Itching for change... Thoughts?

[Rob]

Brand new, sealed box. 3 year warranty. I could tell you but I'd have to kill you...

I have them advertised here: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1299 for $1700 without the GPS (same unit), I'd be willing to let a GPS unit go for only $1700.

That's the BEST I can do I sell them al day long at $2049

[Gear6]

man, that's a very very nice offer, thank you! (PM sent)
I'm a bit unsure about the port configuration: having the SmartCard option means it no longer has the ExpressCard slot, only PC Card ? is that replaceable ?

How's your new CF-19 doing ?

[Rob]

Correct. No Express card slot. Didn't realize that myself, but I don't care. I don't use any of those ports anyways.

It's doing great! Still trying to figure out if I want to upgrade to Windows 7. XP has a few cavets that I don't like which I ALSO forgot about. IE8 is one of them

Other than that, great! It's all hooked up and running. I don't know why, but the external resolution on my 2nd LCD only goes to 720P, not 1920x1200 like my C1 did. It may be because I'm using the CF-18 dock?

I'm 100% used to the keyboard already too.

[Gear6]

that low res might have something to do with the 1280x1024 max external output, as listed in the specs, on the fully-rugged line.
there was a thread over on NBR about that.
could be the dock also, but to be sure, hook it up to the CF-19 directly.

[Rob]

Yes, it is a limit of the machine.

I got it to go to 1440x900 max. No biggie though.

[ADOR]

What video chipset are you running? There are software hacks out kn some of them to alter max resolution.

[Rob]

It just says "Intel HD Graphics"

It's 1GB

[Gear6]

integrated video in i5-540UM is Intel HD Graphics (IronLake 45nm) Core @ 166-500Mhz, up to 1720MB DVMT (probably with 3GB+ of ram). it should support even 2048x1536 over VGA.
But somewhere (drivers, bios), it is limited by Panasonic. Why ? I would like to know as well.

Here's a link to the thread where a guy managed to get 1912x1200 out of his CF-19 mk2:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -cf30.html

[ADOR]

I know several companies limited the Intel graphics on several models before. I think it was to keep the resolution down so the graphics wouldn't have to work as hard. I have seen hacks on it before on the 915,945,965 x3100 graphics before so there should be something you can do on this one.

[Rob]

Hmmm, That's nice! Thanks for the link!

I have held off now though because I don't know which driver to use from that INF that he posted on NBR... There are a LOT of different options. I don't know which one to use!!