Not to knock this guys system, but i had a zd7000 for a year.
The first seven months were fine, then the video card burned out.
I had service on from bestbuy (for all the ppl that put down getting the service plan, i used to do it to, but now i wouldnt go w/o)
So i send it in (i had the...
well you kinda can.....
As said before some companys use parts you can swap out.
Others will have it attached to the motherboard.
I think this is what sony does.
You have a "A190 w/ Radeon 9700 64mb" say they have a "A200 w/ Radeon 9800 126mb"
its probbaly just like what you have but with...
ha 60GB very small.
Id rather have a 60GB 7200 then a 100GB 4200, and the 9700 is still a decent card.
Its not a notebook, but not the best. You said your getting it as a graduation gift.
Are you picking it out, ie someone said you can get a notebook under this amount.
if so might be...
well, i used to have a 15.4" screen and went to a 17" its so much nicer. If you not gona be taking it everywhere and dont might the extra lbs that you get with a 17" i would go for the 9200
Well if i got it from a store i know whats in it, or i could look at the system properties.
Also what to say someone has a p2 300mhz and though it would be funny to put a p4 sticker on it.
I do leave the stuff on for a week or so to make sure im keeping it, after that i take them off...
Apon lookin at notebooks on ebay i have notice some people leave stickers on them from when they bought them.
I would like to know if anyone around here leaves them on and why?
To me it just looks like a mess and makes the whole unit look trashy.
I dont even like have the cpu sticker on or...
I went to beatbuy the other day, and noticed alot of the eM's are in gateway clothing now.
The M6810 looks to be the Gateway 7405GX now
I guess not alot of people were buying the emachines brand, so gateway is now branding them gateways.
I know with 17" the bat life is gona suck.
But really, the only thing I would be doin no pluged-in would be surffing the net and aim.
I doubt i would be away from an outlit for more then an 2hrs.
I just dont want to turn it on visit a few sites and then have the bat die in about 1hr...
processor type dont real matter to me i dont favor any company, video ram 64+.
Im mostly looking for models ex: dell, hp, toshiba, emachies etc.
what ones are good, what to say away from. (i dont have time to look at all the notebooks at cc or bb, then read reviews of them to see what people...
Ok,
I'm looking into get in a new notebook, and would like some input as to what would be the best price vs. what i want.
I would like a wide screen 15, or 17 (does'nt matter, 17 would be nice), wifi, no less the 512 ram (1gig would be nice), some what thin and light (i dont want a 2" 10lbs...
looking for a handheld would like:
- wifi, so i can surf the net, email, msg ppl: aim,yahoo,msn,icq ftp
- built in KB would be nice.
- games would be nice to, maybe something able to run snes eumlation.
- word and excel (clones are fine)
- good bat life
anyone have any ideas on what...
i had a 266 dell i used for 3 years, i was thinking about takin out the cpu and puttin in a 466 (higest that i could get) and maxin out the ram.
but why put good $ into something thats not worth it.
If ya wana mod it i would say just make it look cool, paint it, do other things to it...