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That's more likely due to the speed of your USB drive, which is likely a cheap one. One advantage of the laptop will be RAM to cache the movie on the fly, but it will still stutter if the USB stick can't keep a good constant rate. Look at the bit-rate of the endcoded movie and think about how...

Won't be replying after this, just popped in for a second... I own multiple of both, and work in the industry, and my recommendation is a cheap WiFi tablet (save money over 3G/connected version) and a Cheap semi-smart phone, preferably with tethering. You don't seem to need the higher end of a...

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It's only temporary my friend, just thought I'd answer a post that tickled my fancy. I was looking for some Skyrim info and also anything on the Acer which I like, but dislike that the WiFi keeps popping on/off at boot because it's a toggle and not a physical switch. Still looking for that...

Definitely get the CPU for $200, don't bother Raiding the SSD just for Gaming, you're not going to get much beyond a good single SSD which will throw bottlenecks elsewhere. Also throw in massive amounts of RAM too. Believe me, it makes a difference and 16GB of Kingston HyperX is less than $200...

Huh? This thread has a specific role and is already accessible from the other sticky. :heink:

Plug the external video connector (VGA, DVI, SVideo, whatever) in and see what happens. But if the HDD isn't spinning up, it's more than just a video issue, your mainboard could be fried, and if it's not sending out death knell beeps to let you know what's up, then it's going to need...

Yes, one uses the on chip RAMDACs (VGA) the other uses the TMDS (one or two) so those two output won't be an issue, but if it only has 1 TMDS then you will only be able to use the VGA when the main laptop LCD isn't bing used since the LVDS connection runs off of the digital path and usually...

LOL, you never dropped a call on your 3GS, yeah sure. Do you actually make many, or just text? I've dropped calls on different networks both with local and roaming SIMs. I drop them on other phones too, but the 3GS is notoriously worse than some, although not as bad as others (like the Storm and...

Depends, they could probably figure it out if they known the Nextel Formula. We have some different ways of assigning general and group connect #s, so if you knew how it was done or figured it out with a bunch of your friends' phones then they could guess at your direct connect #.

What kind of phone? Check your settings (like Airplane Mode or 3G on/off) and then phone Rogers. If it's Emergency calls only then it's not registering on the network, it just sees there are networks available, but by law they have to make 911 accessible to any phone even on de-activated or...