Laptops & Notebooks - September 2007

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I have decided that this is the laptop that suits me. I am not a heavy PC gamer. But I love that it has 200Gigs HDD, HD DVD player, 2 Gigs or RAM. But I am not digging the CPU. Is it possible to upgrade to like 2.0 or higher GHz? I also plan on getting a better battery, because the battery life for this is poor. Maybe if it's possible, upgrading the Video Card... But I just don't play PC games. I mean, Oblivion is probably the heaviest graphic game I own and I just don't play it anymore.

So, can you help me find out where I can customize this? The Toshiba Website won't let me, atleast what I see.

2007-09-09 16:08:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My budget is $500-$600. I want the best laptop for that price. I know the budget is on the low side but I have broke a sony vaio and it was expensive and i don't want to invest a lot of money on another laptop

I'm a 4th year college student

essential features I'd like:

light, easy to carry around
word, type
internet access
wireless
usb ports
fast

other features are important too, but i don't need something fancy

so please recommend the best I can get with the price range of $500-600

thank u!

2007-09-09 14:45:38 · 6 answers · asked by FoodLOVER 2

2007-09-09 14:44:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every time I turn the computer on it won't boot up...
It Says CARDBUS NIC boot failed. A dis read error occured. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. Anyone have any ideas how to fix it?

2007-09-09 14:39:19 · 5 answers · asked by HxC_d00d 2

2007-09-09 13:05:48 · 6 answers · asked by y 1

It starts up just fine and it goes into the log in screen and it stays there for like 2 seconds so i cant log in and it starts over and it will do that over and over as long as I leave it on.
what should I do?

2007-09-09 12:44:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tried properties and all that and can't get it too work. I can preview them but can't get it to work. I even set it on one minute and it won't work. My computer is secure so it's not a security problem!

2007-09-09 11:19:35 · 2 answers · asked by Luv2no is in the house 7

How do I change the setting to turn antenna on in the laptop?

2007-09-09 11:16:45 · 3 answers · asked by Luv2no is in the house 7

so for no reason my laptop one day stopped working it turns on but doesnt start up it has the little appe hourglass thingy but wont start up why did this happen and how can i fix it
?

2007-09-09 10:23:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to reformat the hard drive on a Toshiba Sattelite laptop that is a little old. I have a full install CD of Windows 2000 and I need to boot from it but I can't figure out how to get this computer to boot from CD. On desktop PC's, I've always pressed DEL during boot up to access the BIOS where I would tell it to boot from CD, but I can't figure out how to access the BIOS on this laptop. If I can't get it to boot from the Windows install CD, then I need a way to totally wipe the hard drive and then be able to access the CD drive from a DOS prompt so I can type "Setup" to do the Windows install. I have old 3.5" DOS disks but I can't remember how to do a reformat from DOS. Any suggestions?

2007-09-09 10:21:39 · 5 answers · asked by BNW88 1

I bought a Dell laptop that came with XP and I just went with the standard 256 MB of ram. I will eventually get more ram when I have the money, but in the mean time I just bumped up my virtual memory to over a gig to handle my programs.

I don't do anything fancy with this machine, just Word, Excel, Firefox/IE, etc. I know it is recommended that you keep your virtual memory about 1 1/2 to 2 times you ram (about 386 to 512 in my case). But, I wasn't sure if there is anything I need to worry about because I bumped up my virtual memory this high.

2007-09-09 09:53:25 · 10 answers · asked by John K 2

A friend's younger brother told me he takes his iBook in for a free cleaning at the genius bar or something. He didn't explain much. I was just wondering if they actually did this, cause if they do then my Macbook and I are happy campers.

2007-09-09 09:34:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

so I don't know much abot computers but I do know that I am running out of memory on my laptop. Everyday I have to go around deleting stuff just to keep it running properly. So my question is, what would I need memory wise to add to my computer to give it more space (I was thinking of an external harddrive but I may be wrong)? I don't want to have anyhting that is permenatly attached as I take it with me to school everyday. Thanks!

2007-09-09 07:28:48 · 4 answers · asked by Sara G 2

u just got into an arguement and really need to know the details i like internet music dowlading and games also something like microsoft word. I have asked many people and most of them say dell but dont give me really and details as in why the few tht say apple really go into details such as they cant get viruses can use more software and aslo is it true that apples can use software like windows or linux

2007-09-09 06:27:42 · 6 answers · asked by terd54aka 1

Recently my laptop (hp) has been acting strange. When i turn it on it says "Operating System Not Found". So i have to keep turning it on and off until it finally lets me on. Also my laptop is getting very hot, almost to burning my hand.

I am posting this from my messed up laptop so i dont think it is completely broken. I bought it 10 months ago so its barely a year old

2007-09-09 06:13:21 · 5 answers · asked by Scorpion1990 1

does anyone know how i can fix it

2007-09-09 05:14:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a used laptop to play ffxi i was wondering if this one would run ffxi. Bahamut Server FTW!! Energy LS Best LS ever!! ^^

2007-09-09 03:43:29 · 3 answers · asked by tcreid316 1

ive heard theres a few ways of doing it. one way being to use an ethernet cable. is this the best way? also i was wondering can any existing viruses on my pc get transfered to my laptop if i do it this way?

2007-09-09 00:04:00 · 4 answers · asked by Janeywaney 4

box cameup saying the file asms on windows is needed i cant put disc 2 in until this is done what is asms please.
thanks malcolm.

2007-09-08 22:40:52 · 2 answers · asked by clint8ball 1

anyone know of an additional battery for an hp pavilion dv 2410 notebook?

2007-09-08 18:52:04 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

any suggestions...

2007-09-08 18:24:29 · 6 answers · asked by prettygirl415 2

If not, how can I get internet on my laptop?

2007-09-08 18:18:38 · 12 answers · asked by wickedstyle101 1

I have a Compaq Presario C500 that came with Vista. However, I have been having a lot of problems with Vista so I want to change to XP. I talked to the tech support guy and he said that my laptop was not compatible with XP and that people that have done it have experienced problems with the screen being unclear, etc. I wanted to know if anyone has tried to install XP on this model and if it works and then also how to go about doing it.

2007-09-08 18:12:22 · 4 answers · asked by MER2000 1

What things should I know about it other than the basic specifications? Is it really good? I am getting it REALLY soon.

2007-09-08 15:12:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a gateway Mt 6542 Laptop. It came with two 512 mb ram cards. it has no additional slots and i was wondering if i could put one gigs in the slots, it has no additional slots. If you know where i could find out or if you know please answer

2007-09-08 14:29:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 14:26:23 · 2 answers · asked by ice_sky_dragon 1

2007-09-08 14:16:28 · 3 answers · asked by joe j 1

2007-09-08 14:11:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 14:08:26 · 11 answers · asked by joe j 1

My bro just bought a sweet gateway laptop with a nice screen. He left it open one day and it fell breaking the screen. The computer is still good and brand new, but he bought a new one is giving me that one to fix. Where can I take it to get fixed/replaced. I need a good repairman cause I plan on using it for graphic design work. Not sure if he was on a warranty with gateway.

2007-09-08 14:06:57 · 9 answers · asked by dubstyleenation 2