Posts by Guspaz

Your system will almost certainly come with a "System Restore" disc, which is essentially just a regular Windows disc with a few post-install scripts that don't really install much. Post install you'll get damn near a fresh...

Notebook Hardware Control lists it. I've never seen anything other than 0% on my current or previous notebook though, so I think it's pretty useless. I mean, I had my previous notebook for nearly three years (and the battery life by the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisLilley If you don't have an HD drive, then you are not going to see a "worse quality" while watching HD movies, are you because you won't be watching them at all. ... For...

I have a Samsung: "LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 17, WU, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., GLARE WIDE VIEWING ANGLE, SAMSUNG, V2" I'm very happy with it, great display. The Hardware ID in device manager is LPL0000, and it shows up as...

PCMCIA is outdated and is being phased out, much like PCI and AGP are. Well, actually, AGP is already dead in new products. Creative has just introduced in limited locations a new ExpressCard version of the X-Fi, so that should fit the...

Not at all, now the question is how the performance of the 250GB 5400RPM drive compares to the 200GB 7200RPM drive.

I don't have a f*cking HDDVD or BluRay drive. Why the hell should I have to suffer worse audio quality under Vista?

I'm pretty happy with my 160GB drive for now, but I could always use a little extra space... An upgrade from 160GB (5400RPM) to 250GB would be a pretty nice boost in both performance and capacity... Still, since it's a huge expense, I...

It's unlikely that drivers will fix backlight problems. Call Dell tech support and go through a warranty replacement.

Neither 101.71 nor 165.01 has anything but basic 3D support. Most features like powermizer, TV output settings, or custom timings, are STILL missing...