Posts by Mystery

The W7J is hands down much better looking. Same price too, lower vid card, but smaller screen. So its really up to you I'm also debating them two, and the S96J.. Prob gunna go S96J anyways. Better screen and specs for same price.

Extra batteries are about 1-1.5lbs heavy. Its like carying an extra one or two bottles of water, its usually annoying.

Those battery lives seem acceptable for running with din screen, clocked down and using only for internet use/word use, but I STRONGLY advise against a Gateway.

Quote: Originally Posted by DerekPowell Correct me if i'm wrong someone, but i believe it is possible to get more than 2.5 hours out of the s96j. However, here's one place the compal wins, it comes w/ a 9 cell...

If you're using ur laptop plugged in most of the time, why not take out the battery out of it, put it in a bag (to stop dust from getting on the contacts) and then store it in a cool place. Make sure the battery is charged about 45%...

Library does have plugs, but i have some 3hour lectures, or classes right after each other up to 6-7 hrs straight of just lectures in a row in some days, and not all classes have plugs. But libraries have plugs, yes. If they dont have...

Somewhat choppy on high settings, but acceptable on medium ish without AA/AF.

I'd personally get T2400/T2500 (Not big difference, its up to you if u want to spend the extra 70$) 2 gigs of ram (either generic or brand name, doesnt make a difference, just a price tag) 80/100Gig 5400 RPM (depends which u want, i...

Quote: Originally Posted by suki243 haha, no i dont cut my wrists, i was putting up a painting with my dad and the nail came out and i was on the bottom and the picture frame slashed my left hand and my wrist I'll...

Quote: Originally Posted by yee245 oh, one way i found to reduce noise from the laptop down to essentially nothing is to load some sort of linux into ram (i loaded the 700mb version of knoppix) and take out the hard...