Laptops & Notebooks - August 2006

I Just bought a dell XPS M1710 and am not sure if i made the right choice. Now i am just doing some reseach to find out more. Couple of my friends are wanting to but it also but the cost is a throw off.

CNET did say XPS M1710 is the best laptop money can buy today. (for gaming especially)

Please let me know your thoughts.

2006-08-10 15:45:25 · 6 answers · asked by FUCFRM_2003 2

2006-08-10 14:11:05 · 6 answers · asked by Nanabanana 1

I've already done virus and spyware scans and removed them. The touch pad works, and I can click on things, but cannot type anything. I'd be grateful for any help.

2006-08-10 13:38:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a Intel Duo-core T2600 processor in my XPS laptop. I'm wondering what the safest way to overclock it would be without ruining it or other hardware. I have read from xbit that it can be overclocked to safely run at 2.6ghz.

2006-08-10 13:00:58 · 6 answers · asked by riddelinpro 1

I'm a person who is accustommed to Pentium 4, 3GHz + 128MB Geforce 5200fx, 512mb ram.
I'm thinking about getting a laptop with these qualities(HP NX6310): Celeron M 1,46Ghz, 512mb ram, 128mb integrated/shared graphic card.

I'm willing to give up serious gaming. But I'm concerned about the processor speed. How is Celeron M 1,46Ghz compared to Pentium 4, 3Ghz ?

I'll appreciate *pro* and experienced answers.

So, I'm basically interested in a comparison of my current pc and the HP model I referred to. To see if I can have near the same speed with the cheap laptop.

Thank you

2006-08-10 13:00:34 · 11 answers · asked by applejuice 2

2006-08-10 12:34:25 · 6 answers · asked by me 1

Although it detects the battery with a 100% charge in Windows Energy Metter, the computer turns off if I unplug the A/C Adapter.

2006-08-10 12:04:49 · 5 answers · asked by IW 2

i bought a compaq presario at xmas,it has celeron m 1.5ghz proccesor,40g hard drive,504 ram.can i change the hard drive ect to make it more up to date as far as space,but more so speed is concerned?and where do i start?

2006-08-10 09:03:44 · 8 answers · asked by romancer 4

I have a sony handycam and pcmcia 1394 card on my laptop. Every time i connect my camera to my laptop it detects it, but when i try to transfer video it stops detecting my camera. My camera says ''Dv in'' in the upper right corner when i am in playback mode and have connected my camera but the ''Dv in'' always seems to disappear when i try to transfer video, and thus i think thats the reason why it doesn't detect my camera anymore. How could i solve this?

2006-08-10 08:44:34 · 1 answers · asked by Tony K 1

i've had a laptop for a few years, dropped it a few times, finally most parts decided to fail (network card/pcmcia slot/usbslot/floppy/cdrom drive/battery doesn't work anymore). my friend decided to tear it open to have a side project, but i still need the files on the hard drive, how can i get the files from my hard drive if it won't turn on, where can i go, or what kind of device should i buy?

2006-08-10 08:02:38 · 7 answers · asked by creditcardrabbit 2

which can work easily for next 2-3 yrs..without any hardware upgradation ( how much i save if i purchase it from Hong Kong as i live in India )

2006-08-10 07:51:36 · 3 answers · asked by sanjubuddy 4

do they offer upgrades like cell phone companys do

2006-08-10 02:53:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

dried everything with air compressor within mimutes of the spill. computer seems all dry now and i try to turn it on and it tries to boot but them poops out on me. what should it do?

2006-08-10 02:44:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-10 02:35:03 · 6 answers · asked by gideonmatis 1

bottom of laptop has a spot that is warn from the heat and the lower left handside heats anything up that sits near it. the bottom also has a panel that is starting to warp. very concerned. computer is less then 2 years old.

2006-08-10 01:25:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

It currently has a 9Gig drive, cd read drive. I want to upgrade the machine cheaply so what order and what recommended HD and DVD Player (not writer as I have a mac to do that) I then want to run Ubuntu
Thanks

2006-08-10 01:17:41 · 3 answers · asked by mikeybrighton1 1

Does this suggest that my new laptop is particularly susceptable to surges?

2006-08-10 01:13:59 · 3 answers · asked by Pan Zagloba 2

need my cv urgently, only suggestions I have are to hook up to printer, print and scan but don't have a printer and can't do it in work

2006-08-10 01:00:07 · 10 answers · asked by Joanne H 2

Is it possible to copy burn driver from my laptop and use to install to my home computer?

2006-08-10 00:27:28 · 2 answers · asked by doldemite 2

I have a Toshiba satellite M45 series Lap to. am using windows XP, centrino mobile technology.

2006-08-10 00:23:31 · 2 answers · asked by josh b 1

I have been going back and forth between getting a dell pc or a apple macbook. I dont plan on majoring in graphics or anything like that. I have never used a mac before either. Only thing i dont like about a mac is the keyboard keys are spaced out and i heard the white macbook computer gets dirty quickly. I've always been a pc user but others have told me that a mac is great for school. Im just so confused. My choices for a dell are
1.Insprion E1505 or E1405
2.Latitude D620 or D680.
And for mac macbook in white.
I also consider portablity as a factor.I know mac can run windows xp and mac os. Im just not sure what laptop to get. I've done alot or reseach but im still not sure. I like pc's bc i know how to use them. But i have to decide on a laptop right away bc skuls gonna start, So if anyone can help that would be wonderful. Thank You.

2006-08-09 21:20:44 · 6 answers · asked by cali55 2

I would like to know before I go shopping for one. I'll accept the basic CD/DVD entertainment type of set-up, but the Excel and Word applications are more important to me. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

2006-08-09 20:51:18 · 4 answers · asked by Awesome Bill 7

i am aware that display and hard disk turn off. what about ram, processor, motherboard chips and its circuitry, touchpad etc?

2006-08-09 19:47:04 · 7 answers · asked by Rishabh Singla 2

actually i dont like the booting and shut down delays. so every night, instead of shutting down, i send my laptop to standby mode. and in morning when i have to work, i simply bring it back from standby mode. is it harming any component of my laptop in any way?

2006-08-09 19:44:56 · 10 answers · asked by Rishabh Singla 2

Hi all,

I have an old 16 MB USB flash drive that came with my Presario X1000 laptop. It's just like this Dell one at http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/01/64/05/91/23332241.JPG , but it has no markings whatsoever, so I don't even know what brand it is. The thing is, I just can't get it to work in my older Prosignia laptop in order to transfer some files. I've tried everything. I downloaded some generic drivers, and it appears in My Computer when connected, but every time I try to open it, it says the disk can't be read and has to be reformatted. When I try to reformat it, Windows said the disk could not be formatted because the computer does not have enough memory (the laptop has 32 MB of memory).

Anyone know how to get it to work?

2006-08-09 19:06:13 · 9 answers · asked by LimitedMage 2

I have been thinking of buying one, when they become vista compatible.

What do you think?

2006-08-09 17:11:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sad to say, I spilled some sweet tea on my laptop keyboard. It still works ok but when I go to type something it types "7" over and over again on the screen. I was going to send it back to the company but there sucky warranty doesn't cover keyboards. Is there anything else I can do for it? PLEASE, I'LL DO ANYTHING TO SAVE IT!!!!

2006-08-09 16:49:14 · 10 answers · asked by Christina 2

I just bought this laptop at Best Buy (Gateway Notebook with Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 3100+). It came with 512mb of RAM, which I have upgraded to 2gb. I was looking to increase the hard drive. Right now it is 80gb. How large of a hard drive would this computer be able to handle? 120gb? 160? Also, if I were to upgrade the hard drive, what kind of hard drive would I look for? Usually I buy parts for upgrade on eBay....what would I search for? If that is not a good place to buy it, can someone direct me somewhere else? Best answer gets the 10 points. Thanks.

2006-08-09 16:43:56 · 3 answers · asked by Mike42884 1

Im scared the day I buy a a MacBook Pro apple is going to come out with a new laptop a month later. How much more longer should I wait until their next latest product/laptop? (Money is not an option in this case...im not look for any other laptops so no other recommendations please)

2006-08-09 16:35:51 · 2 answers · asked by Ricky R 1

And which is better? Serious answers only thank you

2006-08-09 14:50:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous