Recent content by nitevision88

I recently added a hard drive to my PC and switched some things around relative to IDE cables, etc in order to get the other hard drive to work. Right now I'm dual booting XP and Vista, but anyways - for some reason, my DVD drive has begun to suck, badly. I have an X800 Pro 256mb video card, 1...

Yeah, no I left it on that screen for as long as it stayed up - then it went to a black screen, obnoxiously enough. However, when I was running XP, I just installed the clean hard drive (it's a separate drive) like you would any normal secondary drive, and I ran the installation disc from inside...

I'm attempting to install a clean copy of Vista Ultimate on my system - it's running a gig of ram with an Athlon 64 3200+. Two things- Can I install the 32-bit edition on my 64-bit computer, will that work? (Maybe that will explain the next question.) When I'm trying to install Vista on my...

I've been looking for the same thing, in fact. The three I'm trying to decide between include: Asus F3JP Newegg.com - ASUS F3 Series F3JP-AS096C NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA+ 1GB DDR2 667 160GB 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 - Retail Asus A8JS...

Those discount coupons are fantastic. It makes you wonder, why anyone would pay full price for a Dell. I configured the Dell 1520 with everything I need for under $1500, which is nice. I just found a comparison between a laptop with the T7200 and a Radeon x1700 card and a T7200 with a GeForce...

The only problem that I had was that I don't trust ibuypower enough to drop 1500 there for a laptop that I need dependability, reliability, from a place that I trust. I've at least seen ads in magazines for CyberPowerPC (which I looked at, some nice notebooks, all that would work are extremely...

I added a few things to the minimum config, but it's also discounted via an employee purchasing program. I looked at your first response, I definitely don't want a 17" screen, they're too big and heavy for any practical use in class. I know I'm looking at the smaller one, 15.4" is probably a...

Thanks for the advice, appreciated thus far. A couple things- I'm a little sketch about buying a Dell, just because of their weight and price issues ($1700... a liiiittle too pricey), however the 1520 Inspiron looked decent, since you could add the 8600M GT. I originally was considering...

I was all set and ready to buy the Asus F3JP-AS096C for gaming/college purposes, which I think would have been pretty solid, but the company I was buying it from, CDW, had it on backorder. In their infinite wisdom, they accepted my order, and when I went in to check on it, it said the product...

I usually use Newegg for any online hardware purchases that I need, relative to purchasing computer parts or anything of the like - but my friend has come to me with a plight. He is finally sure of what laptop he wants to purchase (Asus F3SV-B1), however on Newegg.com, the product is not in...

Thanks for all of the advice, by the way. Would it be worth it to go with the Newegg.com - ASUS A8 Series A8JS-4S024C NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz) 14" Wide XGA+ 1GB DDR2 667 120GB 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 - Retail for the better(?) GeForce Go 7700? I mean...

well, i was looking at that one (actually, the Newegg.com - ASUS F3 Series F3JP-AS096C NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA+ 1GB DDR2 667 160GB 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 - Retail was the one, but I got it priced at $1318) a few days ago, posted on here...

No, I'm certainly open to suggestions, but I've been looking for a laptop for like a solid week and for my money, it certainly seems like either of those would be solid. I'm also not looking for something ridiculous with a 17" screen, that weighs 9lbs, or is $2000, which is the kind of notebooks...

I'm debating between these two amazing machines. Basically, I'm torn because the Sony looks amazingly industrial and has just a generally cool looking design. The one question I have is: NVIDIA 8400M GT or NVIDIA 8600M GS (with about 850MB VRAM, 1GB w/ turbocache, respectively) I know that...

Is the Vaio VGN-TZ190 CTO a solid machine? I'm looking at the customized model on the Sony Style website w/o BD. It's looking like: $1608.99 * Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 / 2.0 GHz * 2 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-533, 1 GBx2) * 120 GB Hard Disk Drive...