[H] Left 4 Dead 2: CPU benchmarks - Phenom II very strong
Anybody playing the demo? MicroMiniMe is my handle if you want to add me to your friends list. Wanna kill some zombies? http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,699110/Left-4-Dead-2-CPU-benchmarks-Phenom-II-very-strong/Practice/
Re: [H] Laptop brand advice?
I have had great luck with Acer, we currently have 4 in the family and all are doing great. I had an overheating issue on one but it was fixed quickly under warrenty. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:07 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Laptop brand advice? The reason I'm leary towards acer is because I had one and in exactly 1 year the power circuitry on the mobo got fried. :( Just out of warranty too. Over 1000 dollars down the drain! -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:01 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Laptop brand advice? At 12:57 AM 11/8/2009, you wrote: Anything other than acer? not in that price range.. unless you find a really good sale On Nov 8, 2009 10:30 AM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org wrote: At 11:14 PM 11/7/2009, you wrote: I'm looking to get my 4 year old daughter a laptop also. A... You can get a lot for 400 with an ACER. You will be really surprised just how feature rich you can buy for around 400. Lots of sales. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please notify the sender and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and any attachments were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of malicious code. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. The recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so doing, the recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to take protective and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not liable for any loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments.
Re: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?
Rick, Apologize for the lateness on this reply. I've been focused on future medical plan choices (retired)! In any case, I do understand what you shared. I use IE8 ONLY for critical banking stuff; just because my connectoid still has some issues with FF that I just do not choose to fight about with them (and/or tweak my PC to SEE if I can make FF work). For WMP, the only time I use it is for full-screen views of video/audio streams from NASA.gov. I do my audio (music) via other means. Think I will finally (!) let XP update WMP from 9 to 11 and just truck on! Thanks, Duncan Rick Glazier wrote: Have it, don't actually USE it. If it is technically embedded, it should be kept up to date, just like IE8. (Which I seldom use too.) It, (and MS-IE8) give me too many Cookies I need to approve manually. Nothing else I use (too many to list) requires manual hand holding like that. In fairness to MS, I never tried to fix that behavior. Rick Glazier From: DSinc I use WMP9. OS is XPpro SP3. Getting lots of pop-ups to update to WMP11. Opinions sought about WMP11?
Re: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?
No problem about delayed reply. I try to make my replies so almost nothing is uncovered and then forget about them. On lots of other lists/Groups, they fly off into etherspace never to be heard from, or acknowledged, again. (Thanks for the Thanks.) I only use IE when going to MS. They often REQUIRE IT, as a price of admission... Even their Partner sites will allow FF in most cases. On those other times when I'm lazy, I surf away with FF never to darken that doorway again... VBG FF works just about ANYPLACE I go that is significant to me. That includes banking and everything non-MS... When I have (or have had) a firewall that was settable on a program specific level, I always banned WMP from the Internet. Only because I never used it for anything where it needed to phone home for any info or for spying... I guess my NIS2010 lets it do anything it wants, but why Norton would trust MS (if they do) is anybodies guess... (Tin-hat time...) I hope I stayed relevant to your question... Rick Glazier From: DSinc Rick, Apologize for the lateness on this reply. I've been focused on future medical plan choices (retired)! In any case, I do understand what you shared. I use IE8 ONLY for critical banking stuff; just because my connectoid still has some issues with FF that I just do not choose to fight about with them (and/or tweak my PC to SEE if I can make FF work). For WMP, the only time I use it is for full-screen views of video/audio streams from NASA.gov. I do my audio (music) via other means. Think I will finally (!) let XP update WMP from 9 to 11 and just truck on! Thanks, Duncan Rick Glazier wrote: Have it, don't actually USE it. If it is technically embedded, it should be kept up to date, just like IE8. (Which I seldom use too.) It, (and MS-IE8) give me too many Cookies I need to approve manually. Nothing else I use (too many to list) requires manual hand holding like that. In fairness to MS, I never tried to fix that behavior. Rick Glazier From: DSinc I use WMP9. OS is XPpro SP3. Getting lots of pop-ups to update to WMP11. Opinions sought about WMP11?
Re: [H] Laptop brand advice?
A friend had noting but trouble with Ferrari (or Lamborghini?) laptop overheating, dieing, and RMA issues. Unit went back 3 times and never did get fixed right. On the other hand I test-drove an Aspire One netbook for a month and short of lacking video horsepower I loved the unit. Seemed well enough built if not for GMA sucking and ironically lack of an Intel wifi card. Really seemed a better deal than a comparable HP. Fully laptop wise I lean towards the HP highend DV's the HDX at first blush. Not looked much at the market other than to drool over Asus' high-end gaming laptop. ;) Hunter, Gary wrote: I have had great luck with Acer, we currently have 4 in the family and all are doing great. I had an overheating issue on one but it was fixed quickly under warrenty. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:07 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Laptop brand advice? The reason I'm leary towards acer is because I had one and in exactly 1 year the power circuitry on the mobo got fried. :( Just out of warranty too. Over 1000 dollars down the drain!
