Posts by DVSman

x2 For gaming - video card is always king, especially when your talking about laptops. Also keep in mind that most people that bought the older XPS dells - bought it with the top of line card already installed. The fact that it was...

BTW: Though I'm a mostly desktop computer gamer, I've done a bit of research for my laptops to be able to play games (even if I never do). The Gateway I have P6831FX has a newer version (7811 or something like that) that is great if you...

Used computers have mediocre value at best. Especially if they aren't top of the line "Previous Gen" ones. With new laptops being so cheap - selling a used one is only going to get you so much. Maybe you'll get lucky with a...

Great review man - about the only thing I didn't like was the keyboard. While most points were mentioned by prior commenters - the thing I didn't like on mine was the dark / copper colored number keys. Dark on dark is just plain stupid....

The T9300 is a quantum leap improvement over the base CPU. I am running one in mine as well and in COD4, the game went from unplayable due to skipping (with the stock CPU) to totally playable with the T9300. Worth the $$$ if you are a...

Just wanted to update - I have already sold my spare a while back just so everyone can save themselves an IM / email. No more spares! :-)

Is it that the Wireless just won't connect properly (it's there just not working) or is it not there at all? Did you reinstall the driver for the wireless adaptor when you reinstalled winodws? Under Device manager (right click my...

(Above was inside joke - this is Chew from ClubGP) You should run a Chkdsk and see if and how many bad sectors get marked on it. But from what you are saying - I would say your diagnosis is spot on. Time for a new drive!

Did you try asking on ClubGP? :-P

No sweat :-) Instead of just calling it a Dell Card or the like - they have to go and call it Dell Preferred Account. Preferred in comparison to what? :-D The Promotional rates are good but I hope you don't plan on carrying a balance...