Posts by Glenwing

I think this presents a good deal Only drawback is a 5400RPM HDD but at this price you could spend another $200 on a 256GB...

There should be a microsoft certificate of authenticity which contains the key somewhere on the laptop, any major OEM that is licensed by Microsoft should have it, usually on the bottom. It may be underneath the battery if you have a...

StarCraft didn't for me But you can always go into the NVIDIA control panel and manually set programs to use the GPU. Also in the control panel you can enable the NVIDIA tray icon which will tell you which programs are using the...

Since it uses NVIDIA optimus go into the NVIDIA control panel and make sure it is using the GPU to run 3DMark and not HD4000. Either way 3DMark is meant to be a test for graphics cards and is used all the way up through the desktop 680...

I'd say the Dell is a better bet. They tend to be pretty aggressive with their anti-glare coating though, so just be aware of that.

There are no 120Hz IPS Panels. The response time of IPS panels is not fast enough to refresh at 120Hz, that is the hardware limitation. As for why there are no 120Hz 16:10 TN panel monitors, pretty much the only ones using 16:10 these...

If a CPU loses in "proper benchmarks" but wins in the "how you would actually use it" test, that's fine by me. Sounds like a solid CPU.

Have you looked at the VAIO S15? It's got a 1080p screen on a 15.5" screen which shouldn't be too bad. It's also very thin and light for its size (4.4lbs)

Yeah... it's the unfortunate truth of widescreen, it's terrible for actually doing anything besides movies and games X(

For the record I'm using a 1600x900 screen, and this is what I can see, you can decide whether that's enough of a workspace upgrade or not. Note my taskbar is on the side, so having it on the bottom might make things a wee bit smaller...