Posts by brianluce

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEvil You'll have to reformat the hard drive as well. There's no real way to downgrade to XP from Vista. is the hard drive reformatted before or after installing xp?

Quote: Originally Posted by Howdogg74 XP needs to be installed before Vista. That's generally been the case of multi-booting with MS operating systems. Start with the oldest and work your way up. The newer OS modifies...

Quote: Originally Posted by 05GT You need to restart your computer and have it boot from CD-Rom. I've tried that, even went to bios and highlighted "Boot from dvd/cd" and it still just brings me...

I have a generic (non Dell) copy of XP I'm trying to intall on my 1505. Vista has proven to be unusable for the software I run. When I install XP, the first window opens but the "Install XP" is shaded and impossible to...

Quote: Originally Posted by indera hi darthacer, interesting. i've always read that to get video from a tape onto a hard drive, the drive needed to be 7200 rpm, because 7200 rpm drives would not drop frames like the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Darrick Well, seems a bit steep... for US $1500, you can get an A8Jm with T2400/T2500 depending where you are, 1GB RAM, Go7600 with 512MB dedicated graphics.. But, I dunno if you're in...

would this be a decent laptop for editing with vegas and cineform's connect HD for hdv? asus a8jc t2300 duo core 1.66 ghz 512 ddr ram 80 gig hd dual layer dvd burner NVIDIA Geforce 7300 256mb graphics ieee802...

Is 1500 USD a reasonable price for an A8JC? here are the specs: t2300 duo core 1.66 ghz 512 ddr ram 80 gig hd dual layer dvd burner NVIDIA Geforce 7300 256mb graphics ieee802 infrared 10/10/1000 gigabit lan/56k modem 4:1 card...

Quote: Originally Posted by hyperluminous Also, read up on the little quirks/imperfections of each. I have the S96J and it's sublime except for a bug with the display that has yet to be fixed/acknowledged that makes...

I notice the s96 gets alot of praise. I was looking at the a8j, is it basically i smaller version of the same thing? they'e priced about the same also? As a novice laptop shopper, it IS a bit confusing navigation though the various...