Do you know if the emachines M5310 laptop will run higher screen resolutions than 1024x768 if you connect an external monitor and what refresh rate is max at higher resolutions like 1280x1024? I have a 21" monitor that I like to run at 1280x1024 and 72 or 75 Hz.

Thanks

Mike

I think Sean Astin might disagree with that Actress award for him. ;)

First of all I was talking about Oscar predictions and if you have some feel free to share.

The native resoluton of the M5310 laptop screen is 1280X800 thats is more a wide screen display.

You can use an external Monitor but you are the mercy of the shared DDR memory in the graphics chip. It can do thats resoluton and 2d-graphics would work fine but I would not want to play Quake 3 at thats resoluton on thats chip.

After thinking about your question last night "Who deserves the best actress award" I have to disagree about picture and actress.

I think for actress Charlotte Rampling for the movie Swimming Pool. She gave an incredible performance of a woman facing the December of her life, fighting against society insisting that woman not still be sexual or mysterious creatures. But predictable, boring and consistent. Her performance is excellent and will probably be completely ignored. This is a female dominated movie, (and no it isn't a chick flick) that shows the complexity and beauty of the female spirit. Without needing a bunch of special effects.

Also who deserves best Actress is Maggie Gyllenhaal the older sisiter in Donnie Darko. Her uncanny and stunning portrayal of a woman who needs/wants to be controlled and her complete submission/need to her Love and master are beautifully orchestrated. Yes this is a movie about Dominance and submission, but unlike most movies with this subject matter it is not pornographic in its portrayal. I think it is one of the few honest movies to deal with this subject. Not every person who enjoys/needs or wants submission or dominance is a leather whipping sex freak. Trust me I know they are out there, but I believe this movie captures the true spirit of submission/dominance for those of us who actually want trust, manogamy, healing and control. This movie takes all the "show/stage" aspect out of it, and shows the deep underlying need for someone who craves to be dominated and or submissive in its most basic sense.

I have decided not to include what I feel should be best movie for fear of hurting your feelings and I don't want to take away from the magic of the Lord of the Ring trilogy.

But I will say this: Director Steven Shainberg performs a remarkable feat by taking what could be construed as weighty material and infusing it with sensuality and, even more surprisingly, "humor." The exquisitely honed character development of Secretary lures us to the darker side of human sexuality, all the while soothing us with the idea that people are getting--and giving--what they want. Much credit is due to actors Gyllenhaal and Spader, who are perversely delightful to watch as they maneuver through their teeter-totter relationship with skill and precision. While it toys with society's expectations of love, Secretary also explores the delicate balance between pain and healing, control and surrender. It could never be labeled old-fashioned but, when all is said and done, Secretary is, at its core, a love story.

Bruce Fucking Campbell?? What makes it worse is that I know you're serious!

Bruce Fucking Campbell?? What makes it worse is that I know you're serious!

Well Anna. Did you actually see Bubba Hotep? It was better than anything else up there on the Oscars list.

If it were a popularity contest, then they wouldn't nominate the art hosue films they do, they'd nominate the Matrix films.

Second, the academy only has as much power as we give it. It's not the award for the best film of the year, it's the award for what the academy thought was the best film of the year. If no one gave a shit what they thought, their power would be lost.

Yeah but the "Art House Films" that they do nominate are financed by Disney or some other large media company. I think Whale Rider is the only film up there that you could really call Indy.

Oh man! I cannot think of a worse waste of time than watching whale rider. I would rather die or be destroyed by intergalactic prostitute packing a "shatner-scope".

I can think of a logical reason Rings won't win: The Academy are idiots who let their secretaries vote for them and get caught trying to sell advance screener DVDs on eBay.

Also, hobbits who cry because someone dropped a hat again.

But look on the bright side. At least the obvious Oscarbait, like Cold Mountain and Dances With Samurai, got shut out of Best Picture. So there's hope.