Posts by KimoT

"I never want to worry about security ever again " That appears to be the problem. OSX, Windows, Linux, and every other operating system will always have security problems. The best defense is a good offense, and knowing...

I'm still hoping for a docking station. The Dells with docks have ports on the side to prevent the dock from blocking them.

That's exactly how it works. When W2k came out, 98 SE was a pretty good operating system. When I had to move to 2000, eXPlicative was buggy. Now that XP is running well, it's on to Vista, which we will all be fond of when the next MS...

Quote: Originally Posted by drumguy00 Looking at the HD options, which would be more beneficial... 160GB 5400 RPM Hybrid drive w/256 MB Flash memory 160GB 7200 RPM Drive I have read that the hybrid drives...

Have you tried setting up a boot password in BIOS?

The Smart Bay drive replaces your optical drive, so a RAID setup would lose one drive every time you need to load a CD. Hopefully this means that some of the benefits of Dell's technology will make their way to Alienware. I would like...

Yeah, it can take a while. Ordered my computer in January, just got the rebates after some minor drama-seems they tried to send them in June to the wrong address, and failed to email that the envelope was returned to them. I called a...

Quote: Originally Posted by xliner247 YES! im mad now! i think i saw a tutorial here on the forums on how to like manually inegrate a small LED-lit bluetooth chip under one of the usb ports though... anyone know of...

If it's just the battery, the laptop should boot when its plugged in. THe most common cause that I have seen for what you are describing is a bad motherboard.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spondling My first computer was a Tandy. It had 4k of RAM and no hard drive. I remember the first person in my class to get a hard drive. It was about 12" across, and held a...