Posts by tasslehawf

Try shutting off all of the extraneous vista graphics crap. Right click on 'Computer' and go to 'Properties'. Click on 'Advanced System settings' then click on 'Performance..settings'. Turn off everything that sounds like it hogs...

I think I'll wait for a slimline slot-loading Blu-ray burner.

First try this: Right click on 'Computer' and go to 'Properties'. Click on 'Advanced System settings' then click on 'Performance..settings'. Now here's the fun part: turn off everything that sounds like it hogs system performance -...

I wonder if my hackintosh install will recognize more than 4gb.

I was wondering in you could stick more than 4gb into the M1530 if you have a 64-bit OS installed (Vista or 7)? Mine is more than a year old, but I've noticed that you can now configure the M1530 with up to 8gb.

XPS M1530 w/ Vista Ultimate all updates done. It tends to reboot all the time. Randomly. Especially when it IS plugged into the AC adapter. Anyone seeing this problem?

I got a refurb M1530 crimson red with Vista Pro for $1100 and got the 3 year warranty for the total of a base 1530 new. No cosmetic blemishes. There was something weird with the trackpad, but a guy came and fixed it no problem. I will...

Well it's been success all around: First I got XP running. Not on my internal, but on another HD out of my last laptop. It had a clean install of XP Pro. I turned off the AHCI in bios and it booted right up. All the drivers installed...

Quote: Originally Posted by ihabfan you got about 245 gb, partition about 10gb for xp. what exactly do you store in your computer anyways? 245gb is alot. Yeah. Mostly graphics projects. But I do need to back...

If it weren't for this one piece of software (Alias), I could live with the way my other 3d program (Alibre) runs on Vista. But there is a display issue with Alias in Vista. Currently I don't have anymore space for a second partition. I...