Posts by Doomwookie

The Toshiba P25s are certainly within your budget, have no heat issues, and are whisper quiet under load. The battery life is only around 2 hours. They come with a DVD burner, mine came with a 2x DVD-RW, I believe the most recent model...

I like the widescreen format better. It is sort of like having dual monitors without lugging a second monitor. I can work with code in an editor side by side with a output or browser window without things looking crunched together. ...

The P25s and P15 Toshibas arn't neccesarilly light, but they are pretty dang quiet under heavy load.

What you are probably seeing is a jobber that some excess inventory of a particular store got sold off to. There are always overstocks floating around here and there. It is possible to buy laptops that are 10 years old still packed and...

Never even heard of it before this. Was it any good? I can't stand the compuserve forum. The search function is worthless and the frames can act pretty goofy.

You might want to try the free abandonware version of calypso. It doesn't have a calendar, but it does have great support for multiple email accounts and sorting.

If the Toshiba logo pops up on startup on the screen, or anything is visible on the screen period, then it isn't a lightbulb issue. It is probably software/driver related. How far into the boot process can you see stuff?

Well, I just bought some TDK 2x DVD-R media and am still having the same problems. So my guess is the problem is the drive. CD-Rs seem to burn fine. The laptop is still under warrenty from toshiba, plus I have the best buy warrenty...

Wow, that's the first Acer I've seen that looks vaguely tempting...

Does it go all over the place or does it just want to wander in a particular direction whether you want it to or not? Sometimes after long use of the accupoint especially in a particular direction it will want to "unwind" and...