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Lenovo 3000 C200 Memory?

just being clear on that. You said motherboard. Which is usually the terminology for desktops, laptops I usually see them called mainboard or logic board or heck also motherboard. Just trying to be clear.
- russdaren
- Post #5
- Mar 14, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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should I wait until this summer to buy a new laptop?

I'd either buy now when you can still get an XP pro based notebook (from IBM/Lenovo) or wait til summer or later when Vista SP1 comes out.
- russdaren
- Post #4
- Mar 14, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Lenovo 3000 C200 Memory?

motherboard? Actually its a notebook/laptop I am refering to. Kind of confusing since the same chipset has so many variants which show up in desktop and laptop models. And some laptop chips on desktops (gigabyte for one). But I think you might be right here.
- russdaren
- Post #3
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Which laptop to buy?

If you are into using firewire it behooves you to look for a box with TI firewire. The other chips by Ricoh Via etc sem to work, but can be problematic if you are doing audio or NLE.Something to do with asynchronous and isochronous transfers that I dont recall the details of. Anywya, VIA 1394...
- russdaren
- Post #5
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Lightweight Reliable Notebook

my Lenovo 3000 C200 gets about 2-3 hours on the lame battery. It would get much more if I had sprung for the med or long life battery. Of course this is with the modem and wifi turned off and a lot of services and such killed. Oh I didnt see light. Mine is not heavy, but its not less than 6...
- russdaren
- Post #10
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Lenovo 3000 C200 Memory?

Recently Acquired a Lenovo 3000 C200 laptop. Not a total barn burner I know, but I plan on upgrading most of the major components. Pretty much all the performance affecting parts can be upgraded by the owner without voiding the warranty. Anyway, It came with a single 512MB sodimm. I am...
- russdaren
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- Mar 13, 2007
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- Forum: Laptops
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ExpressCard sound cards? *FOUND ONE* kind of.

Honestly, coming from a pro audio background myself, Creative has a pretty bad reputation. They are not known to play well with the major audio apps like Sonar, Cubase, Live etc. I would look more for a Maudio, Motu or Presonus product. A lot of olks ahve reported very good latency reuslts...
- russdaren
- Post #7
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Apple Macbook Pro config

I would for sure go for the smallest out of the box memory config they sell, then upgrade it iwth aftermarket ram form Newegg or some other bargain site. You'll save a couple hundred bucks! As far as the hard drive speed thing, I am currently looking at upgrading my Lenovo's HDD and yes, the...
- russdaren
- Post #6
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Apple Laptops and Desktops

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