steve answers:

You probably need to adjust the zoom.

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They are nearly the same. Both have a liquid crystal display screen. The only major difference between the two is that older or less expensive sets use a fluorescent lamp for the backlight, while an “LED” set uses a bank of light emitting diodes.

The LED backlighting uses less electrical power than the fluorescent lamp. There are two versions, “edge” lighting and “full matrix.” Edge-lit sets can be very thin. Full matrix sets allow for “local dimming,” which can bring improved contrast in specific areas of the screen.

However, don’t look for a *major* difference in picture quality. The HD picture on an “LED” set will be difficult to distinguish from a very good conventional LCD set.

steve answers:

The difference between the two is the method in which the picture is produced. Plasma screens use a matrix of tiny gas plasma cells charged by precise electrical voltages to create a picture. On the other hand, LCDs or liquid crystal displays are made up of liquid crystal pushed in the space between two glass plates. A picture is produced by varying the electrical currents.

Generally LCDs are a better value unless your’re looking for a 50in plus TV. While LCDs can give you better resolution, plasma still has the edge in terms of picture quality. Both can usaully be repaired and neither should have any health hazards.

But in the end, the resoulution, the pixels don’t matter, its what you do with them. So make sure use use an HD input source like a Blu Ray disc player or HD TV service etc.

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Follow the procedures below:
1. Adjust brightness and contrast simultaneously till black colour appears black (not grey) and grey appear as grey (not black).
If brightness is more than the correct proportion, black colour will appear grey. Too much contrast will cause grey to appear as black.
2. Increase or decrease colour until the tone/colour of people on the TV appears like in real life. After getting a real-life-tone, increase the color a little bit.
Setting the color a little more than real life sight reduces tiny light specks and flickers caused by weak signal.
3. Reduce sharpness to zero and increase it slowly till edges of objects in the screen becomes unhazled. During broadcast of or while playing poor quality video, a high sharpness will further deteriorate the video. Sharpness should be reduced when viewing poor quality video.
4. Now, view the TV from 3 mtrs for sometime, If it dazzles the eyes, go back to step one above, reduce brightness and readjust as mentioned.

steve answers:

Liquid-crystal display televisions (LCD TV) are television sets that use LCD technology to produce images. LCD televisions are thinner and lighter than CRTs of similar display size, and are available in much larger sizes. When manufacturing costs fell, this combination of features made LCDs practical for television receivers.

LCD-In 2007, LCD televisions surpassed sales of CRT-based televisions worldwide for the first time,[citation needed] and their sales figures relative to other technologies are accelerating. LCD TVs are quickly displacing the only major competitors in the large-screen market, the plasma display panel and rear-projection television. LCDs are, by far, the most widely produced and sold television display type.

LCDs also have a variety of disadvantages. Other technologies address these weaknesses, including organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), FED and SED, but as of 2011[update] none of these have entered widespread production.

An LED-backlight LCD television is an LCD TV that uses LED backlighting instead of the CCFLs used in traditional LCD televisions. It is not a true LED display but is called “LED TV” by some manufacturers.[1] The use of LED backlighting has a dramatic impact, resulting in a thinner panel, less power consumption and better heat dissipation, and a brighter display with better contrast levels.

The LEDs can come in three forms:

Dynamic RGB LEDs which are positioned behind the panel
White Edge-LEDs positioned around the rim of the screen using a special diffusion panel to spread the light evenly behind the screen (the most common)
A full-array of LEDS which are arranged behind the screen but are incapable of dimming or brightening individually
material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011)

Modern televisions consist of a display, antenna or radio frequency (RF) input (a TV aerial plug or an F connector), and a tuner. The existence of a television tuner (nowadays, a digital television tuner) in a display device distinguishes it from a monitor — which receives signals that are already processed. Additionally TVs almost always include speakers and teletext. Most modern TVs also feature additional inputs for devices such as DVD players, video game consoles, and headphones; the most common types are RCA (for composite and component video), mini-DIN (for S-Video, where old computers can be connected), SCART and D-terminal can be found in Europe and Japan respectively, the newer HDMI (which can also connect to computers), USB and Bluetooth. Some high-end TVs have Ethernet ports to receive information from the Internet, like stocks, weather, or news. Most TVs made since the early 1980s also feature an infra-red sensor to detect the signals sent by remote controls.

steve answers:

The exact same thing happened to my Toshiba. When I first got it, it would only stay connected if it the battery charger was plugged in. Mine was still under warranty so I just brought it back and it was fixed.

steve answers:

Check if your printer has a slot that you can connect your laptop to it via usb port. Itll have one side a port for usb for your laptop, and another different one to hook into your printer. I would help you further and tell you which cord to buy but you did not provide info on your brand and version of printer, so my suggestion would be to go to any electronics store (like Fry’s, best buy, comp usa) and tell them the brand of your printer and ask if they have a usb connector for it so you can print from your laptop. You also might be able to find your specific brand of printer online and it might tell you which cord you will need.

Good luck

steve answers:

”Dell.”

steve answers:

Copy this folder to your new laptop

yourUsername/Music/iTunes

to the new laptop

Then select iTunes Library.itl from this folder on your iTunes on the new pc

steve answers:

There are a lot of other reasons why your laptop cant connect online. If you like, you can ym me and i will try my best to help you

steve answers:

Laptops are generally not possible to mod.
Because its all glued together and its layout is different to PCs
so even if you took it apart and plugged it all in, you would have to mod the casing or leave it pulled apart.

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You can’t upgrade laptop graphics cards, they are soldered directly to the motherboard and can’t be changed. The most you can do is by upgrading the RAM you can allow the graphics card the ability to take advantage of the full 1791MB of video memory it can access but with 4GB already the amount of times your system can’t take advantage of the full power of the graphics card will strictly be limited to when games are using most of the RAM which doesn’t happen often. So in short your RAM upgrade will help a little bit with what you want from a graphics card upgrade but you can’t directly upgrade the graphics card.

steve answers:

You can’t upgrade your graphics card on a laptop.

Or do you mean how much it will cost to upgrade from XP to Vista?
If that’s the case, I would not even bother. Vista is a joke of an operating system. I would stay with XP until Widows 7 comes out.

steve answers:

No period there is “No” graphics card in a laptop system they are fixed on-board graphics chips

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You should really check out hp’s website, as their warranty regulations apply for different sales.

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It seem’s a pretty good option for your situation.
Your main issue is theres a ton of Netbooks flooded the market.
I would say the ones to look for are the Acer Aspire 1, HP Mini note, Dell Mini 9(or 10), MSI Wind or a newer Asus EeePC.

Average spec’s (all pretty similar);
Intel Atom 1.6ghz (don’t get anything different, this is designed for netbooks)
512mb/1gb of RAM
7″-10″ screen- this is main difference, 10″ is more comfortable, but more in cost and size/wieght.
Linux/XP – XP is more, but is also familiar, linux will generally run quicker.
12GB SSD(it’s faster, but not as big)80GB-120GBHDD
Wi-Fi b/g/n
bell’s & whistles like webcams, mobile brodband(SIM-slot) etc.

Have a look on reviews sites, as spec’s are pretty much the same most tend to look at the build quality, looks and the keyboard’s and the touch pads( some have buttons on side instead of top to save space) have a look in PC shops, most have display models.

steve answers:

I think you will be disappointed with the laptop. Even though it has a 15.6″ screen and DVDRW, it is basically a large netbook of the lowest levels available for sale. In that model, the CPU and any graphics is soldered to the motherboard, and the CPU is fairly weak that even if it had a better graphics card, it would not do any good. The graphics in it, HD 6290 is below anything Intel integrated even offers with any CPU and is more in line with the old chipset included graphics of a few years ago.

Http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

“not that good” is an understatement. Even at your entry level pricing in what appears to be £280 at Curry’s (I do believe you are UK since that is where the model is most often sold), you can do far better

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Products/cat/Laptops

If you have £320 available, I would aim at the AMD A6-3420M with HD 6520G graphics if looking for any gaming at all

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5560_1222560.html

notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
If you are under 300 pounds, Maybe a Pentium CPU in Bxxx where you can look up each one at the first tab of the benchmark site.
If you are not in the UK, pretty much the same information applies and try Newegg.com for similar models of CPU/Graphics.

steve answers:

Most any PC will give good service and last a long time when they are taken care off. The Acer must be a fairly good computer I have not had one on my work bench yet. I only work on computers so I don’t work on Mac’s. I just got a call from
a lady that wants to bring her Asus laptop for service repair. That will be my first of those to have on my work bench.

steve answers:

Asus eee-pc is the best!
Get any model , dont go higher than model 1005.

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In the Asus website

http://usa.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1005PE_Seashell/#download

Just select windows 7 as your OS, and the manual is at the bottom of the list, then just look for the language you need.

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I have been with Orange/wanadoo for almost 2 years, up until maybe 6 months ago they were the pits, probably the worst provider out there, in the last 6 months i have had no problems, it seems by all accounts that they are improving rapidly, i understand that the customer support has also improved, however, i would not move to Orange at the moment if i was with another provider, i still have vivid memories of how bad they were. As for the free laptop, well, look at the specs, it is absolute rubbish, it is probably capable of running a basic operating system and broadband but that’s your lot, it would need almost instant upgrading and that in itself would probably cause problems for the motherboard, then a 2 year contract, nope, i am afraid that i don’t have that much faith in Orange and i have even less faith in P C World, i would leave well alone. Take care and good luck.

steve answers:

I wouldnt go with Orange broadband if I was you as my sister and cousin both had orange broadband and in the first two months it worked fin but after that they were lucky if it worked once in a month and orange didnt do anything about it, but still take the money. So it may look like a good deal, but dont go with orange broadband

steve answers:

3B’s per month is your total bandwidth allowed, everytime you visit a web page bandwidth is used, so they said to stay offf youtube because that video will load on your computer taking several megs, but you can go on youtube accasionally just dont surf it all day, ass for the price it doesnt sound bad

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I took my acer laptop (had a cracked screen) and my daughter’s toshiba laptop ( had some virus issues) to this place in Monterey Park called eztek , u can call 323-889-1985 or go to eztek.webs.com , they fixed my screen for around $170 and my daughters laptop was fixed for around 70 including fresh windows installation plus antivirus and everything, her laptop was so much faster after that. I asked around and I was quoted around $260 for the screen and $120 something for the virus thing w complet windows install and backing up my daughter’s pictures and homework files. Eztek did all that for $70, they did a great job and I will go there again if needed.Not only they were charging less, also something super important to me wasthat the quality of the repair and the knowledge of their techs was beyound many other places I used to go and deal with.. I have also sent a few of my coworkers and they all were happy with the service. Good luck.

steve answers:

A) get a new battery
b) i personally would just leave it. Getting 140 hrs of battery is fine with me!
C) when you do get a new laptop i recommend a dell inspiron 15r

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USB speakers are convenient but drain the laptop battery. If you will use those speakers near an AC power outlet i would recommend getting speakers with an integrated power supply and a headphone plug.

Logitech speakers are reliable and don’t break that fast. I have used a pair of them for many years, lugged them around a lot and they’re still alive.

For a very tight budget

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3422101&CatId=2892

a little more enhanced speakers (still affordable)
http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2458532&csid=_21

steve answers:

Important things for you to consider are how important battery life is to you, how big of a screen do you want, and what type of operating system you plan to use.

If you really want long battery life, I would recommend getting a smaller sized laptop or a netbook. I’m not sure how big of a screen you are looking for, but the Acer Aspire One has great battery life and also a 10.1″ display.

It has enough power to do all of the “light” things that you would typically need for school work. It has the necessities of built in Wi-Fi, built in webcam, Windows XP instead of Vista and so on. It also has a pretty affordable price.

More details on this Acer Aspire One, as well as advice and info about other laptops and netbooks that should fit within your budget, is at the link below.

steve answers:

It is simple to switch & student discounts make it very affordable. Windows mag. Website http://www.officialwindowsmagazine.com/ Has articals available to help.

Have Fun

steve answers:

Since these days Windows Vista is bundled along with the laptops, so you wont’ get windows XP which is a very good operating system and requires 1GB of RAM (system Memory) whereas Vista requires 3GB of RAM for optimal performance (NB: this is not the minimum memory required but minimum memory for optimal performance). Also Microsoft office student 2007 requires too much of memory and is expensive so I would advise you to buy Microsoft Office Pro 2003 which is not as expensive than MS Office 2007 and requires less system memory and has all the features that you require. So the system configuration you need to buy is
1) 3GB of RAM
2) at least 250GB of hard disk drive
3) at least 2.0 G Hz frequency of CPU (Core 2 duo)
4) DVD +/-RW drive (or Blu Ray drive if you can afford)
5) HD connectivity (for high definition video to connect to HD TV/Monitor)
A good anti virus (like McAfee, Trend Micro or Norton Internet Security)
rest of the features (bluetooth, 5in 1 memory card reader, WiFi etc ) are mostly same for all laptops.
You can visit http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1525?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs for Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop which I find good and affordable. Although Dell Studio laptop are good but avoid it and go for XPS laptop if you can.
Also Dell Mini have XP on it and you could visit http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs for configuring it.
If you configure the laptop you will know the exact price and you could select products according to your budget.
You could also visit http://www.hp.com/ for HP laptops or http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do;HHOJSID=Mx7XJYMGGMnVhp4Zq8rHM4hTbD6WTLhv6mv58dC4vgRqWJXDcvDy!2046181286?template_type=series_detail&category=notebooks&series_name=dv4t_series&jumpid=in_r329_ad_homepage/popular/1 for HP Pavilion Laptops

Always customize and buy the product to suit you need and pocket. One last thing. Always go for a good customer care and tech support brand like Dell.

steve answers:

The Aspire One featuring Windows XP Home will now retail for $349, which is just about Rs 15,500, while the Aspire One with Linpus Linux Lite is priced at $329, which is about Rs 14,500.

At just 2.17 pounds, the Aspire One is designed to be an affordable, entry-level, “first PC” solution for students, as well as a secondary computing device for on-the-go tech savvy enthusiasts and professionals.

The Aspire One is equipped with Intel Atom processor, Windows XP Home, 1 GB of RAM memory installed, 120 GB internal hard drive, and a three-cell battery.

“The Aspire one is a breakthrough product that meets the connectivity needs of both students and mobile professionals,” said Kristin Markworth, senior manager of notebook product marketing for Acer America. “By increasing the value of our mobile Internet device lineup, Acer is opening the Aspire one experience to a whole new base of users.”

The Acer Aspire One netbook is available via Acer’s authorized resellers and at major retailers in the US. All the models come with a one-year limited warranty.

Http://compareindia.in.com/top-stories/computers-laptops/acer-aspire-slashes-its-price/35441/0

Acer Aspire One netbook in India at an affordable price
http://www.tech24.in/acer-aspire-one-netbook-in-india-at-an-affordable-price.html

steve answers:

If you mean as checked luggage then none of that will be a problem.

If you mean as carry-on, the largest bag you can take would be about the size of a small backpack.

Not all airlines have the same baggage policies, but this is typical:

http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/baggage/index.jsp

steve answers:

I have never used the Sony A300 but I will say that with the Canon Rebels the vertical grip is a very good addition. I find many of the entry level DSLR’s to be a little to small in my hands. The battery grip adds some more room and makes the camera more comfortable in my hands. I also find the vertical shutter release to be a nice feature. If the vertical grip is a Sony brand product and not a cheap third party grip then I would recommend it.

As to being in Washington D.C. Next week I just want to warn you that you wont be able to get anywhere near the inauguration if you don’t have a ticket. The place will be completely mobbed. I hope you have a hotel room already as well. I live in the area and just don’t want you to be surprised

steve answers:

The problem with a pawnshop is that you won’t get $900 for your gear.

With eBay, you’d have to wait for the money to be sent to you.

Craigslist would probably be your best shot, especially if you only listed it for a few days. Obviously, if you sold it some other way, you could just let the listing expire.

The biggest problem is what the camera and lenses would be worth. I would place the body at around $400 (new ones sell for around $470; Adorama has them new for $469.95) if you sold it yourself. The lenses may or may not be worth much and without knowing what kind they are, it’s hard to guess whether they are worth an additional $500.

Trading it in to a pawnshop is a bad idea; you’d be lucky to get $300 for it, as the pawnshop owner could only sell it for $400-450 himself.

steve answers:

That is a lateral move, and you won’t be happy with the D5000 either, it is no better of a camera than the a300. Any shortcomings of the camera are actually shortcomings of how you are moving it. However, if you MUST place the blame on the camera, you can get probably 60-70% of the purchase price, if everything is in good condition and you have manuals, boxes, all accessories, etc.

steve answers:

And I’d say more like $300-$350.

The camera bag and “basic” tripod don’t mean squat. The memory cards are worth $15-$20 together.

When you can buy a brand new camera that has more bells and whistles, for $400, why buy an antique? When that antique is priced too high to begin with, nobody is going to even bid on it.

I have a D70s at work, I’m not slamming your camera. I am wondering why people think you can get what you paid for out of a digital camera.

steve answers:

You plug in your usb to the computer, then on the galaxy s, say “Mount”, then go to your computer, there’s a new drive shows up, that’s your micro sd card. Go in there, there’s my pictures folder, those are your pics.

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Just take the usual precautions ands don’t advertise your phone etc, attach a lanyard or “bling” make it it harder to palm and consciously remember when you put it down always in front not at the side

And I think this is what you are looking for this, but so far Galaxy S; Tab; Wave
http://www.samsung.com/uk/mobile/featured-applications/mobile-tracker.html

steve answers:

Yes, if you buy a phone in India from a Samsung retailer it will work in any part of the world as its a quad band phone. Please make sure you buy it without any service contract from any India based cellular service provider.

steve answers:

Cellular South has not released the update for this phone yet. As of this time you can not upgrade your phone to android 2.2

If you want to hack your phone, and void your warranty you can get android 2.2. From here.
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950695

steve answers:

Yes you can, here are the steps: settings -> privacy -> factory data reset.
It will delete any customized application, and restore all settings to it original.
But it will not delete:
- your data on micro sd card
- other folder / files in the root drive (not as clean as you thougt), but dont worry this will not affect any system performance.
Hope that helps

steve answers:

I doubt your graphics card will be able to run at max settings. Medium or high, probably, at that resolution.
Aside from that, it’s a great system.

steve answers:

Hi peter
these are excellent components and except for hardcore builders this is about as good as it gets however the motherboard you have mentioned wont support the Intel Core i7 930 as its a different socket designation… The motheboard you require is a socket 1366 motherboard (x58 chipset) and these are readily avalible online
considering the high quality of your current selection i am going to recommend the “Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard “( http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+Socket+1366/Asus+P6T+Intel+X58+%28Socket+1366%29+DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=39536 ) .. This isnt the best x58 motherboard however its a excellent model and has all the features you will ever need… These include 3-Way SLI & Quad-GPU CrossFireX Support and ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design
as you can imagine the Asus P6T does not come cheap and at £158.61 inc. VAT its a major component in your build however asus motherboards are reliable and stable and wont let you down
obviously you dont need these high end components… I am still using a pentium D 915 (2.8ghz) ,3gb ram and a xfx gts250 and i have no problems running any game(online and offline )
you may want to check out some systems from cyberpower uk ( http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/ ) … They have some excellent gaming rigs for some crazy prices.. For example the “cyberpower Mega Sales IV”( http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/mega_sales_IV/ ) is a core i7 based system with 6gb ddr3 ram and a 3way sli/xfire motherboard… Throw in a ATI Radeon HD 5670 PCI-E x16 512MB Video Card and other excellent components and you can get this for just £727 in VAT
i hope this has helped
good luck mate !

steve answers:

>Well, as sometimes happens, this looks like an old Walmart Special…one of those blinkin’ computers you find in a Walmart or KMart store…but I did manage to learn enough to know it probably has a dual core cpu in it like an EXXXX processor. I can’t find a picture for the inside of the box, but I figure it must have SATA drives…

According to these specs on Walmart:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-i560-3911NBK/15120471#Item+Description

Your computer does have one PCIeX16 slot on the motherboard.

The question is, can you FIT that card into your computer.

The card has dimensions: 24.13 cm X 12 cm X 4 cm cm (HxWxD). That is…

24.13 x 10 = 241.3 mm/25.4 = 9.5″ length

So get your ruler out and open the box and measure from the back of the chassis to the hard disk cage – do you have at least 10″ of free space to fit the card into? If so, you have the room for the card.

Here are the dimensions for your power supply:

3.4″ (H) x 5.9″ (W) x 5.9″ (D)

Just measure your box and make sure it will fit.

steve answers:

Wow between the two its really a difficult thing to draw a line between these 2 giant gaming notebooks.however since u need to make a choice let me draw a line between the 2.

According to PassMark Software’s video card benchmarks , the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 have a score of 895 and the GT360M have a score of 851.which one is higher?u know it.

I would say u go for the alienware because if u go for the asus notebook,then u r paying $200 more to get graphics card performance less than the one that is cheaper which is the alienware laptop.

Besides what i heard is that Asus notebook consumes battery faster than that alienware.im not sure if thats true.but what i know is that that GTS 360M undergoes the 40nm fabrication process and that Mobility Radeon HD 5850 also undergoes the 40nm fabrication process. Both perform as good as each other.however i can say that 5850 is better than that 360M.here’s why:

core clock:
360M – 550 MHz
5850 – 625 MHz
memory clock:
360M – 1 GHz
5850 (shaders) – 1436MHz

enough said.go for the alienware.

steve answers:

It depends the parts bought bran-new maybe $1200 (high est.)

Pre-built by someone, maybe $700 (high est.)

used and from a bussines I wouldn’t buy it but they could charge about $800 (cause they are a store)

steve answers:

It sounds like your usb port is damaged. This happens a lot with laptop power plugs and usb ports. The solder that connects the usb port to the motherboard may have been damaged from repeated use and strain resulting in a bad connection to the motherboard.

steve answers:

Personally I wld save my money for a laptop, Macintosh’s r the best! They don’t get viruses.I have one an downloaded over 3000 songs from sites where viruses r evrywhere and my computer runs great with no.anti-virus” they do cost a oil more but it’d be worth it I PROMISE!

steve answers:

Unfortunately time will tell. You did a smart thing backing up all your files. Make sure you do regular backups so if the worst case scenario happens your loss of personal files will be small or, hopefully, none. I read about to many people who say there computer crashed and ask how they recover the files in it. There is really no excuse for this. Storage is cheap. Hope this helps. Will keep my fingers crossed for you. Good Luck.

steve answers:

Buy an portable case for a 2.5 inch hard drive. Install the drive from your old notebook and you should have access to your data.

Make sure you get the case that matches the drive from your old computer. Installing the drive in to a external case is pretty straight forward.

A plus to doing this is that you will have a portable storage device after you move your data.

steve answers:

Most airlines actually do have weight and size restrictions for carry-on luggage (incl. The “personal item”), but it’s been decades since a major airline actually weighed or measured my carry-ons (I normally travel with a small backpack and a laptop bag but no checked luggage).

The airline agents normally just look at your carry-on luggage so they can identify items which are definitely too large to fit in the overhead storage. Otherwise, it just has to fit.

TSA actually won’t be a problem, but it will take a bit longer. The rules are on: www.tsa.gov

You have to remove the laptop from the bag anyway. You may not officially need to remove the tablet from the bag but best is to do so anyway, and it goes in its own bin. Also pull out the portable monitor & keyboard – put them in a separate bin (from the laptop and tablet bins) to go through the x-ray machine. Consider putting all of the other electronics & accessories in a plastic bag and send it through the x-ray machine in yet another bin. Your shoes, belt, etc. Should go in a fifth bin.

It sounds like a lot, but things wil be easier & faster if you approach the security point ready to separate your items into bins. DO use tape/whatever to visibly mark the laptop & tablet with your name so another passenger won’t pick them up by accident (there are millions of laptops and tablets just like yours).