Laptops & Notebooks - July 2007

I just got a new MacBook Pro (hurray!). It's my first laptop. It's going to spend most of its time on my desk, but I wanted a laptop for the flexibility to tote my computer around.

Question is, is it good to leave it plugged in when it's on my desk (again, most of the time). Or is it best to let the battery charge up, then unplug it and let it run down before recharging it?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

2007-07-04 07:26:53 · 3 answers · asked by Kris B 5

Laptop seems to turn on for like 3 secs then nothing else happens... This happened like 2 weeks ago.. It has nothing to do with the battery.. I dont know if its something with the screen or the computer its self.. the blue light goes on (means the computer is turning on) but nothing shows up on the screen.. How can i fix this??

2007-07-04 06:46:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please help, I have a windows professional XP and I was browsing websites, than a warning poped up and it says sommething like(cant' remember) it will shut down due to virus(i think it says virus) Now everytime I use the laptop, it starts safe mode, and safe mode with.... And it doesent start out like what it used to be; with the blue login screen. Now even if I try safe mode and login mine and also the Adminstrator account, it shuts down BY IT SELF around 5 minutes all the time. What should I do, please help.

2007-07-04 06:12:04 · 3 answers · asked by Bob Lewis 3

I start up the laptop and it went to this safe mode, page thingy. I put all the safe modes, start program normally, ect. But on safe mode, it went to the main page where I put in my pw and choose the username. But the page was BIG! I tried to down size it but it didn't do. I couldn't get on the internet either. D: SO I turned off the laptop normally. (start, turn off, turn off) And it turned off. I turned it back ON and it still went to that safe mode screen. When I did the normal one, it started the computer OVER and went to the same page. Please help me. Person that gets right answer gets 10 points. Please, I really need help. D: I'm on my computer by the way. And yes the computer is slow.

2007-07-04 06:04:38 · 7 answers · asked by m a c y ` s . 2

I am looking at a laptop with one but have never heard of them until now. Do you have any thought or experiences with them?

2007-07-04 05:29:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, here goes, a friend came to my place with his laptop and asked me to format it clean with windows vista ultimate....thing which i did....his laptop is a Packard-Bell EasyNote R 9950 and once it has been formatted with vista ultimate, the dvd-rom has dissapeared from My Computer...i don't know how to get it back...could somebody please help me by finding the right driver for his DVD-Rom (its a combo drive...)

2007-07-04 05:02:14 · 3 answers · asked by master_of_puppets275 1

So im having this problem with my dell inspiron 6000 laptop...My computer wont recognize any dell inspiron charger...Im positive the chargers work because they work in my roomates laptop...I asked the question of whats wrong with it and some 1 told me i needed to get the portion of the computer where u stick the power chord in re **Soliderd**** is that the word??? if so how do i go about doing so without sending my whole laptop back to dell??

2007-07-04 02:11:38 · 6 answers · asked by DJ Trixx 2

I was building an super gaming computer and I had a tough time picking one. Which one is the best out of the three.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz

all I care about is speed and anything vital in mind

By the way money doesn't matter
P.s any tips will be thanked quickly

2007-07-04 02:00:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

please no mean answers. i just want to kno where in the net. or if there are pink ones at the Philippines, where? but as long as possible, plz answer the main question? I just want to see how it looks like and wats the description.tnx

2007-07-04 01:43:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

when using my compaq presario computer using only battery power i can only use the computer for approximately 15 min. before i get a low battery alert and the computer goes into hibernation. is there a way to refresh the battery to have more time using only battery power?

2007-07-03 23:59:22 · 3 answers · asked by billy h2006 1

2007-07-03 22:51:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey guys plz help me out in selecting one of the two below..
here u go:-

1)
AMD dual core.TL 52,1.6 GHZ
1 MB cache,
ATI radeon 1100 express chipset.
1 GB DDR2 ram
120 GB HDD

2)
intel core 2 duo T 5500,1.66 GHZ
2 MB cache
intel 945 chipset
512 MB DDR2 ram
120 GB HDD

im for the first given AMD..im a lilitle worried abt the heating in AMD.n i want fifa 07 and games of this era to work so pz help??

2007-07-03 22:19:47 · 13 answers · asked by shrinivas 1

i'm looking for a laptop that is reasonably priced (between AU$1000 - AU$1800) and that is suitable for a student to do work on and all that and needs to be able to have internet. any models, brands or sites would be very helpful.. thnx

2007-07-03 20:11:36 · 8 answers · asked by yallo 2

Ok - it's a newly bought laptop and came preinstalled with Vista Home Basic (big mistake on my part) - tho I muddled thru figuring out most fixes and workarounds for stuff, after having downloaded and installed w. updates, it started to unexpectedly shutdown. After having experienced 10 of these within 2 days, I decided I'd reformat the drive and install XP. Only; when trying to boot from the cd, it hangs up w/ blue screen. I went into bios and tried to force it to boot from the cd first - no go. I played around for most of the evening...no luck. Called tech support and they told me that there are NO drivers for this model that'd support XP and that I cannot put XP on it. I don't believe that (this is Vista hell!) - it's a Toshiba Satellite A135-S2356.

Anyway; restored to last week so see if that'd help (thinking that the w. updates were the main culprit) - but now I just have my mind made up - I want XP.

Does ANYBODY have advice?

2007-07-03 18:28:53 · 7 answers · asked by lookinforanswers 3

My MacBook Pro 15" w/ OSX Tiger is not even one month old. Today after charging my battery, I unplugged the charger and turned on the computer with only battery power. I turned on and quickly turned back off as if there was absolutely no battery power. The computer says that the battery is 100% charged and so does the battery itself, but my computer will not work with only battery power and requires it to be plugged in to work. Before bringing this into apple, I wanted to know if anybody else has answers or has experienced he same problems. Yes I have looked around on Apple support but nothing matches my problems except a barely-similar problems. Please help.

2007-07-03 18:20:45 · 2 answers · asked by Mike A 3

My laptop was stolen (No problem just buy a new one!) Well half my friends say get a mac and half say pc. For school we can do our HW via computer but some only allow ms word. I want a mac because I like it but ive always had a pc. I don't know if I trust Vista yet. So which do I chose?

2007-07-03 18:13:45 · 8 answers · asked by THEATRE GUY! 2

Im just wondering because i read it in a book.

2007-07-03 17:53:45 · 6 answers · asked by Thomas D 2

I hear this thing that these people hand out free laptops and the company is laptop nation? I'm really confused is there any info u know about this organizationn? If so do you know and website and how do I get one? Thank you so much have a excellent 4th of July! Go U.S.A!!!

2007-07-03 16:42:37 · 6 answers · asked by balhjgdhfkugihkjh; 2

Some newer laptops have HD screens and I want to know if there is really much of a difference on the small screens

2007-07-03 15:27:21 · 3 answers · asked by musicguy 2

I am tired of using my mom's laptop and i am sure that she is tired of it, too. I mainly want a laptop that i can play my music (iTunes) and play games (like Sims2 and stuff like that). This is our only computer for the house (it is actually her schools computer...) and i really want one for my own and for just my stuff!!! i get $15 a week for my allowance but i already have some of the money that i need.

so, how can i convince her to let me buy me my own laptop? and she is very hard to get through. so i can't tell her that she is my favorite (plus she is my only parent here...my dad is away..). PLEASE HELP ME!!! thanks

2007-07-03 15:25:01 · 5 answers · asked by ♥•Softball•Chick•♥ 4

2007-07-03 15:24:43 · 4 answers · asked by g_mom 1

i have a Items Ordered

Gateway MX6956 Laptop Computer - Intel Centrino Core Duo T2050 1.6GHz, 80211a/b/g Wireless, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVD RW, 15.4" WXGA, Windows XP Media Center, Refurbished
but the wireless internet router i got says that it only works with a " G card"??? Does my laptop have this already or do i have to buy it?

2007-07-03 15:20:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Need wirless internet

Are Hp's good notebooks?

2007-07-03 13:50:43 · 5 answers · asked by STEELERMAN 3

I've had experiance with several laptops that after a year or so have "OVERHEATING" problem, the fan begins to run louder then eventually the computer just turns off. I began to fan mine, once the fan noise becomes loud, but if this is a common problem what can you do? I looked it up on the Toshiba website/ and dont seem to have a manufacture problem on that.

What can you do besides fan it to cool it down?

2007-07-03 13:36:23 · 16 answers · asked by Arena 1

Apple Macbook (2.16GHz Core 2 Duo,1GB Ram,160GB HDD,Intel GMA 950).

Dell XPS M1330 (1.50GHz Core 2 Duo,1GB Ram,160GB HDD,GeForce 8400M GS.)

I will be travelling a lot so mobility and battery life are important.
I don't know if I should give up gaming performance for CPU Speed or vice versa. Does the GMA 950 work ok with the Core 2 Duo backing it up? It will be my first mac if I go for the macbook. They both cost about the same price. I currently own 2 Dells and I have been a Windows only user for over 6 years. I've used OS X before so it isn't a problem, especially since it can run XP too. I will be doing a bit more video encoding opposed to gaming. I will want to run Sims 2 and Half-Life 2. I don't mind having to reduce quality settings to get good speeds.
Many thanks,

2007-07-03 13:34:05 · 10 answers · asked by Mark H 2

2007-07-03 13:06:42 · 3 answers · asked by davidsalin 1

if i'm going to get wireless internet for my apple mac book, do i need a wireless laptop card? i dont see anywhere where i'd put one so do i just need to buy the wireless modem?

2007-07-03 12:35:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tried Apple.com using a student discount but I only get like $100 off the cheapest macbook :(

I want one soo bad but I can't afford to pay that much.

2007-07-03 12:04:28 · 6 answers · asked by Yellow C 2

I just recently bought a laptop with ATI Graphics and when I went into DxDiag and to the tab Monitor it showed nothing. I tried rolling back my driver but it said there is no previous point. What should I do?

2007-07-03 11:14:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-03 10:57:36 · 5 answers · asked by M O H A M M E D . 1