Posts by thegad

Quote: Originally Posted by Albsterama If it was up to me, wait for those $750 off $1500 Dell coupons and get a 6000D or 9300 (15.4" vs 17"), save a ton of money, great battery life and will drive you through...

I would get a new desktop if it was a valid option, but like daveo said I have to travel between TX and CA for college and shipping around a desktop blows.

Hey, has anyone tried hooking a console (XBOX or PS2 in particular) up to their XPS2? If so, how'd it work, was there much lag time? thanks

i do know the freeipods deal works, i told my best friend about it and he quickly signed up under me, got 5 people to do it and received his. unfortunately, me being lazy i still have only 4 people and yet to sign up my 5th...heheh. if...

When it comes to the raw computations for CAD don't desktop P4s tend to outperform the Pentium M? Correct me if I'm wrong. That's what's making me hesitate between the XPS 2 and the Sager 9860, if it was just for straight gaming I'd go...

This one's to Adam, Luke or any of the other PCTorque guys: When I return to Austin for the summer I'm going to be ready to get my new laptop and it's probably going to be a 9860 or an XPS2 (I'd rather go Sager but my mom works for...

Hey, Getting close to ordering my 9860 (HL2 and 3ds MAX 7 are too tempting), but I have a few last questions. First, if I just get the standard one year warranty I can extend the warranty later right? (Trying to save some cash...

As far as 6800go vs the M28, I actually think I'll like 6800go because from what I hear the NVIDIA boards outperform the ATi's in 3D apps. Gotta do a little 3DS MAX work when I'm not playing HL2...

How much of a pain is it to order the laptop without an OS installed and just install it yourself? Also do you run a higher risk of getting a bad machine since it hasn't had a OS installed and up and running already?

I think I'm going to get the 9860 with relatively modest components and just upgrade RAM, add another HD, switch out the processor etc as funds become available. I think this may have been brought up earlier, but will the 64bit version...