Posts by melshaw

Personally, I prefer the 17" screen. My wife has a 15" machine and I really don't like it. The slightly bigger keyboard is a comfort thing. When using the wife's I'm always fat fingering the keys. Pushing two keys at once....

What model HP is that? I deal with HP at work all day long. Not to say that they suck but out of the 10,000 users at my job that use them the majority of users are not too thrilled with their performance. I see about 10 or so of them a...

I never game with the lappy on my lap. I only use them when I'm gaming. Kinda hard to play battlefield2 with it on my lap. Although I have tried it. If a system gets hot under normal use it may be time for some cleaning.

I have yet to find a cooler that is worth the money. The best cooling solution for me so far has been water bottle caps. one under each rubber foot of the lappy. Just elevating the machine to allow my stock fans to work better has...

Quote: Originally Posted by ghazgull013 If I was a tech Id be mortified. Just out of curiosity, was he white, black, hispanic??? He was a white guy. I laughed cause i thought it was funny. Not to make fun of...

Well after waiting a week I finally heard from the Dell tech about replacing my mobo, Vid card and a new lid cause my hinges were worn out. So after trying to work out our schedules we decided to just meet at a local bar / restaurant in...

Have fun doughy. Stripping wallpaper isn't that bad but plaster makes the biggest mess possible. Last time I did that the plaster dust was insane. I thought I would never get rid of it all. I ended upp taking a box fan and pointing out...

why get a desktop? I'm done with desktops. I will forever have a laptop from here on out. If anything a nice lappy with a nice external lcd. That new Alienware 15 inch lappy with the 8800MGTX is damn tempting

On the battery, If you push and hold the little battery icon button, how many lights come on?

Do you still have the recovery partition? Or did you format it?