M680 Reviewed - As Promised - Page 2

After thinking about it, I guess it would be nice to know. I will do my best to get that done by this weekend. Potential Friday night. Thanks for patience.

There's no buton to turn it off (my zd7000 had that). As I stated in my review though, it's really well positioned. I have not bumped it once. But that's me. If you leave your Mouse Settings Icon displaying on your task bar (next to your clock) I would say it will take you about 5 seconds or less. I just timed myselft and it took 3 sec. 1. Double click the Icon, 2. Click the "Device Tab", 3. Click the "Disable" button, 4. Click the "OK" button. Sounds long but it's really quick. I hope this helped.

Sorry flashram. I missed your question this morning. I do have the same QSI drive as you. When I test it I'll let you know if I experience the same lack luster performance as you.

Done. I ran the 3DMark 2005 benchmark and added it to a new "Graphics" section just below the "Screen" part of the review. I also added a gallery of over 40 Call of Duty game screen shots. I hope you find it useful.

http://www.designingcyberspace.com/m680/

Looks that way. I'm a light gamer, and I think it works great. I had the 9300, but again, what's the point in having the fastest graphics in the world if what you're looking at looks like crap (unless you're one of the lucky ones who got a decent screen). I've been doing all kinds of graphic design work and even flash animation. It's astounding, and the screen just makes it better.

Glad you like the review. Let me know if you have any other questions. Oh, yah. Their sending me a replacement right away all for that little chip. I just asked for some more money or just the lid. They said they wanted me to have a quality machine. Pretty good service.

Yah, a brand new one, for a chip, go figure. I said I'd take a couple hundred dollars but they said that the situation should be corrected.

I had that feeling too with the 9300. It went away pretty quickly because yes, you are looking at the screen 99.9% of the time when

I specifically stated it goes to idle. Not off. But I really can't hear it unless I listen. It will kick on medium and then go back to off or idle.

I don't need a new one. This one is fine (except the chip). I offered to take a credit they offered to send me a new one. I wasn't going to say no. If there is a fan problem with the new one then I will just swap the screens. Problem solved. I'll let you know how it works out.

My apologies for any discrepancy between my experiences and someone elses, but I have said that this is my take/opinion. Perception is everything as I stated in my review. I've read reviews and then purchased something and loved it. But I've also had situations in which I hated it. It comes down to personal preference and each individuals experience. My "little" fan is not really audible. When it kicks into medium I can hear it if I'm not deep into thought, and I've only had it kick into high once.

Note: No offense to Laptop <3 but if you have read any of his posts he's HUGE into not hearing his fans. He has also posted some comments that in my opinion don't quite make sense and I even recall another member pointing that out in a following post. Thant's not to be jusdgemental because I'm sure that's the way he sees things. But then again, that's his perception.

A possible solution is FanGUI. I have not taken the time to try it, but if I do I will give you an update. If you are super sensative to fans though, a desktop type replacement may not be the right choice. I don't know how sensative to these you are. I just got my new Canon SD500 and I wanted to test out the video. If I get the chance maybe I'll take some video/aduio of it and post it.