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Hmmm: Now you know why I haven't exactly jumped on the Athlon processor boat, again. Not only are the features questionable, the pricing is pretty high. I can't help but feel the only real price value is around the 120-160 dollar price range, and then I don't get what I really want. I also...

Considering some of the abuse some of my drives have suffered, with power blackouts etc. and the length of service, and only one DOA, I have no complaints with Segate at all. They have supported their products very well, also. s

"Seagate is on top of my list now because of their warranty and the price I get from our vender. But it's still a crap shoot." I really think you nailed it on this one. I go after Seagate scsi, and, refurbished drives. I figure a scsi drive that's been checked by the maker is a pretty good...

Hmmm. Recently had a chance to watch a Athlon 3500+ with about the same video card, and it did move pretty well. Recently bought a switch, and that has increased internet browsing speed a bit. Noticeable, actually, and I didn't think it would be. Use a 16 port at work, and, with a 250 k...

Gf stayed out Saturday night, didn't tell me why? Came home Monday morning with great story, and hurt leg. In retro, sequence is exactly something she would do. Meet new people, go racing, next day, screw up leg in bay to breakers. s

How do you generate those stats? s

May have solved the problem. Kick the girl out... s

I have a good case that I can easily wheel the 'laptop' around in. See how it works... s

Pradeep: that might be a great idea, then I could attach reciepts etc. to each page, and keep them in an orderly fashion, rather then doing forensic science at the end of the year. Greg

Well, I'm addicted to computers, and I just don't do the write the stuff down. Tried it already, and, tried using the palmpilot. Besides, it would give a reason to use an aging laptop (CF-37) 366 ghz that's pretty much too slow even for email, and trendmicro. s

fOR 1200, works for me. Keep in mind, the CF-37 was 2gs, really 4, but on sale. s PS I need a laptop for the bar, and, if the screen and keyboard work, the processor, and ram, should be fine... s s

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for 1200, I couldn't stop myself... s

I have Palm Pilot 4. something, but I was wondering if someone had a better solution? s

Hi Anyone have an idea for a software solution for tax records? I'm looking for a mileage/expense setup that is going to require a bunch of different columns. Any ideas? I'm thinking of using an old laptop in the car, since I suck using Palm pilot, etc. and entering the data ASAP, in...

ATI 700XL and 800XL both came with converters to allow connecting regular monitors, as does the P650. gs

How about this board? http://www.xpcgear.com/gak8nsc939.html http://www.xpcgear.com/gak8nsc939.html gs

Looking for an AGP motherboard, 8x, so I can use the Matrox p650, and the dual monitors. Also, I thought the Athlon 3200+ was the best value of the new processors, due to something that I can't remember? :lol: I like the ram prices. Still looking... s

Points sort of taken. I guess it's because I use my Athlon 1.4ghz at school, and I'm sort of reminded that I didn't really get great value for my money. The Asus 266A7M is ok, but kind of over priced. Also, I can't do the kind of multi-tasking that a dual machine allows. When a 2.8ghz...

Splash: I was thinking of either this one: Asus NCCH-DL Intel 82875P Chipset 800MHz FSB Dual Channel DDR400 Dual Xeon / Nocona ATX Server Motherboard with AGP 8X, SATA, GbLAN, USB 2.0, IEEE1394 Firewire, PCI-X (Retail) Regular price: $244.99 Your price: $209.99 The Asus uses Memory...

Hi Splash: "The girls' computer" is the name given the Dell by my other half. You have some good points. I did find a box for 30 bucks with a 420 Watt power supply. I might combine that with an Asus, dual Xeon motherboard that does uses cheaper ram, and is on sale for 200 bucks. That, along...

Sorry the link doesn't work, but the specs and the case are correct. s

Hi The 400mhz P2 girls computer is getting long in the tooth. It's a Dell XPS 400, and, that's border line for a DVD player, without the SLI they used. I need a 8x AGP slot, and, a barebones system. I'm looking for a Supermicro, or Tyan solution, since reliability, and longevity are most...

DD: Do you still have the UT2004 server going? s

Update: Radeon 800XL helps a LOT :excl: How do you do the fps test using the quake 3 demO? Thanks all

Well: If anyone want to send me one: santilli@pacbell.net. Thanks gs

Reliable raid in ATA? Is there such a thing, and, if so what's it good for and what components do you use? s PS Standard is 5 year warranty on drives.

Sechs: I assume by your ambiguous reference, you don't speak Spainish yet? :wink: s

"English second Language" Funny, that's true at my high school... Calculus is the first language. s

Just seems like every other keyboard is a noisy, 4 dollar keyboard, marketed up because it says Microsoft on it. We'll see how well these last. They are a bit quieter then the MSFT stuff. Frankly, I've been through a couple really big shops, and these are the only ones I've found I like...

Well, it looks like it's either a bad cable or terminator, which I really doubt, or, the card is fried. Doesn't seem to want to work formatting, on channel two. Went back to the 29160N using the cable from channel two, and everything is working fine. Have to live with a 15.2 as a boot drive...

Pulled what I think is the bad drive, checked connections, and checked the fans. Drivers are both hot. Before I pulled the drives, I disbanded the array. Now I'm reformatting the new drive, since I can't raid an ntfs disk on the hardware controller, and I wait. Checked the fan on the drives...

For example, getting the array setup, and bootable, then forgetting to connect the floppy power cable. How about remembering which of the three keyboards I'm supposed to be typing on? Or which mouse does what? I've suspected the zero drive in the array, from the first format, and boot. It...

Ahhh, computers. I'm sitting here, trying to install an ide harddrive on an old P3 450, with a bx chipset. For the life of me, I can't get a drive to be noticed by windows 2000. I've tried it on a Promise 133TX2, two drives, they work with maxtor programs. The first is a DiamondMax 9, 160...

Wonder what a judge would think? Good argument is you are acting legally, since their companies actions are illegal as well. Not going to fly. Can't remember where, but this argument never does. Problem is, anti-trust laws require a weird proof. I suspect price fixing by cable companies is...

Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopoly... No choices. It's sort of like saying we have a free market with 3-4 gas companies, or Enron out there. For instance I can't get Satellite in my apartment, and, I can't pull channels free in this area. Only choice is cable, or no TV. I choose no TV. I miss...

CityK: Thanks for the suggestion. I've installed the little guy, and so far so good. The Madog NEC 16X dual layer arrived today, and it comes with Nero, for 89.00. Amazing, simply amazing. Nero works great, and, at Fry's, is 99.00, alone. The burner works great, burning DVD single layers at...

Hmmm. I put the external DVD player on top of the box, and that's got rid of a good bit of vibration. I guess a couple covers on the front wouldn't hurt, either. Try and keep it cheap. Still, I've been looking at all the really cool sound deadening stuff I could use if I built a house, and...

So far, the answers appear to be no, and no. The options are non-existent. The video out is confined to a 4mb graphics card, and I think that might be the limiting factor. The options aren't avaliable as with other laptops. However, it's under 4 pounds, and works reasonably well. Just...

While I'm thinking about it, is there something that would absorb vibration that I could put on the inside panels and, perhaps on the top, like rubber tile or something? Thanks gs

By the way, the Swifttech heatsinks are kind of strange, since they appear to use 80mm case fans for cooling? I could just as well screw on a 80mm Stealth, I think. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what kind of fans I was supposed to buy, since the numbers Swifttech gives are a bit...

When I go to a higher res, 1024x768, it does a really weird thing. It becomes much bigger then the avaliable screen, and to get to the edges, you have to drag the mouse to the sides. It's like the screen area is only the center of the bigger screen. Weird. Besides, I thought the deal with...

Well, I'm using 80mm Sunons that are supposed to be the quietest around. 24dba, or something like that. I could be wrong. It's better, but still not silent. s

Forgot to mention the inspiration for the upgrade. My machine was REALLY noisy. REALLY. Went with expensive, but good, Swifttech heat sinks, with low noise Sunon 80mm fans. Also put in a 120 CM Vantech Stealth fan, with 92mm Vantech Stealth fan, two, one over the cpus, and the other at the...

Hi A friend asked for a decent internet provider in the bay area. SBC has been good to me, but, I've been lucky. Anyone have a good experience, and the cheaper the better, for an internet provider in the bay area? Thanks GS

Hi I'm running email off a Panasonic CF-37. I have limited space, and, the CF-37 seems to like 800X600 for resolution for an external LCD. Anyone have a cheap, easily readable favorite, in 800X600 resolution? Thanks gs

Well, Friday my raid crashed, and the computer wouldn't get past starting with user, without freezing. I assumed it was a dead drive, pulled my 4 drive array, and took the machine into my favorite shop. Could have been my subscription to Trendmicro, but, I decided to move that, and email, to a...

Turns out the floppy I bought was DOA. S

Splash: This brings to mind the 1994 purchase of 32mb of ram, for a 4000 dollar Apple Powerbook 540C, for 1200 dollars. A year later, it was less then 200 dollars, and, my girlfriend that worked at Hitachi Ram in South SF, was looking for another job,... No raises that year. 4 billion dollar a...

Yes, I'm in line. My Panasonic, I'm using for email, could really use the speed, and capacity boost. s