Laptops & Notebooks - August 2006

My new HP laptop comes with NO CD's at all. The "Recovery Disk" is a partition of the hard drive. I would like to have an actual copy of the XP Home CD as well as drivers for the HP laptop. How can I get it? Also, how could I possibly rebuild my system if the entire hard drive crashed including the partition with the "Recovery" info?

2006-08-30 04:14:43 · 6 answers · asked by Julian P 1

My harddrive failed in my laptop a couple days ago, and I am trying decide whether I should get it replaced and fixed for $120 or just buy a new computer now. I was initially planning on buying a new gaming notebook in January anyways. Is Windows Vista worth waiting for or is there any new technology that will come out in January that I should wait on before making a decision as what to do? I have to have something before class starts next month.

2006-08-30 03:22:49 · 6 answers · asked by Aurora 1

2006-08-30 02:58:52 · 9 answers · asked by Poj23 2

2006-08-30 02:48:30 · 4 answers · asked by Sheryl W 1

The IBM laptop has a 2.5gb HD and a 5gb HD, 2 CD rom readers 2x & 12x, floppy drive an xtra battery new w/Targa multi poket case & all driver software plus dock & internet card.Works perfect +Norton virus software,& win 98 software disk,the only thing I dont have is a USB card.I want to put it on e-bay.How much should I start bid or if I put it in paper 4 sale how much.It's a IBM Thinkpad 740EL Mic,headphonejack,all types of searl ports.Mint w/cases for all acessories.Is it even usefull anymore 4 anyone or possably wanted anymore? Or should I keep it or is it worth keeping?

2006-08-30 02:15:24 · 7 answers · asked by bagasem 1

One the IBM T43's has an issue where the mouse radomly starts selecting all the items, as if a shift was held down. This only happens when the laptop is docked. If you press the shift key the problem is resolved. But appears back again randomly.

At first I was thinking that the lid is pressing down on the shift key. But if you keep the lid open the problem still happens.

Any ides what it could be?

2006-08-30 00:24:12 · 7 answers · asked by chopramaneesh 1

A customer bought a Sprint S620 card. When it is inserted into the PCMCIA slot of his Dell Inspirion 6000 with Win XP, the computer immediately freezes up and requires a hard reboot. I have replaced the entire system board (including PCMCIA slot) and problem persists. User has tried this same card in another Dell Inspirion 6000 and it works OK. User brought card back to Sprint and they replaced it. Same problem. User reinstalled Windows XP, but same problem persists. Dell is claiming this is a software or non-Dell hardware issue. Sprint is claiming this is a Dell issue. Neither party is offering anymore help. The user is past his 30 day refund period and has never been able to use this card successfully. What must he do to solve this problem?

2006-08-29 21:53:06 · 2 answers · asked by Mustafa 5

I'm planning to buy a laptop for home use. I've narrowed it down to 2 models both about the same price.

One laptop has a Core Duo T2300E Processor 1.66GHz; 512MB RAM; while the other has a Pentium M Processor 760 (2GHz); 512MB RAM.

Which one is better? Faster? Thanks.

2006-08-29 19:15:22 · 10 answers · asked by EJ L 2

Iam going to buy the tecra one but not sure which exactly to buy,I am a master student ,any other sugestion?

2006-08-29 17:28:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I bough my last laptop, it was my understanding that the IBM Thinkpads had the best quality keyboards. I had a dell before that and hated the keyboard. Who has the best quality keyboards now in terms of tactile feel, ergonomics, ease of use, etc. for extended typing and editing documents? Any particular models? I'm looking for something in the lightweight portable category -- not a giganto desktop replacement. Preferably not too expensive.

2006-08-29 17:19:13 · 7 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4

I have XP home edition is MS office standard edition 03 an addition to the computer and will not affect your computers memory?

2006-08-29 17:16:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is the Gateway M275 (Tablet PC)

(This is an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Link/File)

http://content.gateway.com/www.gateway.com/work/pdf/products/M275.pdf

The MacBook Pro:

(Sorry I wish it were a bit more organized and straight to the point like the Gateway's configuration)

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

I'm buying them at the same price from my retailer, so money is not a problem.

Thanks a lot for your time and effort!
Much appreciated!

2006-08-29 16:23:52 · 10 answers · asked by Raï 3

The Toshiba has a socket 478 2.8GHz Celeron in it right now. I want to know if I can safely upgrade to a socket 478 Pentium 4 without completely overheating the CPU.

2006-08-29 16:11:21 · 3 answers · asked by badnervesjones 2

Dell 710m

2006-08-29 15:33:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My lil boy pushed something and now it acts like it is in safe mode but its not...the screen is not full and I cant even see all my search bars. Can anyone help?

2006-08-29 13:13:27 · 5 answers · asked by arrington7530 3

2006-08-29 13:08:01 · 4 answers · asked by kdbuffy 1

I have a toshiba laptop and when it's plugged into the a/c adapter..the light for the battery turns on..then turns off. My computer is still plugged into the a/c but the amount of energy the battery has goes down when the light for the battery is off?

what's wrong with my computer :(

2006-08-29 12:12:12 · 4 answers · asked by Poj23 2

2006-08-29 12:10:43 · 7 answers · asked by thru2wires 2

I am thinking of purchasing a laptop. I know little of what to look for. Do I go Mac or PC? What should I make sure it has?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

2006-08-29 11:52:58 · 13 answers · asked by dsnysshdw2 2

I'm currently a High School Senior, and I know I will be needing a laptop for college. Being a Music Major, I know that Apple is the way to go, but I am having a hard time deciding between the high end mac book (the black one), or a lower end mac book pro? I'm looking for something portable, yet powerful enough to run any music recording/editing software I need. Thanks a lot!

2006-08-29 11:50:09 · 5 answers · asked by Eddie 1

2006-08-29 11:34:46 · 3 answers · asked by andrewcstevens 1

2006-08-29 11:25:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-29 09:16:25 · 5 answers · asked by freekeswar 3

If they're the same, what OS beased (OSX or Windows) is better in term of the the performance?

2006-08-29 08:22:20 · 5 answers · asked by yoth3200 1

I want to build a high end Laptop, at a respectable price.

WSXGA+ screen or better, Core Duo T2600 or better, 1024 Mb DDR2 667Mhz Ram or better, 512 Video Card or better, Wireless a/b/g + Bluetooth, DVD +/- RW Dual-Layer.

Biometric fingerprint scanner, media card reader and TV Tuner are a plus but not necessary. Screen size can be 14.1-17.1 but must be in widescreen format. I would like to keep the total price under $1700.

Thanks to anyone who can provide an answer I really appreciat it.

2006-08-29 06:52:37 · 9 answers · asked by mbeck5886 1

I've heard there is a cable that will connect my computer to the T.V. so I can play dvd's on my computer and watch it on the T.V. screen. Any idea how I can do this?

P.S. It is a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop

2006-08-29 05:57:50 · 4 answers · asked by noyb 2

yes i have tried my brighten and darken buttons,
has this happened to anyone else.

2006-08-29 05:44:25 · 3 answers · asked by keethor_smash 1

fujitsu hard drivein a laptop carnt find driver for it

2006-08-29 05:20:04 · 5 answers · asked by chaz1263.msn.com 1

If so, how?

2006-08-29 04:57:48 · 5 answers · asked by nalashelby 2

So maybe it was Elle Woods (from Legally Blonde) who started this trend?

I have a niece overseas who is BEGGING me to find her a pink laptop.

Aside from purchasing a laptop skin, do you know of anyone who makes them?

2006-08-29 04:09:45 · 5 answers · asked by brad 2