Posts by Smithsonian

I just purchased the new Aluminum Macbook today... the $1,599 version, with the 2.4 Ghz processor and the 250gb HDD... I'm just trying to let people know that if you are a student you get $100 off this particular laptop, and right now,...

Ok, so christmas is coming and i will be getting some money. I just got into torrents and my hard drive is running low. I have an E1705 with a 7200 rpm 120g hdd. I was looking into buying a 7200 rpm 250g external hdd and i have a...

ok... i talked to dell, they had me bring up the boot menu and from there i did a cd-rom test from the utility partion.. it passed with flying colors and now i dont know what to do..

ok... i downloaded the nero cd speed tester, and it tested out at 3.37x... im thinking something is definitely wrong with it. im gonna contact dell ill let you know what they say

My burning is VERY slow, derypting a dvd is VERY slow, and watching a dvd, it is skippy and VERY SLOW... The weird thing is that videos from you tube, and everything else run very smoothly, everything is fine EXCEPT when i use the cd/dvd

nevermind, i found it, and my settings were already there, but its still slow... What should i do now?

how do i get to that menu?

Ok, i downloaded "dvd decrypter" and "videora", but dvd decrypter said it was going to take an hour to convert a one hour long dvd to MP4 format. I think my disc drive is messed up because it also takes about 30...

Ive been trying to figure out how to put some videos on my new 30gb video ipod without having to pay 6 bucks on itunes or spend 40 dollars on some ripoff download site, im sure there are some intelligent ipod saavy people out there,...

ok but i just want to be able to play it in 1920x1200, it just wouldnt start