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    PCSPECIALIST Audible pop and laptop not charging - help!

    A few minutes ago I was just doing some work on my rather nice Vortex II when I heard a loud popping sound - a bit like opening a tube of Pringles. Everything is plugged in, but it is now not charging. This means I have about an hour and a half until I have no laptop (obviously once it's fixed...
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    PCSPECIALIST Final spec for high end laptop for virtualisation etc

    Okay, after lots of help from you guys (and Matthew in live customer chat), here is my final spec... I am going to be doing some CUDA programming, so I went with the better graphics card. What do you reckon? Chassis & Display Vortex II:17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£69)...
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    PCSPECIALIST Hardware virtualisation on Vortex II 17.3" with 2760QM or 2860QM

    Hello everyone. I am in the process of finalising the spec for my new laptop (http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?13000-Very-high-spec-laptop-to-last-a-good-few-years - spec has changed since then, but it'll be similar to that only 17.3") and was wondering if somebody could...
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    PCSPECIALIST Very high spec laptop to last a good few years...

    Hi, I am after a very high spec laptop to host multiple virtual machines and I'll be doing a lot of development on it (probably with stuff like SQL Server 2008 R2 in it's own virtual Win 2008 R2 machine, etc, etc). I might also do a bit of gaming and watching movies etc, but work is the main...
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the gamut for 17.3" 3D screen and 18.4" Viper III screen?

    Simple question. The specs of these screens are not on the website. I can't decide whether to get 15.6" 95% gamut machine or "go large" but if the screen is way worse (or glossy only) then that might stop me. Just wondering...
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    PCSPECIALIST Which is your best Full HD screen?

    Another simple question: which is the best Full HD screen that you do, in terms of accuracy of colour reproduction? I am a bit confused since some of your screens claim 95% gamut which is then reported as 72% when I click on the questionmark by the dropdown selector. If it turns out that the...
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    PCSPECIALIST Laptop HDD + optical drive question

    Hi all, Just a simple question really. Which laptop models support having two HDDs AND an optical drive at the same time? I'm guessing it's only the bigger ones (e.g. 17" Vortex II, etc), but wondered which actual models. Cheers, Dommer
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