ATTN: Laptop peoples

[snova031]

vista //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Once you get all of the bloatware off of it, and disable all of Vista's stupid shit they have on there, it's actually pretty good. I disabled a ton of Vista's operations, and it runs great.

 

[redrocket 10+ year member]

vista //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I actually like Vista a lot more than XP. It looks better and can do so much more. You just have to have a powerful computer to run it.

Between the Buried and Me FTW!

 

[filtor1 10+ year member]

Just ordered my T- Series. I can't wait till it gets here.

ThinkPad T61 15 Widescreen - 1 Yr Depot Warranty

System Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Business

Operating System Language: Genuine Windows Vista Business - US English

Display Panel: 15.4 WXGA TFT

System graphics: Intel GMA X3100 GM965

Total memory: 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

Keyboards: Keyboard US English

Pointing Device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)

Hard Drive: 80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

Optical device: CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim

System expansion slots: PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot

Card Reader: 4 in 1 Media Card Reader

Wireless cards: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

Battery: 6 cell Li-Ion Battery

Power cord : Country Pack North America

It should be here soon. Going to buy a router and more RAM tomorrow when I get out of class. I love the EPP pricing too. I almost bought another to sell and make a few hundred bucks but thought against it. Pics when it gets here.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

iheartvista

 

[filtor1 10+ year member]

I use Vista at school. But I really haven't had any real seat time to see what it can do. I hear people that love and hate it, soo I suppose I will have to wait and see.

 

[BastardKidKris 10+ year member]

I actually like Vista a lot more than XP. It looks better and can do so much more. You just have to have a powerful computer to run it.
Between the Buried and Me FTW!

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=283598

 

[BastardKidKris 10+ year member]

Just ordered my T- Series. I can't wait till it gets here.
ThinkPad T61 15 Widescreen - 1 Yr Depot Warranty

System Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Business

Operating System Language: Genuine Windows Vista Business - US English

Display Panel: 15.4 WXGA TFT

System graphics: Intel GMA X3100 GM965

Total memory: 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

Keyboards: Keyboard US English

Pointing Device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad)

Hard Drive: 80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

Optical device: CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim

System expansion slots: PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot

Card Reader: 4 in 1 Media Card Reader

Wireless cards: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

Battery: 6 cell Li-Ion Battery

Power cord : Country Pack North America

It should be here soon. Going to buy a router and more RAM tomorrow when I get out of class. I love the EPP pricing too. I almost bought another to sell and make a few hundred bucks but thought against it. Pics when it gets here.

thats exactly what im running now, except i have 2gb ram, 100gb 7200rpm hdd and a 128mb dedicated NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M card

and xp pro

and i think i ordered it with a dvd-burner

mines better

 

[BastardKidKris 10+ year member]

and a 9-cell battery.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

 

[snova031]

I was going to get the 9 cell for mine, but stuck with the 6 cell for a number of reasons. Firstly, I use the laptop primarily at home and work, both of which I can plug it in and charge it quite easily. Second, the additional size/weight of a larger battery- I know it's not much more, but I'll be bringing it to school, along with my schoolbooks and whatnot.

Also, if need be, I can pick up a OEM 6 cell on ebay for ~$50.

With the 6 cell though, I get almost 4 hours right now...it's actually pretty efficient. I've gotta find some battery optimizer programs and see if I can get more life out of it...

 

[mikey7182 10+ year member]

I'm not going to read through 10 pages, but I have the Dell XPS1210 with basically those same stats/components, and I love it. Centrino Duo (Core2 Duo), 120gb HD, 1gb RAM, etc... sweet machine for sure. Bought it a year ago and it still does everything I want it to. Got it right before Vista came out so it has XP...

 

[BastardKidKris 10+ year member]

I've gotta find some battery optimizer programs and see if I can get more life out of it...

comes with it, pretty nice actually

i have mine set to not charge over 94%, and only charge when below 90%

 

[BastardKidKris 10+ year member]

...

 

[filtor1 10+ year member]

thats exactly what im running now, except i have 2gb ram, 100gb 7200rpm hdd and a 128mb dedicated NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M card



and xp pro

and i think i ordered it with a dvd-burner

mines better

Maybe. But mine was $802. I bet I won that category. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I would never use that size HD. I chose the 5400rpm drive to save on power usage as well. No need for the faster drive. My goal was to stay under $1K, I did, so I am pretty happy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

7200 rpm HD ftl...5400 or SSD only for a laptop IMO. good price Chris. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

I was going to get the 9 cell for mine, but stuck with the 6 cell for a number of reasons. Firstly, I use the laptop primarily at home and work, both of which I can plug it in and charge it quite easily. Second, the additional size/weight of a larger battery- I know it's not much more, but I'll be bringing it to school, along with my schoolbooks and whatnot.
Also, if need be, I can pick up a OEM 6 cell on ebay for ~$50.

With the 6 cell though, I get almost 4 hours right now...it's actually pretty efficient. I've gotta find some battery optimizer programs and see if I can get more life out of it...

Vista has a battery optimization program built-in that works quite well ... I'd try that first before you start downloading crap ...