Hardware - December 2006

i want to buy a laptop.
i liked apple and toshiba.
here are the details:
Toshiba P100-327:
2.16 GHz Processore.
2G RAM
200 Hard Drive
512 Grphic card.
£1350

or

Apple MacBook Pro:
2.33 GHz Processore
2G RAM
160 Hard Drive
256 Graphic Card
£1900
Which one is worth buying?
i've been also told that Sony Vaio is good.
which one should i get?

i need it for my collage work.
i'm doing game desighing.
so i need it to desighn games and play them.

please help me buy the right laptop.
i need to know if the money i'm paying is worth it.
if you know any better computers or if you know where i can buy one of these laptops cheaper please let me know. (Please DO NOT recomend Ebay)

Thanks

2006-12-22 13:38:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I tried downloading iTunes, but it wont let me because I have "not enough disc space". I delete anything I dont use and it never really makes a difference. Sometimes it says "critically low", what can I do? I need space on it, is there some way to get the disc space bigger so it can hold more? by the way, im on a laptop, if that makes a difference. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

2006-12-22 13:35:21 · 5 answers · asked by female optimus prime. 2 in Other - Hardware

My son-in-law just got his notebook computer back from a repair shop.

He ran it for awhile and when he was done, put in computer in Hibernation.

His computer is running XP.

Now, for some unknown reason, his computer is locked in Hibernation. He cannot get it out.

When he powers up, the fan turns on for a moment, then turns off and that's all that happens. He can't get into BIOS, Safe Mode or anything.

This has been extremely frustrating.

Any suggestions at all would be appreciated.

Thanks.

2006-12-22 13:34:38 · 5 answers · asked by DonRedWolf 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-22 13:34:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My internet card is d-link xtreme n Desktop adapter the version is dWa-552

2006-12-22 13:34:14 · 3 answers · asked by tuannguyen332003 2 in Add-ons

i am running win XP pro on a computer with only 6GB hard disk space, 350mhz processor, and 192mb total RAM. the available space is less than a gig. i have broadband internet. i don't want to buy a whole new system cuz my wife's brother gave it to us. what would you upgrade first? i am looking for the cheapest barebone upgrade just to make it run faster and smoother. thanks in advance!

2006-12-22 13:33:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

when i put my cd (cdrw,cdr, etc) and it shows nothing. when i click E:\ it state that..."E:\ is noot accessible. Incorrect function. [ OK ] " and when i look at properties of the cd it shows used space-0 bytes , free space-0 bytes. thats make me sick.. im sure that cds isnt broken... i bought many cds from different shops to try in da drive.. same things happen. what should i do....? help me please

2006-12-22 13:30:36 · 2 answers · asked by keikr 1 in Scanners

2006-12-22 13:29:02 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Like the question I asked above, What is the best Processor from Intel?

2006-12-22 13:27:17 · 3 answers · asked by iTurn 1 in Other - Hardware

hi ,
i want to know , how to make a pc . how to connect a mother board , processor and internal hard drives in a cpu .

2006-12-22 13:26:16 · 7 answers · asked by mann 1 in Desktops

I have a card reader, but nothing happends when I put my card in.
What's wrong. Dell is really pissin me off, I have had SO many problems with this computer and I am really regreting buying it. So to everyone out there: NEVER EVER BUY FROM DELL!!

2006-12-22 13:21:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

It is a normal joystick (not a flight yoke) and it is not branded. It is using a serial port(like monitors) I connect it to my system and what to do next. It has 4 buttons for direction on its left and 4 butttons for controls on the right. At the middle there is a "select" button and "start" button

2006-12-22 13:19:32 · 1 answers · asked by maniganz 2 in Add-ons

I plan on buying a new graphics card, and am wondering how I would remove the one that came with the computer, and put the new one in. The computer I have is a Windows XP, and it came with an Integrated ATI RADEON XPRESS 200, and am going to put a GeForce FX 5500AGP 256 MB into it instead. Anyone know how?

2006-12-22 13:07:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-12-22 13:02:22 · 4 answers · asked by Sani 1 in Monitors

the mouse on my laptop wont work properly. its a mouse with the little moving ball thingie in the middle of the keyboard. at first my dad suggested to use an outside mouse, you know, the ones you plug in. that didnt work.do you have any suggestions on what to do? also, theres no virus because it's been checked before and theres no internet on it. please help.

2006-12-22 12:52:15 · 5 answers · asked by *~SAMI~* 2 in Add-ons

I'm looking into buying a new graphics card but I don't know how many watts my computer currently uses.

I looked on the back of the tower and the sticker said this:
"Raiting 100-127/200-240V ~, 6A/3A, 50/60Hz". Could someone explain to me what all this means? And can this be used to determine the watts my computer uses or would I have to take off the case and peek inside for that information?

2006-12-22 12:42:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I wanted to upgrade my motherboard... Can I just plug everything (that is compatible) into it and it run? Or do I have to format windows and install?

2006-12-22 12:40:55 · 10 answers · asked by ThatDude 2 in Other - Hardware

I need to upgrade my grapfics card

2006-12-22 12:38:49 · 4 answers · asked by Repairman 1 in Add-ons

I am looking for a great video card, ( not for gaming) a video card for music videos and pictures. I can not seem to find one, all I find is gaming video cards. Can someone help?

2006-12-22 12:36:53 · 8 answers · asked by candle6912 1 in Desktops

I am trying to decide between a laptop that has T2400, 1.83GHZ, Duo Core and another laptop that has T5500, 1.66GHZ, 2 Duo Core. Which one is faster?
Thank you very much

2006-12-22 12:35:13 · 5 answers · asked by computernotsavvy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an external hard drive, I added things from my computer to it. I took it to my friends house, loaded everything from the hard drive to his computer. Then, We tried taking things from his computer, but, it said that it couldn't modify the drive. Then someone told me I had to change the security setting or something on the hard drive to MSDOS so Mac could write to it. The only problem, There is no setting like that. Do I have to do something special to change it? Or, is that person completely wrong and I have to do something else, or can anything be done?

2006-12-22 12:33:15 · 2 answers · asked by Mashu 4 in Desktops

i have a wireless outer and a network and i want to send things like pictures and documeents. How do i do it??

2006-12-22 12:33:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

recently put a new motherboard in it and tried another video card in the slot. but the monitor still didn't recieve signal on it. motherboard has a on board video card on it

2006-12-22 12:32:32 · 4 answers · asked by junior24_21901 1 in Monitors

The options are:
1. No Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Selected [Included in Price]
2. Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition [ Free!]
3. Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium w/ Dell On Call Vista Support [add $49 or $1/month]
4. Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Business from XP Professional [ Free!]

I don't really wanna spend that $49, so I was looking at option 2 and option 4. If it's free, should I go ahead and select one of those, or is there any trick behind this?

2006-12-22 12:27:46 · 10 answers · asked by fiat 1 in Desktops

my computer screen changed resolution out of nowhere, is there a way i can change it back?

2006-12-22 12:23:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

Now we can use computers to surf the internet wirelessly, use bluetooth, but we cant listen to a simple FM radio. does that make sense. they make radios that are smaller than a pen so why havent they just built one into a computer?

2006-12-22 12:22:18 · 5 answers · asked by Secret Agent Man 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is playing computer games on a laptop which its screen is 15'4 inch(wide-screen) difficult?? for example to play for an hour or something.....
((15.4" W Screen XGA TFT Display resolution: 1280x800 with TrueLife))

2006-12-22 12:16:32 · 2 answers · asked by Dirty 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-22 12:13:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

It was working fine the last time she used it. But when she went to turn it on, nothing happens, except a light comes on inside of the computer. I checked the switch and it's working fine. It's getting power because the light comes on. The weird thing is, that her husbands computer is now doing the same thing. Except for when you turn it on, nothing happens. No light or anything.

2006-12-22 12:12:06 · 6 answers · asked by samdoggy 1 in Desktops

Why Defragment a Lap Top C Drive.

2006-12-22 12:05:20 · 10 answers · asked by BUTCH... 1 in Laptops & Notebooks