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    If you're going to go with that configuration, choose Windows XP Media Center Edition. XP pro is pretty much worthless. Also, if Dell does offer Windows Vista, don't choose it. Windows Vista is still extremely buggy and it won't take long for it to present the BSOD.Just be aware that Dell laptops do not last at all. It'll probably die in 2-3 years or have quite a few problems by then.


    Not quite true. I had almost no problems with Windows Vista. The only problem I had was to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. It completely crashed my system, I had to uninstall to get back into my regular account.

    Well, apparently, Dells are getting a really good foot hold.

    I got a new estimate for the first semester at my school (2006-2007) and it went like this:
    1. Dell
    2. Apple
    3. HP
    4. Dell
    5. Lenovo/IBM

    xboxrulz

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    On Gamespot, I've found a ever growing list that lists all the bull$*&( that Sony spat since 2005.

    We all know Sony has been taking a lot of bad press from the PS3, but lets take a look back at the year that has lead us to the Nov. 17th release date.
    First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

    Nov 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care
    January 2007 - Sony, Busted Again!

    Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

    Feb 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
    May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"
    May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
    May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
    May 17th, 2006 - Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 is "too cheap"
    May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
    Sep 5th, 2006 - Gamers looking to get the best picture out of Sony's premium PlayStation 3 package will need to shell out extra for proper hookups.
    Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
    Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
    Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
    Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
    Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
    Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
    October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
    October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
    October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
    October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
    October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
    October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
    October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
    October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
    Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
    Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
    Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
    Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
    Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
    Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
    Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
    Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
    Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i
    Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
    Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
    Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
    Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
    Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
    Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
    Nov 25, 2006 - Sony retracts 1080i fix statement, leaving customers in lurch.
    Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
    Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
    Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
    Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
    Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
    Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
    Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
    Dec 13, 2006 - Sony Admits Launching Fake Blog to Promote PSP
    Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
    Dec 20, 2006 - PC World Calls PS3 a top tech mistake of 2006
    Dec 20, 2006 - Forced bundles and high retail price put consumers off, claims tracking firm.
    Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
    Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote style hand-held controler
    Dec 27, 2006 - PS3 Greymarket Watch: Scalpers Returning PS3s Back To Stores.
    Dec 27, 2006 - Gamers who queued for days to buy Sony's PS3 are frantically trying to trade them for the much cheaper Wii.
    Dec 28, 2006 - Sony's PS3: High-Scorer No More
    Jan 4, 2007 - Sony spokesman David Karraker: "Everything that we put on store shelves sold out,"
    Jan 4, 2007 - SCEA confirmed that there would be no supported force feedback technology with its PlayStation 3
    Jan 8, 2007 - PS3 demand slows, stores stocked aplenty
    Jan 9, 2007 - Sony Misses Worldwide PS3 Shipment Targets. They shiped a million in the US, but not in Japan.
    Jan 10, 2007 - Motorstorm isn't going to be running in 1080p at 60FPS, despite Sony VP of Marketing David Dille saying this week that it would.
    Jan 10, 2007 - Senior VP of Marketing Peter Dille: Every Sunday in the paper, there's a new deal with a free controller or a free game or $100 off all discounting the 360. I don't think you take those measures if you're selling as expected. (see Jan 13, 2007 entry)
    Jan 11, 2007 - Analyst: Lagging PS3 Sales 'Troubling'
    Jan 11, 2007 - ArsTechnica slams "misleading" Sony
    Jan 13, 2007 - EB offers a deal, trade in your PS2, cables, a second controller and a memory card, to get $100 off a PS3, in what people assume is an attempt to actually move PS3 units.
    Jan 15, 2007 - Analyst: Sony missing sales goals by 25%?
    Jan 15, 2007 - Valve Software's chief Gabe Newell says PS3 a "total disaster on so many levels"
    Jan 15, 2007 - PS3 sales figures 'not good' - IDC "Sony needs more must-have first-party titles to sell consoles"
    Jan 17, 2007 - Sony CEO Howard Stringer: PS3 Only Using 20-25% of its Power
    Jan 25, 2007 - Sony Uses PGR3 Screenshot to Promote Gran Turismo HD
    Jan 26, 2007 - PS3: Now $50 More Expensive in Canada
    Jan 26, 2007 - Epic Games' once-PC-and-PS3-exclusive shooter is now headed to Microsoft's new console with a slightly tweaked title, Unreal Tournament III.
    Jan 29, 2007 - Sony Corp. may report third-quarter profit fell 50 percent after its flagship PlayStation 3 lost market share to Nintendo's Wii.
    Jan 29, 2007 - Sony calls on Ken to save PS3
    Jan 29, 2007 - Tetsuya Nomura, designer of FFXIII, has confirmed that Final Fantasy will not debut on the PS3 until 2008.
    Jan 29, 2007 - Nvidia Shares Affected by Weaker Playstation 3 Demand
    Jan 30, 2007 - Sony blamed the launching costs of its PlayStation 3 game console for much of the 5 percent drop in group net profit for the last three months of 2006
    Jan 31, 2007 - SCEA spokesman David Karraker:"Nintendo's new console doesn't belong in the same category as the PlayStation 3." "Sony was selling out shipments of 100,000 PS3s in the US every week"


    This is a snapshot of the latest list, taken on February 7, 2007

    Source/Latest revision: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

    Wow, Sony needs to stop killing themselves!

    xboxrulz

  9. Posted · Report reply

    New Xbox 360s Shipping with Upgraded DVD Drive

    New BenQ supplied drive is quieter, faster.

    by Gerry Block

     

    February 6, 2007 - Xbox-Scene.com, a long standing community of Xbox and 360 hackers and modders, exposed an unpublicized, yet positive, upgrade to the Xbox 360's hardware. According to sources, a portion of Xbox 360s produced from November '06 onwards are incorporating a new, quieter DVD drive. Previous 360s have used Toshiba-Samsung and Hitachi-LG drives, the sources of the 360's characteristic whirr. The new DVD drives, manufactured by BenQ, are significantly quieter and are based upon a Philips design superior to others employed in Xbox 360s.

     

    It is likely that ever increasing percentages of newly manufactured 360s will include the new BenQ drive until the remaining supply of the older DVD drives is completely exhausted. Owners of Xbox 360s with the BenQ drive have reported significantly quieter operation and slightly quicker load times.

     

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    Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/02/06/new-xbox-360s-shipping-with-upgraded-dvd-drive

     

    Now the 360 can be just as quiet as the Wii ;)!

     

    xboxrulz

  15. Posted · Report reply

    I, myself had not seen any problems from either HP and Acer. They are the top 5 laptop brands at my high school.

     

    Top 5:

    Acer

    Apple

    HP

    Toshiba

    Dell

     

    *Estimates based on 2005-2006 school year

     

     

    I have a Samsung, but it doesn't even make it to the Top 5 and it's running for 7 years.

     

    xboxrulz

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