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Let's see. Dell comes to mind. I remember all the time I spent trying to get an IDE raid to work. Then, after six months, I'm talking to a Dell tech and, they find buried somewhere that the ide channels on my Dell only support ONE device per channel, not TWO. I've managed to block out the...

I was in Hawaii for this young lady: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Iniki Ripped a lot of houses apart. Winds on the top of the mountains hit sustained 229 mph, IIRC. That was the reading from the weather tower in the Kaui mountains, right before it blew over. Wasn't bad at all on...

My objection is anyone using a 2.5 inch drive, and a USB external. So slow, one is unlikely to use them. A 3.5 in a bag is easy to carry around, and fairly safe if in a briefcase, and, one of those ballistic nylon padded cases.

"Greg's idea that the average person is going to get 2 2.5" USB HD's and manually back up their data, take them offsite, and rotate them weekly (or whatever) is laughable even if it saves them money. Mozy and the like are easy. It sits in the system tray and works in the background without any...

My perception of fast might well be due to the Samsung Galaxy having a decent processor, vs. your average 500 dollar 4g phone...

? Why not just setup a backup with SATA disks, removeable, write to them, throw them in a safe, and use duplicates? That, or an offsite mirrored raid. With 2 gig Sata drives being 100 bucks, these I'm kind of confused as to any value of the other options.

I've had a bunch of OCZ vertex turbos that are incredible, and, great values. Kingspec 50% sucks. Panasonic is THE Jap company, from my experience. Sony? Not THAT bad. WD Deathstars and now Seagate SATA drives suck. More later.

WHICH of the 13 boards???;-) What did you Aussies, or is it more global, do, to piss God off?

HMMM. Logitech 9000 cam appears to have stuff that might work, though I haven't used it for anything other then Skype....

Hi I was wondering if you all might post your tech resumes, so a rookie might get an idea of what they might look like? Thanks GS

I just ordered new cat6 cables from monoprice.com None are long enough to worry about bend length, but, I'm hoping to get consistent Gig speeds with them.

Seems it works VERY well as a Kindle. GF has a bunch of really good books on it, and, it was easy to download, either on 3g or wifi, the books. Great reader as well.

bump testing tomorrow.

HMMM. Tried to install firefox: no joy. Seems Safari either blocks it, or, no version for the maxipad. Good stuff: People with big fingers now have a phone they can use. Anyone know what the data package through AT&S... costs? Screen longevity, since you can't clean it with anything, except...

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HOW can you have 16 Gig, of fast ram, and rate 7.5?

Handruin: Besides the Apple tax, and being made by Apple, what specific things don't you like about the iphone, and, what do you like? S

I'm sure they will change, but, my data plan is 10 bucks, for very slow speeds, and, the browser doesn't do flash. I'd like a phone with an actual browser that made surfing the web easy, or, a light laptop I can throw in my bag, something like the Panasonic CF-37, but with a modern operating...

I was comparing top line phones in 3g and 4g, plus the Galaxy, at TMobile. The 3G just wasn't fast enough to do streaming video well, and web pages loaded pretty slowly. Reminds me of before broadband. I guess TMobile is onboard with the 4g network, and, they don't charge extra for it in their...

Hi I've been looking at Tmobiles' options. Samsung Galaxy is kind of cool, but, it's 3g. WHY would anyone pay that kind of money when a 4g is around 500 bucks? Seems what I am after requires Android 2.2, or, it won't play, flash stuff, mainly surfline.com, etc. My current 5230 and 1900...

HMMM. I recently replaced my Linksys switch with a gigabyte, home switch, made by TP Link. I did not replace the Cat 5 cables, and, plugged server and Beast into the new switch, along with printer, and internet connection. SOMETIMES, I get VERY fast transfer rates, like 100MB/sec, or over. Other...

It's still a 1500 dollar laptop. Panasonic W8 would be the answer for a toughbook, at around 1100-1200, but, it specs out REALLY slow.

I should mention that I currently have a AGP HIS 4670 IceQ in the server. It has run flawlessly for about 3 years, except for problems with DVD/Bluray playback, and PowerDVD 8,9,10. This situation was one of the reasons I moved to Nvidia, and The Beast. In the AGP category, I think it's pretty...

REALLY? System is still going, nearly 11 years. Great air circulation, since it's a server case. Couldn't be that 800 card had a history of being VERY hot, with inadequate cooling?

I have pretty consistently had software, driver, and hardware issues with ATI cards. I will stay with Nvidia whenever possible, and, even when slower. That said, IIRC, my ATI 800/850 card was replaced, IIRC, 3 or 4 times, free, by ATI. There is something to be said for, if you are buying ATI...

There is something to be said for buying stuff made in Japan. On the otherhand, some of the stuff is being made in China, and then badged.

Newegg has a couple Samsung lasers for cheap: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828112184 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828112195 Toner for this one must be made of gold: Manufacturer Response: Samsung strives to provide great products at...

Looked at X201's at newegg. 1500 is a bit steep, though it does look like a nice small, laptop.

Any suggestions on what is the smallest Thinkpad, and any experience? Recommendations?

HMMMM. Time, first off, scammed usually means you bought the product. Or, perhaps, you might be correct, in that scammed means you spent researching a product, and wasted time due to false advertising. THANK YOU for pointing the misinformation out. More I think about it, the more I'd be...

Law and schools require LOTS of paper. Living with an attorney means you really do need an excellent, high quality printer for home use.

Check that: I was looking ath this cpu first: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073 6700 on Passmark?!

This caught my eye. 115.00, built in HD graphics, and blindingly fast???? Thoughts? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115065&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL011811&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL011811-_-EMC-011811-Index-_-ProcessorsDesktops-_-19115065-L018C Motherboard suggestions? Ram?

Check that: International cartridge 70 dollars at Frys, 10K for 4000N

Anyone checked on Price per page? Brothers cartridges still seem expensive. for the Brother HL-5370DW Duplex Wireless Laser Printer...

I'm having a similar experience with a backup I bought for a Panasonic Toughbook. 80 bucks, ebay. claims Li-ion 11.1 V 660mAh/73Wh. It discharges faster then the original Panasonic battery by about 25%, and the original is what, 11 years old??? See how long it lasts. Panasonic batterys were...

Just saw this on newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828113545&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL011811&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL011811-_-EMC-011811-Index-_-PrinterLaserPrinters-_-28113545-L014A If I needed one, I can see why you'd go with the more expensive one. The starter cartridge is a...

Let's see. Samsung 2150 worked great, for 5 years. Replaced one cartridge with refilled, and new chip, and got through that. At the end, messages wrong cartridge, etc. Had to pull the cartridge, replace, and reseat. Trashed it. Not worth repairing. Xerox 130 is still going strong, 11 years old...

For what it's worth, here's my observations. I used David's netbook briefly, with the X-25E in it. Processor WAS the limiting factor, and, I won't be buying a netbook anytime soon. If it was that slow with a very fast SSD in it, well, I've yet to see one I would want, except, perhaps the one...

I'm currently using a 37" Vizio, and a 27" SamsungP2770 from Costco, 300 dollars. I'm going to move the 27" into the living room computer. It's actually too big for my desk, and to see it I have to turn it sideways so I can use then entire 37". I would have a look at this...

Torrents sound like the way to go. No commercials, most of the time in either HD, or close. I have a list of shows, check regularly, and use a separate server box for just that. Then transfer to main machine over network. Torrents go through two different Virus software, and, are the...

UPDATE: I'm watching Miami play Dallas, JLO is singing in PowerDVD 10, I'm ripping my CD's to my hard drive, using EAC, typing this, and I'm using 5% of the processor, and 18% of the RAM??? Super computers are here...

Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions By Ed Barnes Published November 26, 2010 | FoxNews.com AP In the 20th century this would have been a job for James Bond. The mission: Infiltrate the highly advanced, securely guarded enemy headquarters where...

Stereodude and all: Thank you very much for your help. I have EAC and Lame up and working as we speak, and ripping files to .wav and mp3 as we type. I'm taking each CD, ripping it to both file formats. Figure the phone can take nearly 4 days of music, or 5, with the 16 GB MicroSD card. Better...

Hi I realize Microsoft writing software to stop virus' is sort of an oxymoron. That said, is their product as good, or better, then AVAST?

That's great if you have a PCIE slot. This discussion started talking about PCI-X cards, and support for 98/2000. For my two cents, Windows 2000 Pro would be what I would start with, and stay with. 98 was the reason I stayed with Apple for so long.

I suspect 2000 and 98 would be bloody blinding on such a setup, even though it's nowhere near what a new machine would be. I was trying to suggest that the major benefit is going to be access time with the SSD, and with the motherboard you have, the only reason for a raid card would be to...

Don't know your situation down there as far as cost, but, I would REALLY look at this website, for a ballpark figure of what you are running, and, if what you are trying to do might better be accomplished by a motherboard-cpu combo upgrade? http://www.cpubenchmark.net/...

If you'd like to try the 9500S-8, you pay the shipping and I'll send it to you. It did come up with some pretty respectable numbers in tests with large arrays. Let me know.

Vertex Turbo Sata II 30 gig, by OCZ. My array in the server should be faster then it is, and I don't think it's worth the time and effort to add it. Don't use half of the current array anyway.