Laptops & Notebooks - October 2006

Battery Life?
I have purchased a Sony VGN AR11m but when it comes to battery life i have a issue. Its only been on 51 minutes after a full charge and only have 26% left. Also when you run a laptop on a charger does it run up a lot of electricity, more than a pc. Is it cost efficent to just keep a laptop on a power supply when using it. Please Help

Now i have changed the power management setting from Minimal Power Management to Vaio Ultimate Batterey Setting, did that cause some of the problem. Now the only other thing working in the background is norton, should this make a difference

2006-10-07 09:21:04 · 3 answers · asked by andrew_glasgow_male2006 1

I have purchased a Sony VGN AR11m but when it comes to battery life i have a issue. Its only been on 51 minutes after a full charge and only have 26% left. Also when you run a laptop on a charger does it run up a lot of electricity, more than a pc. Is it cost efficent to just keep a laptop on a power supply when using it. Please Help

2006-10-07 08:47:13 · 4 answers · asked by andrew_glasgow_male2006 1

I've been looking for a new laptop, a tablet to be exact. I like the Toshiba M400.It doesn't come with a graphics card just intergrated intel graphics. Although the Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset says it features PCI Express* x16 graphics ports.So am i able to add a Graphics card?

2006-10-07 08:23:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I picked up a Satellite P105-S9722 last week, but I haven't opened it yet, as I'm still trying to decide if it is worth it.I think the big thing that concerns me is the 4200rpm 200GB HD.I'm still trying to figure out just how bad the performance of this laptop would be due to the slow hard drive. In a worst case scenario I was thinking of upgrading the hard drive myself, but I can't find any documentation on what is involved in upgrading the hard drive of a P105 (Toshiba's docs only cover memory module upgrades).I'm not expecting the hard drive to perform as well as a 5400rpm or 7200rpm hard drive, but I'm wondering more about what the real world impact will be of a slower hard drive? Just slower loading times, or will it cause real hiccups, etc. while playing games as well? How will games like HL2, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Oblivion, WoW, BF2, etc. perform with a hard drive like this?

2006-10-07 06:59:15 · 7 answers · asked by Jurgen H 1

CN6301 this the the laptop i have
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2006-10-07 06:19:37 · 5 answers · asked by Hello!!!! 3

running xp home

2006-10-07 06:04:13 · 3 answers · asked by hunglow 3

I reformatted my laptop, not realizing that afterward, I would not be able to reinstall the operating system (Win 98) from the CD that I have. After reformatting, it no longer recognizes the CD.
I have obtained a Win 98 boot disk - but it attempts to reinstall the cd driver from the floppy (I also have a similar DOS boot disk). The problem is that the cd-rom can't be connected at the same time as the floppy - so it keeps saying something about no device found. Obviously if the device isn't connected it can't find it. I have tried copying the files from the A: to the C: drive, but the cd driver installer doesn't automatically run when I reboot, and the program that I think controls this says 'bad package' or something like that when I try to run it. How do I get around this?

2006-10-07 05:15:47 · 5 answers · asked by liltiel 1

bootup very slow, i beleive its missing a startup file

2006-10-07 04:56:42 · 2 answers · asked by hunglow 3

I bought my laptop in the states, and am in prague now. I bought a dvd to watch but my computer says it is out of my region and will not play it, my roomate has a mac and his has the option to change the region, I have a dell and am running xp media edition it seems that I should have a similar option but have been unable to find it, any help would be appriciated

2006-10-07 03:41:48 · 4 answers · asked by ninja cat 4

anyone know how this thanksgiving special works? wat do i have to do to get a cupon? is the cupon just like 50% off everything,? or is it just in selected things? im going to buy a laptop so i need some good tips. thanks.

2006-10-07 03:30:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am trying to fix a pcmcia socket on a compaq armada 4210 (windows 98) and i have the drivers for the devices which are going into it(cd-rom,network card) but it also needs a pcmcia cable driver(and not the windows defualt one)
does anyone know where i can get this driver from or has anyone got it,this is a last chance question as this is driving me mad,i bet its only about 500kb but it may as well be 500mb for the amount of man-hours i have spent looking for it
thanks

2006-10-07 03:16:29 · 1 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

My laptop drive is acting up lately- I put a cd in there which was playing fine all week-now the drive sounds like its struggling to read any info from any media at all- got a lens cleaner and the sound has dissipated, checked drivers etc, all intact, anyone got an ounce of a clue what it could be??

2006-10-07 02:00:25 · 2 answers · asked by ppd81 1

Id like to be able to move my computer to any room of my house. I feel confined to one space. Any one out there with laptops and how do they like it?

2006-10-06 22:11:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

should i upgrade my processor also? which is only about 750mhz and would it help my computer any? also about how much does it cost..

2006-10-06 20:36:10 · 5 answers · asked by Big-Tony 4

my tablet pc has audio output for 2 channels Left+Right. Is there something out there that has more audio output channels, i'm looking for 8 channel output: Soundcard, USB device, or Bluetooth would be very nice.

2006-10-06 18:57:46 · 2 answers · asked by bbkbeenybone 2

2006-10-06 18:00:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm getting all warm down there after 4 hours of yahoo q/a and I'm worried my boys are frying?

2006-10-06 15:45:13 · 6 answers · asked by Poppies_rule 3

2006-10-06 14:39:43 · 11 answers · asked by meeeeeeeee 2

i need some help...

2006-10-06 13:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by aqt4u1222 1

Computer processor

2006-10-06 13:09:03 · 4 answers · asked by JULIAN A 1

Every time I satart my laptop up (IBM Thinkpad 380XD, windows 2000), after the intro screen, it says "I/0 Disk error, replace the disk and press any key" Thats all it says, no other mumbo jumbo, please help!

2006-10-06 11:55:21 · 1 answers · asked by Fresh Prince 2

I've unplugged and replugged it in so mant times my head is spinning, I've taken the battery out and replaced in every scnerio I could think of and now my lappy just doesn't acnowledge the presence of it. This is starting to drive me mad because whenever I unplug it accidentally, I loose everything. I will select the best answer for whomever comes up with the first thing that works. Oh, one more thing, no, this battery was not on the recall list, I checked.

2006-10-06 10:51:36 · 3 answers · asked by hyland_jennifer 2

2006-10-06 09:35:40 · 3 answers · asked by Gladston S 1

I know how to operate computers and programs but when buying one I am clueless. I need to get hubby a simple laptop, he is even less tech saavy than myself. He needs something simple that he can use word and acess email nothing really fancy...maybe put a DVD in that is it. So I searched on Ebay and it breaks down into

Processor Speed
Memory (RAM)
Hard Drive Capacity

what is the minium I should look for? Is getting used a good idea? I really appreciate any help and laymans terms are what works best for this blondie!!

2006-10-06 09:13:26 · 6 answers · asked by MaryJaneD 5

I have an Acer Aspire 1670 laptop that has a 40GB hard drive. When checking under properties for the drive it shows as two 20GB drives. At the moment I have one drive that is almost full and the other is empty, it is affecting the speed of my computer. How do I get to use the 2nd drive to run progs etc. Any advice please!!

2006-10-06 08:46:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi I ve been stupid. I m not that tiptop with computers so....I decided to click on a file (with really cool pics!!) in my computer and to click on 'hidden' to see what happens. It s so well hidden now that I cant find it back. Oopsie!! How do I retrieve/find a hidden file?.... Yeah I know....I m not blond, but just not smart into computers...

2006-10-06 08:08:42 · 6 answers · asked by Laugilde 1

Everytime I turn it on, that blue screen always popped-out. I tried to go on safe mode, and every mode but still that blue screen pops out. It says I should disable any anti-virus, or other programs? the blue screen says:

"Disable or uninstall any anti-virus, disk defragmentation or backup utlities. Check your hard drive configuration, and check for any updated drivers. Run CHKDK /F to check for hard drive corruption and then restart your computer."Have anyone got this before and how you guys solved it?

it says STOP:0x00000024(0x00190203, 0x82386490, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000)

I also tried to type "CHKDSK /F" but i cant type anywhere.

2006-10-06 06:32:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend has a desktop and wants to transfer his files to a new laptop, but has no internet.

2006-10-06 06:12:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which is the best company and processor

2006-10-06 06:01:17 · 5 answers · asked by ashutosh 1

I have a compaq v2000 computer. It is over 1.5 years old, and I didn't get the extended warranty so it is out of warranty. My computer suddenly and without warning turned off after normal functioning. The only way to get it to turn back on is to take out the battery, hold the power button down for a few seconds, put the battery back in, and then push the power button again. The startup either begins with lights turning on and then turns off, or it boots all the way and then eventually, and randomly, turns off.

This same thing happened to me in January. It was still under warranty and compaq replaced the motherboard. This leads me to believe it is the same issue again.

Should I spend the money on getting it fixed, or even spend the money to find out for sure what is wrong? (Geek Squad said it would cost $200 to figure out what was wrong with it)

2006-10-06 05:14:42 · 7 answers · asked by Dan 2