M680 Reviewed - As Promised - Page 8

Bummer. Keep us posted.

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you found my review useful. When you get it let me know what you think. I get PM's frequently form people lettting me know just how much they are enjoying it. I would love to hear from you too if you get it. Good luck.

I'm glad you enjoyed the review. I actually got the port replicator figured out a couple days after I wrote that review. It doesn't take as much pressure as I was applying but it does take a fair amount. I was actually trying to push down and dock it on the keyboard pull out tray which is under the desk (this is where I would typically use my laptop since I like the height). You need to have both the dock and laptop on a solid surface when you push down. Push near the hinges (or on them) and you won't have to worry about pushing to hard and damaging the laptop. It is suppose to lock. Mine kept falling off too and the ports would work with it not actually locked on. But it is suppose to lock on. When it's latched right, you can actually pick the laptop up and the dock stays attached (I wouldn't do that regularly as you don't want to put a lot of stress on the port) and you'll know it right away if it's latched right. It actually gets better and easier with several times of docking it correctly and undocking it. It's like averything settles in. Don't be afraid to push on the hinges until it clicks into place (asuming you have it lined up right). You'll be happy you did. I was afraid to at first, but I am glad I used a little more pressure. Close the lid on the M680 and just make sure you set the front of the laptop down on the desk and then lower the back down lining up the little line on the back left hinge and on the dock. Then push down (you might need to uses your palms on the hinge part of the laptop) until it clicks. Make sure you don't put force down on the middle of the screen or in the center of the screen between the hinges. I love me dock though. It works awesome, and of course it takes the hassle out of the cords. Good luck.

I am happy witht he 5400 RPM drive. The 7200 is definitely faster but not by leaps and bounds. For example to transfer a 100MB file you'd be looking at 2 seconds difference or so. Faster but not monumental. I don't have any issues with hard drive heat either. Unless you're trying to win a race, you'll be fine with a 5400 RPM drive.

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you liked my review.

That's an M680 alright. Wow. Looks like their actually selling them now. They weren't before. You could roll with this and be just fine. The nice thing is if you don't like it or if there is something wrong, you can bring it right back.

You could definitely upgrade the RAM yourself. It's cheap and easy to do. You would not be able to upgrade the video. At least not right now, it's not available. The only things that would deter me are the 64 MB graphics card instead of the 128 MB. The WXGA as upposed to the WSXGA, it has the ultrabright technology so the screen should look great, but for me I like the WSXGA since it gives you some more workable space on your desktop and gives images a tighter resolution. Also, I don't see where it says what the number of cells the battery is. I would hope it's the 8 cell and not the 12 cell. I don't like the way the 12 cell protrudes out past the edge of the notebook. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not appealing to me. The price is about right too. If you're fine with those things, I'd say go for it. Good luck and let me know what you think of it if you get it.

One HUGE step closer to perfect. I would have even been happier with a shorter battery life and more heat for the 256MB in this puppy. Great update. Thanks for the info.