Posts by efalis

I shut mine off somehow, but don't remember how. When the bar appears, there should be an Acer VCM icon in the taskbar on the right. Check preferences to see whether there's a "start when windows starts" option in the...

You're rolling the dice. Will you have the money to repair it if something goes wrong? $400 can get eaten up pretty quickly if there's a display problem. Can you work the warranty through the company you purchase from?

Fujitsu machines do tend to have especially nice displays. There's a product you can get called ColorPlus from Pantone. It's a hardware sensor you put on the screen along with calibration software to make the colors "true". ...

Three out of seven notebooks I've owned in the last 15 or so years have needed some kind of service, which fortunately fell into warranty. Only a couple of the issues were serious. - Ed

Screen doesn't bother me either. I'm happy with the machine.

Try hitting the "speaker" button on the phone when you're connected. Worked for me yesterday. - Ed

Yeah, I just tried it, and it pretty much worked as in the last message.

137, You'll never be happy with an 8204 because it's now tainted goods for you. Move on and find something else you like. Good luck. - Ed

Mark, If the gray test is the color temperature test, you could be having the problem I discovered last night. I had originally calibrated my 8204, then lent the spyder to my son to do his CRT. Then I was unable to recalibrate after...

Connected USB2 devices (like the webcam) drain inordinate power (windows bug). WA, that was already done when you received the 8204 is to add a registry key using regedit: Introduce the following key, of type REG_DWORD and set...