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i still cant play lost planet on directX 10, and its really choppy in DriX9 i suspect i will have to do some playing around with my Video setting, just wish they made it easier to setup. if your comp comes with a video card you would think they would set the bios to give it the max it wants????? i also seem to have a high performance setting that locks my CPU usage at 100% that's interesting. i really need to learn more about this laptop. its my first laptop so I'm lost big time, add to that its also my first introduction to win Vista and it just leaves me in the dark. 8^(( expect many questions to come, you may regret the offer to help. LOL thanks James

I'm a U.S.Army Vet. ,Disabled, 44, married, 3 boys ( 8y,3y,& 6weeks) one wife,29 (like any one needs more then 1 ) OK really she is great and i could not get by without her ( don't tell her i said that,LOL). i like welding and wood working when i can get up and about to do so. i spend a lot of time on the Miller welding forum where i help moderate and pass on as much help as i can to others there.i also spend a great deal of time playing command & conquer (have all the versions ) although i don't play them on line, just at home. plan on playing them with my son if i can ever get the network problems worked out. Here is my first topic, if any one could take a look and help me out on it? It's about a laptop for gaming. thanks for any and all help to come. James

so I'm trying to play lost planet any way after returning last laptop for a new one, i picked up a Philip's controller as positive thinking. but its controls are not working right ?? i tried to use the PC controller but it gives few options and nothing i can figure out to make it work?? I'm using vista 64bit ?? any one have this problem/ did you find a fix?? is there a better option out there ?? with sooooo many 1st person games out some one must make a decent controller ?? i been surviving on command and conquer games for ever but with the new C&C 3 and red alert 3 i needed to upgrade my PC. so with the upgrade i figured it was time to get into the 1st person games i could only play on play station before. i tried them on the PC way back with tom Clancy's rainbow 6 but hated the key board controls. thinking there as to be a better way ??? so whats the norm out there in gamer world ?? do i just have to learn to use the keys , or is there a better way ??? as you can see i tried a Philip's controller with disastrous results. help a new-B out and give me the inside scoop !!!!! thanks James

OK silly question?? would it be a good or bad idea to get it in your opin ? keeping in mind i am not computer literate and stumble threw most things, thanks for the input James If you have an MSDN or Technet subscription dose that mean i am a member here or is it some thing else/ would it help me learn about my computer ?

so how do you go about getting a copy of the new win.7 its a legal release correct, i don't want to end up with a pirate version. i just got my new laptop and would like to get it started off with the new win.7 so i don't have to change again for a wile. no point getting vista set up just to have to change.

thanks. looks like i will be taking this laptop back due to lack of video options. but will still be back to get the new one up to speed. EDIT Mar 7 2009, 08:06 PM: wel im back on line with the new laptop, this one with NVIDIA 9300 will be buisy getting it working/rid of extra sample stuff

I'm a U.S.Army Vet. ,Disabled, 44, married, 3 boys ( 8y,3y,& 6weeks) one wife,29 (like any one needs more then 1 ) OK really she is great and i could not get by without her ( don't tell her i said that,LOL). i like welding and wood working when i can get up and about to do so. i spend a lot of time on the Miller welding forum where i help moderate and pass on as much help as i can to others there.i also spend a great deal of time playing command & conquer (have all the versions ) although i don't play them on line, just at home. plan on playing them with my son if i can ever get the network problems worked out. i recently (for X-Mas ) got a new laptop that's been a big disappointment and extreme headache trying to get it to do some of the most basic things. my new laptop has win. Vista installed on it and so far i have been OK with it with 4 exceptions, 1. my video accelerator is falling way short 2. it dose not want to network with my desktop running win XP and dial up Internet sharing ( dial up threw desktop with XP) 3. its running a 32 bit Vista when it capable of and should be running 64bit. ( why would they install a 32 bit on a 64 bit compatible computer right out of the box??? ) 4. why dose it use only one explorer page all the time?? i liked having 5 or 6 open to keep track of things. now i have to keep going back looking for my page. ok so i got a lil truble to work out,LOL after i get those things fixed i should be a happy customer and off to start figuring out how to get my web site working ( that's going to be fun also but i need to work out the bugs at home before starting a new web site project. i would like to apologize in advance for any typo's. this is my first laptop and getting used to the keys is going to be fun i can see . i will do my best to remember to hit the spell check to catch the typo's but please bear with me should i forget due to being in a rush. thanks for any and all help to come. James