Laptops & Notebooks - October 2006

As high spec as possible and with at least 64Mb RAM.

2006-10-08 11:17:53 · 15 answers · asked by Darrell 4

Im looking on the computer for a good laptop.. Cause I want one for my bday.. But I dont know what to look for and what not to look for. Im fine with getting a used one as long as its not crappy.. and doesnt have alot of noticable scratches. Im really interested in this one:
http://www.dvwarehouse.com/iBook-300MHz-64mb-3GB-CD*-p-155.html But.. I dont know if thats good. So can you guys give me your opinion on it and let me know if it sounds like a good one? :-) The reason Im getting a laptop is for the internet so I need one with that and under 300. Please help!

Also. If you know of good websites that have good laptops for good prices and arent rip offs, I would love to get those!! Thanks so much!

2006-10-08 09:43:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sent my laptop away for repair, it has come back with a new hard drive installed and the old hard drive in an envelope, is there a way to get the info out of the old hard drive?

2006-10-08 08:44:41 · 6 answers · asked by Smoochy Poochy 6

2006-10-08 08:31:39 · 11 answers · asked by khlid A 1

LAPTOP
celeron M 1.4 GHZ
512 MB DDR1 PC3200 400 MHZ
I WILL BE USING CLOCKGEN SOFTWARE TO OVERCLOCK
MY CORE LOGIC IS : SiS M661MX + 963L
IS THERE A NEED TO KNOW THE MAX. FSB OF MY MOTHERBOARD?

2006-10-08 08:30:45 · 3 answers · asked by dct695 1

i.e. CPU
RAM
PCI
AGP
etc....

2006-10-08 08:12:57 · 2 answers · asked by dct695 1

could we maybe put in our own DVD burner into the Macbook?I got myself the 1,83GHz macbook and was wondering about the diffrence between the 1,83 and the 2,0 model. Is it really that much diffrence? i dont use the comp so much just for surfing the net and maybe a little gaming. is it sufficient? I dont want a real slow computer though! could we upgrade it? and could we fix in our own CD burner into the 1,83GHz model?..

is the CD and DVD burner really important?.

2006-10-08 08:03:06 · 2 answers · asked by orlyandsa 4

My question is computer's and this is how it hupens to me . I bought A laptop two days before and I was downloading music from cd's and suddenly it stops and it say's windows hipernating then it shut down by it self then I treid two three times but I couldn't make it so plz let me know if anyoone hupns to him/her thank you !

2006-10-08 05:51:32 · 8 answers · asked by Biruk T 1

Seems to happen whether on Nero or Winamp (which uses Sonic), at both 10x and 1x settings.

Note only seems to happen towards end of CDs, aftern around 40-45 mins. Starts gradually, then builds up to complete distortion!

Thanks

nb. machine is a dell laptop w/CD/DVD rewriter

2006-10-08 05:38:07 · 4 answers · asked by tsashton 1

In terms of speed, power management and general efficiency can the AMD compare to the INTEL processor? I want to buy a new laptop and have found that those with intel centrino processors are more expensive so is it worth the extra $100 or is the AMD processor just as good; if not even better?
Thanx

2006-10-08 05:35:13 · 3 answers · asked by no_clue 1

Compare Intel's duo core which, normally have 2MB caches and 667Mhz front bus speeds,with Amd's slower buses and smaller caches.Does this not make Amd slower?
Or is there any technical secret to this?

2006-10-08 04:57:15 · 5 answers · asked by joe l 2

Can anyone help me here?. I really want to purchase a second hand or re-furbished laptop, but my other half is very reluctant, because of the recent cases of laptops going on fire due to the faulty batteries! I only want one to play games on really, but would welcome some advice

2006-10-08 04:11:17 · 5 answers · asked by linda501910 2

I may be taking a backpacking trip overseas and am wondering what would be the best type of laptop to take with me. I'd like to keep it around $1000 and no larger than a 14.1 screen:

Models I'm considering:

Lenovo ThinkPad z61t (expensive)
Lenovo V100 (12 in screen may be too small. durable?)
TwinLab Durabook (doesn't seem to have very good specs)
Toshiba Satellite U200 series (durability features but keboard seems mushy)
HP Pavillion DVD212US (excellent specs but concerned about durability)

Any other models you recommend?

2006-10-08 04:03:37 · 7 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4

2006-10-08 02:21:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-08 01:27:43 · 2 answers · asked by dct_695 1

My notebook is using the Windows XP Home Edition Operating System. Last week, I found out that half of my picture files had gone missing which is roughly ard 90 files. On top of that, the Calculator and Paint exe. files were also found missing. Can Anyone tell me what is the cause of this?

2006-10-07 23:30:58 · 8 answers · asked by Khairudin Bin Salim 4

2006-10-07 22:32:28 · 6 answers · asked by sinha k 1

The screen of my Inspiron 700m was flickering a couple hours ago. I dismissed it, because the flickering stopped whenever I rebooted my computer. However, my screen just recently turned blank. I tried restarting it, but that didn't work. It's blank when I first turn it on, so there's no way for me to check anything on it. Is there any way I can fix this without going to Dell for help? I attached a monitor and tested it out. The monitor works fine, but the screen of my laptop (Inspiron 700m) still doesn't work. But it's a little odd, because it's not completely black. If I squint hard enough, I can sort of see my desktop and such. But it's very dark, like I'm looking at my screen from far away with a black cloth over my eyes. What do I do? Is there something wrong with my battery, or perhaps the screen itself? How can I fix this? Do I fix it by changing the brightness (I don't know how to change that)? Please reply.

~Renshi

2006-10-07 21:41:43 · 4 answers · asked by Renshi 2

I have a really slow battery life, after 51 minutes it dropped to 26%. I heard people are talking about some batterys catching fire. Does anybody know a websire where i can check the model number, dont wont a fire

2006-10-07 21:39:16 · 1 answers · asked by andrew_glasgow_male2006 1

I'm moving to a new apartment with my laptop and there is cable TV.I have not had a cable modem before,so I am clueless as to how to hook up to access internet highspeed.At this point, I do not know the cable company.I have been using wireless unsecured signal from upstairs neighbor.Got idea?

2006-10-07 19:31:19 · 5 answers · asked by Tophead 1

2006-10-07 19:26:26 · 2 answers · asked by mmckinley350 2

2006-10-07 18:38:48 · 2 answers · asked by theshawn87 1

Is there any way of powering the laptop through the battery compartment, my power supply doesnt power up the laptop, but the battery still has some juice in it and everything works fine, I was wondering if anyone knows of some deivice that we can shove into the battery compartment and plug the it in the ac power suplly, just liek powering some digital cameras with an external battery pack.

2006-10-07 18:23:20 · 1 answers · asked by bizmanchicago 1

I'm one of those long-time PC users (over 10 years) that is on the verge of switching to an Apple PowerBook (a laptop). I'm not a novice in using Apples; but I do have some reservations in switching. The PowerBook would be my main laptop at home - but my office is on a PC-platform. My main concern is being able to open files from work on the Apple laptop.

Should I stick with what I know (Sony VAIO) or be daring and buy the new thing (PowerBook)? I'm sorta stumped!!

2006-10-07 15:16:36 · 7 answers · asked by jazzeegirl12 2

how to adjust speed of cursor and movement of the functions logitech tract ball cordless mouse cursor moves to fast

2006-10-07 14:46:25 · 4 answers · asked by moonwalker 3

This DVD/CD writer is built-in in my Laptop LG LS55 Express, It is detected by the laptop but it wont read, play or burn any kind of DVD/CD/VCD or data. What's wrong??? Thanks.

2006-10-07 12:35:36 · 3 answers · asked by Maricar S 1

I am buying a laptop, and and want to be able to burn CDs and DVDs. The option I found was "8X Max DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) EIDE Fixed Media Bay drive." Will this do what I want? If not, what will?

2006-10-07 11:42:30 · 5 answers · asked by stuckeymusic 2

I just bought a new laptop with 3 USB ports on it. I soon discovered I actually need 5 USB ports. Is there any type of adapter that can be used to increase the number of USB ports to 5 instead of 3.

2006-10-07 11:28:36 · 5 answers · asked by treeman 2

I lent my Gateway 400VTX laptop to my daughter, and 1 year later she brings it nack to me and it does not boot up or show any signs of life when plugged into the AC.

If the battery is "dead" would AC power still work to bring it to life?

Is there any way to tell what is wrong diagnostically when there ar no signs of life?

2006-10-07 10:15:50 · 4 answers · asked by nathan_strahl 1

because i am unable to find anything other than sosw-852sx, and the drive doesn't work properly.

2006-10-07 09:59:20 · 1 answers · asked by joelius24 7