Laptops & Notebooks - March 2007

does a external hard drive work good with laptops and does it drain your battery fast

2007-03-18 23:28:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately, my laptop always gets shut down accidentally. It's either someone tripped on the power cord, I accidentally pulled the plug, the electricity went off, etc. I'm scared this might affect the computer system itself. Will it?

2007-03-18 22:38:24 · 5 answers · asked by Lulu 3

last year i installed mandrake linux on my vaio, i had a lot of headache to try and fix it so that i could get sounds, get it full screen, and other features. then i uninstalled it.
now i want to installed linux on my VAIO again, does anyone know a linux that fully compatible for with SONY VAIO.

2007-03-18 22:24:02 · 3 answers · asked by joker 2

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2007-03-18 21:51:13 · 13 answers · asked by abhay kant 2

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/details/index~modelcode~PKG-TOS-A120-107.htm
the above is a toshiba one.

the below is a hp.
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/124974

what do you think? which one would you go for?

2007-03-18 19:56:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-18 19:33:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

probably not that relevant but its a sony vaio if that makes any difference. what can i do to resolve this without one of those cumbersome cooling pads?

2007-03-18 18:55:19 · 7 answers · asked by ya_big_bollox 1

I am hoping to stay within $600-$750. I'd like to be able to listen to & store lots of music, watch vidio clips/movies, play games, save photos, do reserch, possibly vidio editing I guess (that would be more for my bf) I want it to be fast and virus free also, of course. What should i get, and what kind of upgrades would I need? Thank you.
P.S: As you can probably tell, I don't know squat about computers. So for those of you who do- If you could please dumb down your answers a bit so I understand more, it would be appreciated. =)
THANK YOU!

2007-03-18 18:25:00 · 7 answers · asked by Ch33kS_x00x 3

I'm using Window XP. Can I save youtube vids in my laptop hardrive?

2007-03-18 18:20:52 · 4 answers · asked by Vic D. Dik 2

2007-03-18 18:15:36 · 7 answers · asked by qte 1

First of all, I don't want any hairbrained posts saying "MOAR RAM GET LOLZ.", because I'm not interested in sinking a single dollar more into these machines, and I don't want ANY of you to even think about hitting the reply button unless you've got something worthwhile to add.

Now that the idiots have clicked the "back" button, I can explain my problem. I have a fleet of eight Compaq V3000 laptops that have 512MB of system RAM, and the aforementioned graphic cards in them. The graphic cards draw 256MB of physical RAM from the system. That leaves 256MB for Windows and all the other applications I'm looking to run. I do not need 256MB of video memory, as there are to be no games played on these laptops (Especially when my employees are supposed to be working on them). There is a way to detune the video memory, but in the system's BIOS, it instructs you to change the video memory settings in Windows. The Nvidia nTune software lacks this option. In this case, how does one do this?

2007-03-18 17:56:09 · 4 answers · asked by Lacclolith 3

I have an HP dv5220us, with Windows xp media center. I don’t play a lot of cd’s but a month or so back I tried and got no sound. I didn’t think much of it. Now it still doesn’t play and I have tried every thing I can think of. I have up dated the driver. I have done some things and restarted it….still no luck. I do get the sounds…like when Windows opens or closes. I have Conexant High Definition Audio. What can I do next? I know how to use a computer, but I am not very good at configuring and all that stuff. So, if you can help please make it step by step. Thanks.

2007-03-18 17:09:33 · 5 answers · asked by Wade H 1

which is bigger a MB or a KB when it comes to uploading pictures online?

2007-03-18 17:00:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a strange situation maybe someone can help me out with. I recently posted my desktop computer on Craigslist. It was custom built for gaming, and was worth about $500-$700 easily. I was including all the speakers, monitor, mouse, etc.

I got an email from a guy who said he had a dell laptop and he wanted to trade. It was an XPS and gave me the specs. I agreed and we met halfway, traded the stuff, and all was good. He called me about 3 hours later and asked if I had the Linux disc it came with. I had forgotten to bring it so I asked him to email me his address and I'd send it in the mail. We hung up.

So about 4 hours after the first call, he calls back and says that he just tried installing a wireless network card and that he keeps getting error messages. He says that he realized that, since he emailed a bunch of people, he thought it was a different computer, and wants to come get the laptop. What right do I have, or he have? He took ownership right? He's out of luck?

2007-03-18 16:49:04 · 9 answers · asked by AustinRob30 1

Hello, I have a white macbook (because I couldn't afford the black version) and I was wondering if there was anyway I could install a black OEM macbook housing on my white macbook? If so, where could I find the parts? And lastly, are there any people who offer a service that does that?

2007-03-18 16:30:25 · 6 answers · asked by me 2

i had a friend over and he was doin stuff on my computer messing around with the settings and when i look at my computer, the blue bar that my minimized programs are onis now vertical and is on the left side of my screen everything is running fine but its really anoying and i dont know how to get it back to normal and neither does my friend


ps- i have windows xp

2007-03-18 15:44:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If its posible how can i do it?

2007-03-18 15:32:37 · 2 answers · asked by Matthew 1

I really need a new laptop. I love the small portable ones. I also want one that looks good. I was thinking about the macbook cause its SO CUTE! Has anyone had any major problems with it? Is that the laptop I should get, or do you think theres a better one?

2007-03-18 15:27:12 · 6 answers · asked by me 2

I am a student. I want to buy a laptop. But i don't know which laptop is suitable for me. I don't play game. Only use it to watch movie and go internet.
Could you give me some advises?( Which brand is good and the model of it)

2007-03-18 15:25:29 · 8 answers · asked by guochenq88 1

I am wanting to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 2500 so it will perform faster and so I can install Windows Vista. Dell recommends a maximum of 512 MB of RAM for my notebook. I am wanting to upgrade the hard-drive to 160 GB and the RAM to 1GB (2 sticks of 512 MB). Will this combination of hard-drive and RAM work properly?

2007-03-18 15:18:35 · 4 answers · asked by James C 1

I'm getting a new laptop and I'm pretty sure that the operating system on it is Windows Vista. What is that and why don't the new computers have Windows XP? What's the difference between them? I'm seriously confused!

2007-03-18 15:11:00 · 9 answers · asked by horse1412000 2

my laptop will not charge at times i plug it in sometimes and it does charge but most of the time i plug it in it does not chage at all. plz help me IMPORTANT

2007-03-18 15:08:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Notebook with Vista come with a setting which mouse will click on an icon by just point on for particular time. I think it is default setting. I wonder if there's a way to close this setting? (It bugs me too much already.)

2007-03-18 14:59:02 · 2 answers · asked by Jackie...boy 1

2007-03-18 14:17:30 · 1 answers · asked by mara 4

my laptop computer comes up with a blank blue screen, just don't know what happened any ideas, and how to fix?

2007-03-18 14:00:29 · 2 answers · asked by flaviopartida 1

I was thinking of getting The Sims Complete Collection (mac) ( That is the Sims with all the expansions) For my Macbook. I have the new Macbook's with 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB memory, 80GB hard drive. I've heard people say The Sims just doesn't work. =/ Any one have this on their macbook? Or had problems?

Any other games that would work good on my Macbook?

2007-03-18 12:31:34 · 4 answers · asked by lizz10403 1

2007-03-18 12:27:56 · 2 answers · asked by OHJAY. 2

Does anyone else have the problem of their Macbooks unexpectedly shutting down? Or do you know why mine does that at times?

2007-03-18 12:14:56 · 5 answers · asked by Meesh 2

2007-03-18 12:06:18 · 10 answers · asked by ashley jones 1

Anyway to get those pictures? By the way I now use a back up disk.

2007-03-18 11:49:15 · 5 answers · asked by cutie gal 2