Hardware - June 2007

I do a lot of travelling, so it has to have wireless. Other than that, some sort of Word-esque thing, maybe a finance program or an excel type thing, be able to burn disks, and have enough memory to support having some photos and music on there. Movies aren't necessary. No games either, Here's the tricky part, I'm super broke. What's the cheapest one I can get that' will stand up to a hectic lifestyle is light and serves all my purposes, and how do I find said bargain???? please help.

2007-06-24 12:21:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

my laptop is getting old and now that i got the money i would like to get a new laptop, my laptop is a dell and its alright, but i really dont know about computers so what kinda laptop should i get with 1000 i want it for college, to download music burn cd's and dvds etc... i just need to for school and business i was looking at the new HP i think its kinda nice but many people have told me that HP sucks so what do u recommend thank you in advance

2007-06-24 12:06:19 · 6 answers · asked by ButtErFlY 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

would it be possible to use a 4GB Hitachi Microdrive from the old iPod nanos to upgrade RAM on a desktop computer? In other words use it in place of a RAM card with more space than the current one?

2007-06-24 12:05:30 · 2 answers · asked by guanaco148 1 in Other - Hardware

im talking about speed and reliability. and price,too. and about girls (but not with this occasion).

2007-06-24 11:52:04 · 7 answers · asked by the answerer 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-06-24 11:49:23 · 9 answers · asked by shannon s 1 in Add-ons

Is it already out? people are saying its already in vista. how can we tell? would running direct x 10 compatible games show us if its out or not? like FSX?

2007-06-24 11:33:34 · 4 answers · asked by Krispy 4 in Desktops

I bought a used printer, canon ip1700, it came with no cd, I have a emachine computer, I hooked it up, and nothing, I don't even see a drive wizard, help me hook it up.

2007-06-24 11:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

they have the same core. not sure about architecture though. Want to unlock the extra pipes if possible. And if you backuped the bios of the 8600 GT and once you flash your card and it doesn't work since the pipeline is defective, can you restore your backup bios of the GT version even in that condition??

2007-06-24 11:23:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

They promised it would be out by 2007, and TDK I believe has come up with their disk... does anyone use it? Too expensive? Why is it nowhere in the news?

2007-06-24 10:07:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-06-24 10:05:41 · 11 answers · asked by Jerry D 5 in Monitors

basically i notice in the task manager my cpu usage goes pretty high up and i barely do anything.like i notice when i play some music or videos it some times plat distorted once that munmber peaks.i check it for spyware,adware,and virus and i just did my updates,,so how can i improve my cpu usage bar where it stays under 30 percent

2007-06-24 10:01:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

my sister was playing maplestory and when she exited it turned out side ways.

2007-06-24 10:00:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I've been searching for the right laptop for a couple of months now, and I've been rather attracted to the MacBook (original.) I need to get a wireless connection without a hotspot, but I have cable at home, and my friend has a Dell but his internet is free and wireless. I know Macs come with AirPort... how does it work and what do I need- is it a one time cost? Or do I still need to pay monthly? Help!

2007-06-24 09:59:27 · 5 answers · asked by Jasmine 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking at a 600$ Toshiba Satellite (very tight budget) laptop. This laptop looks exactly and has every same details as my friends Toshiba. The only thing is that his is a 2006 and this is a 2007 and they dont sell his anymore. His has XP home and ran counter Strike Source and other graphic games with NO LAG!(so ppl who don't think this can run games...it can) His laptop and this laptop have 512mb of RAM, 1.86GHz of speed, Celeron M processor, ATI Radeon Xpress 200m graphics, 60GB hard drive but there is only one difference...his lap has XP while this one I want to buy has Vista Home Basic.

Is there anyway that I can switch from the Vista to the XP Home so that it would be able to run the games like my friends?

And is there a way that Toshiba can switch the Vista to XP Home so I dont have to if its not preloaded?

Also would the XP Home work much better with the 512mb than the Vista Home Basic can with 512mb...cause I only know that the XP Home can play the games i want..

2007-06-24 09:54:08 · 5 answers · asked by Video Game Freak 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have mac os x tiger and I saw on the commercials that it has this this thing where everything becomes dark and theres like a light where the mouse is. How do I do that?

2007-06-24 09:53:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Can I trick the software I use to connect to the internet into thinking that it's using a slower modem like a 28K? Will reducing the speed at which my modem connects to the internet increase my download speed?

2007-06-24 09:49:48 · 4 answers · asked by FSU53 1 in Other - Hardware

(contry) oh and what time

2007-06-24 09:48:50 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-24 09:39:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

anything i should know before doing this!? I am going to start from scratch.. how do i know what drivers i will need because i dont have the cds!
i have an inspiron 6000

2007-06-24 09:38:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

...Just wondering if there were any products that would let me do that.

2007-06-24 09:28:51 · 4 answers · asked by stb3rdp329 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Does anyone know what a computer model is, not as in Dell and HP but as in like the techincal term?

Thanks.

2007-06-24 08:28:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a toshiba satellite 1405-S151 laptop

2007-06-24 07:21:00 · 2 answers · asked by ChrisNY 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-24 07:11:35 · 1 answers · asked by robert e. 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-24 07:04:18 · 2 answers · asked by ksvrdy10 1 in Other - Hardware

I am connecting an rca lyra 2850 mp3 player to my computer. It detects tha I have connected a device but it doesnt detect that it is an mp3 player and doesnt let me access anything I have on it. It worked fine before but all of a sudden it stopped working. Please help.

2007-06-24 06:59:10 · 1 answers · asked by maxpowerrys 1 in Add-ons

When I entered the BIOS and changed the 1st boot device to cd-rom, I inserted the winxp cd, but I still can't boot to the cd. HELP!

2007-06-24 06:42:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i now have an older IBM laptop that is not running too well. i really need a new one but cant seem to find any cheaper/nice ones. where can i find a laptop that is nice but that is cheaper. or if there are any cheap laptops that are nice. i dont want to spend $800 on a laptop. is that possible? PLEASE HELP!!

2007-06-24 06:38:37 · 5 answers · asked by AQH Lov3R8 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an inspiron 6000.. intel pentium M processor 1.6GHz

2007-06-24 06:34:15 · 6 answers · asked by l0vemel0ts 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my computer runs slow so how can I upgrade to make it faster. I still have plenty of memory left, 79% but I slows way down when on internet explorer and yahoo games . I do have dsl professioal speed connection

2007-06-24 06:22:01 · 2 answers · asked by whata waste 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

i get an upgrade

2007-06-24 06:18:58 · 4 answers · asked by el guero 2 in Desktops