I've bought several laptops lately on eBay for family and friends. Most seem to be advertised as "corporate lease" castoffs. I was wondering how you find the source of these presumably volume deals....

I have a CF-72 that came with a CDROM drive. I was able to upgrade it to a CDRW/DVD (24x16x24) drive for only $140! Panasonic sells their official upgrade for $500-600. The CDROM was a TEAC...

Run the MaxBlast 3 boot disk and see what it says: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm _________________________ When your PC gives a little they give...

"Bruce Wolfe" <bwolfe@cgate.net> wrote in message news:87899f0e.0308020956.58a0c221@posting.google.com... Old BIOS, most likely. You can either update BIOS (if it is flashable) or (better) use ...

I have a small network at home at which I am running Mac OS X, Sun Solaris Unix, and Windows XP. I have just got them all networked together, now I want to display my laptop (Windows XP) on either...

I think the jog dial is a terrific feature on the Sony laptops - I use it all the time. It appears that the new Sonys no longer incorproate this device. Does anyone know why they did away with it?

Given that it's advantageous to remove the battery when running a T23 (or other T-series) Thinkpad on the AC adapter, we now have a "crater" that's created at the underside of the computer (because...

Does anybody have any recommendations for websites or book recommendations about Laptop diagnostics/repairs?

I'm looking to get a travel case for my Toshiba 5205 series laptop (dimensions 13" x 11.6" x 1.8"). Ideally, I'd like something small and sleek, a bag that can smoothly store the laptop, the power...

Any idea why there are so few books (almost none, it appears) on laptops? With laptops outselling desktops, seems like there's plenty of room for books discussing power management, travel tips, etc,...

Will a removable drive (CD, DVD...) from a 2455 series work in the Select Bay of a 5205 series?

Check out the Fujitsu P5000 which is hot right now. If you will be able to get hold of the Japanese version, it also comes with DVD-RW. YOu can purchase them online at laptopinc.com or...

"Charles Hawtrey" <chawtrey@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3f311bd4.11078796@news.cis.dfn.de... You don't mention screen size, etc., but take a look-see at: IBM T or X series Toshiba Protégé,...

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 02:14:30 GMT, chawtrey@yahoo.com (Charles Hawtrey) wrote: there's also the SRX and TR1 models, which are slightly bigger. For other manufacturers and the latest ultraportable...

Hello, i have the chance to buy a used Compaq EVO 600c for very very little money from an insolvent company. There are two problems. The corporate designer of that company colored all the notebooks...

I recently got a Teac DW-224E CD-RW/DVD drive for my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop to replace the original CD-RW drive it came with. The new drive works OK with one exception: I can not boot from it...

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I just bought one of these on EBAY for an old laptop. Could someone direct me to a website where I could get the drivers for Window 98 or 95? I've searched and searched with no luck.

Hi, My complaint with this Toshiba laptop is always the speed of HD. Just found a Hitachi 60 GB 7200rpm HD and thinking about replacing the original Toshiba 40GB 4200rpm drive. Does it work this...

Sager, who actually OEMS from them from another another manufacturer in Taiwan. They can be purchased from pctorque.com, and there is more information about them at sagerforums.com. Generally you...