ah.. yes, if possible just max it out at the point of purchase. while it's true that 8gb will work fine, but the system will get more boosts when you have a small ram disk for cache and temp folders. (with ssd's, ram disk is a good thing to have because you can help reduce a lot of writes off ssd)

recent ramdisk technology is really simple to use. good stuff like softperfect ramdisk is free for personal use.

hm.. aw14 has 2 slots only right? from the manual it looks that way. you need to swap it with 2x8gb. looking at the price of ram today, i suggest you go for ssd first that gives you much better performance boost. i guess there is nothing wrong if you do it yourself. (although the manual does warn that no one should touch the internals)

by the way no one is attending the it fair at mid valley?

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 17 2014, 01:04 PM

yeah.. it's more fun upgrading it slowly. you can see the performance maintained with time.

if it's not about work purposes, i like to have smaller laptops/ultrabooks, too :/

correct. http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=387

search silverstone at garage sales section, i think you can find some sellers carrying this one. alternatively, viewnet has that. (i got mine from there)

uh? really? looking at the manual, it's just flip the laptop, take off the back cover, tara!

by the way the dell manual is good. check it. ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/e...anual_en-us.pdf

well.. just do it

maybe it's because i always use local account without association to any email, i had no issue to get the files previously.

nice find

haha.. that's one of the reported issues if you do an upgrade.

here's mine, clean install. it's nothing wrong.

ow.. no wonder you're like mia suddenly. actually, same here haven't done anything useful to my 17 :/ hopefully i can do it this week.

i got it from a friend hehe.. i also download an untouched copy from the internet. the checksum is the same.

oh. yeah.. 3. just upgraded the firmwares for plextor drives. now m5pro has devslp feature also, not just the m5m msata version.

you can use softperfect networx. ah.. lee_what2004 has another option

well as long as it works i still use some old apps daily. (e.g. sysinternals suite has many apps dated as old as 2006! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte.../bb842062.aspx)

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 27 2014, 11:23 AM

oh no wonder. i don't monitor inbound/outbound data transfers because of several reasons. lazy being one.

i have a habit of getting files off internet:
1. download everything into a temporary folder;
2. scan the folder before use. (clamav with microsoft security essentials only)

on top of that, i only get files from known trusted sources.

so far so good. safe since wxp era

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 19 2014, 12:26 PM

well.. mac os or linux or bsd are potentially vulnerable if you do not know what to do with it. (for instance, this is a story in linux. my friend once downloaded a script and without reading through it he ran the script at once, as root. the damage would be significant, including losing his job, if he did not have a habit of doing backup daily haha!)

yeah i know w8.1 is better however people seem to like to complain more than to adapt. so, whatever

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 19 2014, 01:07 PM

right and if only they realize that walk is much more practical and beneficial to them than talk.

nice lol! aw produces good machines.

mac is fine. many people love it. it's just that i like to get my hands dirty and enjoy self maintenance and upgrades.

Lol! Its my hobby so yeah..

I am going back to desktop rig when the time is right.

By the way, the it fair in mid valley is a disappointment to me. Heading to lyp :/

sure; never looked back to hdd as boot drive after that.

recently fairs like this one really turn people off. what? now all they have are powerbanks? :/

it's best to ask for quotes from the dell agents or sellers that offer the service.

true, but i also think conventional retailers should also find ways to improve their own businesses. competitions exist everywhere. imo actually these retailers have more advantages to be competitive, provided the business model must be adjusted accordingly.

killer ethernet? i don't have issues with that (with clean install).

hm.. looks like there is a version of aw17 with amd card. the driver has been posted at dell support site.

edit: yeah.. Radeon™ R9 m290x.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 21 2014, 01:11 PM

i had no issue installing and running the one provided by dell on w8.1. i got all drivers from dell; didn't use the ones in the cd.

.. and i did one more thing to all the network and bt adapters: i disable the power management (allow computer to turn them off) by the system at the device manager. (it's because this one is always one of the most common causes of problems in networking)

man.. don't play with ultra settings for that card. raymondtong94's right, turning off vsync and antialias, then set the resolution to lower than fhd help.

even with 680m/780m i only play with high settings, with vsync and antialias off. only when i go into test range i set everything ultra (just to enjoy the view and scenery. in multiplayer sessions, with those settings it means suicide :/)

edit: well.. even if we have very strong cards, our internet speed still make us feeders lol! just now i shot the guy in the head, but it ended up i die. speechless.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 21 2014, 10:56 PM