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The Asus X555BA-DM100T looks a bit thin, and may not be able to house a standard sized SATA HD or SSD. It looks like it was built to be thin, which a lot of laptops do these days. Check the manual that came with the laptop to see if it has instructions for upgrading or replacing parts like that...

Put the laptop on its charger for a couple of hours and see if its just an out of power issue. Most people dont realize that watching high definition video on Netflix will still drain power pretty quickly. Unplug any external devices like USB mice and give the system plenty of time to get a fair...

The fact that it turns on at all is pretty lucky, but do not assume that the internal components are still good. Slamming the laptop on the ground as described can cause things to come loose and possibly break off. To really asses what damage may or may not have been done will require opening...

Your hardware may be fine. Keep in mind, TV and radio signals are affected by the environment around your city, especially what is between your home and the towers. Something could have been moved into place that disrupts some of your channel reception. I loose some channels every time a car...

Since there are so many different vendors offering video editing software, its a matter of figuring out what works for you. And you will have to do a bit of testing to see what works for you. You are dealing with an "eye of the beholder" situation here since some people may like one interface...

Maybe, depending on the quality of the emulator and the games played. Bare in mind that the emulator is likely not authorized by Sony or Samsung, so there is no support for any emulation of PSP games on your phone.

Sorry, you didn't originally specify a price point, but not to worry: Google = Friend! Try these...

HP Pro Tablet 608 should meet your needs. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ads/new-style-it/protablet608.html

The first laptop has a much faster processor with four cores at 3.3Ghz and 8GB RAM. The second one only has two cores at 1.35 Ghz and 16GB RAM. Get the first laptop, as it is a much better processor for the Kerbal app to run well. You should be fine with the 8GB of RAM, but you should be able...

Well, the built in display is not registering with the OS, since you can get into the display properties using an external monitor. The question becomes: Why? Is there any damage, impact dents or even just minor scuff marks around the hinges or on the back of the monitor housing? This is not...

I think you mean Virtual Machine? You can run different versions of Windows in a Virtual Machine, like VMWare, which you can install on top of whatever operating system you have on your PC already. Keep in mind that you have to install the VM tools/driver software inside of the OS that you put...