Posts by T_S_Kimball

If you wanted no OS, the disk came pristine and you will need to format and install and OS. If you specifically asked for just XP version of your choice (I chose Pro), you can leave it be since it's normally setup very well with...

Thanks for the post here. Yes I don't normally go past Sager and the General/OT sections (sometimes over to Dell, since I still own an old I-3700). I noticed Tatung as one of the launch partners. This could be interesting for the...

Followup to my last post: Smart Alec came in last week, tried it for first time this weekend, works great. The hip strap helps reduce the shoulder weight a lot, and could probably carry it quite a ways like that. One caveat: The...

I first saw the sager-style notebooks on the supervideo.com site (aka Chuckmeister). It got me curious about such notebooks once I got a look at the specs. Started looking for it on my own (well, he found it, I should be able to). ...

Anyone heard an update from Promise yet? Thinking of poking at Gentoo soon, but want to get 2nd drive first & Raid 0. I cannot find the specific model used by 8890 on their site, only base product lines. Also, I've heard about...

Here is link to sub-$500 PC (assuming the KVM bits are not replaced): http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/p...598882,00.html --TSK

As I had stated elsewhere I had no idea that motherboard upgrades were possible at the time I got my 8890. As always had done, I purchased with the future in mind: I can do some basic upgrades for the next three years or so (all the...

Sun has already done this, Their Sparc-IV chip can handle two threads at the same time by basically having two Sparc-III cores on one chip: http://www.sun.com/processors/UltraSPARC-IV/ Sun's vision called Throughput Computing...

Welcome to the forums Jeffers. Yes, it should work right out the box if you asked for the OS (they'll sell them without an OS installed for those who are actually replacing another notebook or desktop and don't want to pay for another...

Will you accept a bank Casheir's check? My Ebay account fits your qualifications (though I've never had PayPal issues myself). What is the expected battery life, and the weight? --TSK