all KILL battery life. We buy Lenovo's exclusively with the 9-cell & discrete video, and that's about the expected battery life under average...

Yes - the W700 supports RAID. Brace yourself for the cost! They also have a W700 with dual LCDs - a smaller LDC pulls out of the side of the main one - absolutely an amazing machine....

Lenovo machines ARE fantasitic - but for Photoshop, I'd recommend the T or W series, not the R or SL. T and W are the best built, sturdiest machines that Lenovo makes, and W series is specifically designed for design work (like...

I just got the X301, and it's a great little machine. Integrated video is fine for day to day Office & web apps, but you sure don't want to use it for any 3D apps! Weight is amazing - I think this thing is actually lighter than...

I buy machines from ebay & CL from time to time, and I try to be really careful about making sure they're not stolen or suspicious. Now, I *know* that Dell tracks whether machines have been reported as stolen, but it's really...

Check device manager to see what drivers are missing - that'll tell you better than the driver CD.

Call Dell - sounds like a flaky MB. You can hold down the 'FN' key when you power it up to get into diagnostics mode & run a scan - I'd bet you see at least one error.