Posts by Stringtheory

I'm getting a 1705 and probably stepping up to a 120GB drive right away. I have never used any Dell laptops so I don't know what to expect from the stock installation of operating system + usual AOL offers + trashware. Should I copy...

Quote: Originally Posted by PcGeek04 I have one for my Fujitsu Tablet I use for work... 3 batteries, and the external charger connects to 2 of them while the 3rd battery is in the tablet. It does make it very...

Quote: Originally Posted by bernardc4 Been looking looking for one myself. After surfing for a while, I finally checked out a few brick and mortar stores for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by davidius Kensington makes a good roller bags. I like this one. Because it's a bit taller, the wheels don't roll up on your ankles like some of the other...

I just assumed that Dell would make an external charger for their batteries, so you could charge a backup battery *while* you were running the laptop on battery power. Not so?! I was asking a Dell rep about this and they said...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penguin1257 http://www.zerohalliburton.com/trave...m/zeroller.jsp Nice, but $700? Know of anything for under $200?

Can anyone recommend a good roll-around cart for a 1705/9400? I'd need extra space for a couple batteries, etc.

Quote: Originally Posted by Indy TRS If your Truelife screen is as bad as mine I would say go with the HP Brightview! No contest. I also went to Worst Buy today just to compare screens. And the Toshiba (I think they...

Quote: Originally Posted by rokhead The more I read this stuff, the more I'm interested in an HP dv8000t with Ultra Bright View... it has dual lamps, and is said to be much brighter. I looked at a Gateway something or...

Quote: Originally Posted by GuruX I have the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-USB2.0 and it works like a charm -- though I'm not a fan of Windows Media Center Edition anymore because it's hard to convert the files into a more...