Recent content by antwerp

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    Question about laptop batteries

    would it hurt to keep it plugged in all the time?
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    pulling out power adapters

    I just got a notebook and it's a lot more convenient pulling it out from the notebook first and leaving the the power adapter hooked into the wall. Is that wrong? Unfortunately the notebook manual is scant - 5 pages and says nothing about anything. I'm asking because all my hardware...
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    girlfriend getting new laptop

    YOU ARE WHIPPED. Okay at the risk of having this marked as a useless post I'll have to say j/k :) and that Apples are incredibly sexy. I saw way more ibooks than windows based laptops on my campus and I guess they're popular for a reason cause of that and because they're easy to manage and...
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    girlfriend getting new laptop

    I'm in Canada and 1249 becomes 1199 (ibook 12') and 1899 becomes 1766 (powerbook 12') with the educational discount. Looking at most US schools the standard education store discount seems to be $100 off for the powerbook 12'. Kind of a joke when you think about how much tuition costs.
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    looking for non-gaming laptop

    Anyone know about the ECS 532 or 536? I'm in the market for a cheapo laptop too, and wouldn't mind buying refurbished either.
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    ram manufacturer id

    My 256 PC2100 ram broke down but I have no idea how to identify the manufacturer. It's got MT TG 0120 or 0118 MT TG on each of the banks and the only other distinguishing feature is a five sided star, and a MADE IN USA 2000. I've looked around and all I could come up with is it's possibly by...