Posts by beefman

Asus blows the Sony away. The Asus is more durable, much faster, has an ExpressCard/54 slot (not that important now but will be later), a dual-core proc that's faster, uses a standard HDD (2.5" vs. 1.8", major speed...

Have the XPS2, have played with the M1710 extensively and also have the M570U. My main notebook is now the M570u. The Dell doesn't feel as well built as surprising as that seems.

Vista and more RAM as standard. My opinion? Buy an SZ270 in the states or have a mate get one for you. Premium display ROCKS, and at $1720 it's very very cheap for one of their top notebooks. Or, find a closeout SZ2 or 3. SZ3 is Core 2...

Sorry y'all, went through three machines and lost the pics. Have found them again, so guide and pics this weekend. LONG delay, my apologies. Also, ANY of the SZ series can be upgraded. They're all the same basic chassis, the plethora...

Not much difference between the 3xx and 4xx series save Vista replacing XP. Only difference between the 2xx and 3xx series is a RAM bump and Core 2 procs vs. Core Duo. The hardware is identical. Decent notebooks but IMO you'd be better...

Wait a bit and get the Nokia E61i. I've been using the E61 for about 9 months now. I switch phones like people change underwear. In the past year I've had the E61, BB Pearl, Samsung I320, T-mobile MDA, Samsung D900, T-mobile DASH, HTC...

Uhm, it's out, it's been out, and I've had it since November. Google the Novatel XU870 and/or the Dell TrueMobile 5500. Works great, does UMTS, HSDPA, the works. The card is unlocked, I use mine with a T-mobile SIM. $299 from Dell...

Quick note: It does Blu-Ray just fine as well. Got 'hold of a Matsushita UJ-210 BD-RE drive sourced from Dell and the physical installation was a snap. The front bezels are interchangeable so you maintain the cosmetics of your notebook....

My last run-in with a Clevo sourced notebook was back in the '90s. I was looking for a Pentium 120 notebook that was powerful enough to play 7th Guest and other games like it (tell you how long ago it was?). The Prostar notebook was...

IMO the hardware isn't any different between the Japanese and US versions. I'm sure someone here would be friendly enough to burn recovery DVDs from the corresponding US model which you should simply be able to use to wipe your computer...