Laptops

What's the point of dual core?
A year ago my employer made a contribution for me to get a new laptop. Until then I had always used second-hand, cast-offs, etc. So I've been using a shiny new Toshiba Satellite dual core machine with XP, 1 GB ram, for the last year. I would have thought dual core was meant for multiple tasks. But running ... 25 Jan 2008 09:59

Repair of Acer laptop USB sockets?
A friend of mine has an Acer Aspire laptop, and the USB ports are "worn out". He says the contacts are either broken or bent. He would like to take the laptop apart and either repair the ports or replace them. He has a couple of junk laptops, and has already removed two good USB sockets from them, but he sa... 24 Jan 2008 11:10

Supervisor password
I got lost of the supervisor password for my Toshiba notebook computer in Toshiba Console. Can someone advise how can I restore or reset the password. Thanks, Scott ... 25 Jan 2008 05:25

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need expert help in buying a laptop
Hi I'm badly in need of some expert help in buying a laptop for my daily home and office use. Stumbled upon many brands and models over google but unable to make a better choice. Here am putting a list of my requirements. I am basically a web appliaction developer: 1. screen width 14/15.4 inches ... 24 Jan 2008 00:47

Fixed, but ...
I figured out how to stop the hum, but I don't really understand what is going on. The AC adapter has a three prong grounding plug. If I use one of those 'cheater' plugs and don't connect the ground - NO HUM!! Counterintuitive huh? I have as many 3 prong devices as NOT, associated (read: connected) to my Hom... 24 Jan 2008 00:47

tv from laptop.
Display of a slideshow on TV, from laptop, only shows in B&W. Can anyone please advise how to get the display in colour? (The connection is via cable from the S-Video socket on Packard Bell laptop to a scart connector on TV). ... 24 Jan 2008 03:01

Help, I need a laptop that will do 64bit VMWare virtualization
Hey everyone, I need to buy a new laptop but it has to be able to do 64-bit virtualization using vmware. I would also like an Intel processor. To be able to do virtualization the BIOS must support it! So I need a laptop the has it built into the BIOS. Anyone know of a make and model that will do that? TI... 21 Jan 2008 18:30

HP Pavillion dv6426us S-Video Connection causing AC audio hum?!?
When I connect my television to the laptop using a S-Video cable, I get a loud hum in the TV's audio (even with no audio cable connected) WHEN the laptop is ALSO connected to the AC adapter - the video is fine with no interference. The hum exists even if the computer is shut off (no video of course in THIS cas... 22 Jan 2008 08:28

Vaio S360 touchpad problem
Hi all, I have kind of a weird problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a user who has a Sony Vaio VGN-S360 laptop: 1.7 GHz Pentium 512MB RAM Win XP Home SP2 His hard drive crashed a while back. After installing a new disk he discovered that he had misplaced the Sony Restore disks. So he u... 22 Jan 2008 15:42