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I'm sorry, but I don't buy that non-optimizing as the sole argument. It is possible that that is a factor, but if I add 20% additional performance and deduct 20% size it isn't enough to prevent the chip from still being a cost ineffective dog of a chip. If I were to speculate, my guess is that...

With this generation's chip being 2x more transistors than an i7 but can only perform as well as an i5 simply means much lower profit margins. The industry is much better served with a strong AMD that competes well rather than a marginal company that can barely keep in business. I really...

If you can't install XP mode, just install virtual PC which is free for the download and is what XP mode is based on. It won't interact quite as seamlessly with Windows 7 but is still quite convienant.

Firetrap! There is a good reason that code enforcement requires special plugs for high amperage or high voltage devices: To prevent electrical fires caused by attempting to draw more current than the wiring can support thereby causing them to get hot and start fires. If you get a device that...

possibly, I'm researching them right now.

I need the stop time too.

Is there an inexpensive Windows application in the form of a service that will timestamp to a text file when every new application starts and stops running, the pathname of the executable and the username who initiated the program? I do not want it at the process or thread level (too much...

No, but you may assume that it will ask for an update when unneeded and unwanted. The only other alternative is that when eleven is needed Flash 10 will simply fail giving no intelligible error and probably locking-up the calling application.

LED lights are a recent development but still, they need to be priced reasonable too ($50-) to sell like hot-cakes.

It has always been my understanding that bicycle lights have never really been designed to allow the cyclist to actually see the road with enough time to avoid pot holes or other obstacles. They are all way too dim. Rather they are designed so that cars can see them with enough distance to...

Then 2 days later That's a mighty big change for two days.

From what I can tell, it will support quad crossfire with dual wide cards all running at x16 (PCI-E v. 2.0) . I looked at the manual and unfortunately, OC'ing capability seems nonexistent, which really doesn't surprise me much. I was curious to see what kind of CPU cooling is involved. Each...

aren't we talking about Santilli's needs i.e. browsing and light office work (lol). Blade servers are a bit overkill but an OC3 line would certainly help with that browsing. What I would visualize as a good application for a 80 core 2TB server would be something like movie special effects...

Come on, why limit your mind -- Go for an 8-way Xeon setup: SuperMicro SuperServer 5086B-TRF with 64 DIMM slots each capable of 16GB or a total capacity of 1TB of RAM. If you don't want it prepackaged by Supermicro, you can buy the MB and expansion cards separately and roll your own machine...

Even if your desk is small, sometimes you can get wide-screen monitors that rotate 90 degrees so the width is not excessive. Rotating a monitor is not generally useful but can be nice if you like/want/need to see a single page of text at a time. The proportions are just outright better, for...

If you have enough money to buy an 80" TV for a bathroom, then you probably have enough to remodel your bathroom to fit it.

I have no idea, having never bought anything from OCZ.

I know it isn't particularly linear but it may give a scale of the improvement. The Microsoft experience index for the disk drive went from 4.9 to 6.2 by adding Readyboost

I agree it is hard to say. It is too new, so wait for full reviews. That being said, if you want a tablet it is very hard to argue with the price point for the Kindle Fire. As far as I can tell, they are virtually giving them away. If you want a kindle, for reading, then I would probably...

On the machine I'm testing I have 4GB ram about half is either free (.8GB) or avail (1.9GB) with 1.2GB cached, but I still notice a difference. I'm also sure that the speed of the USB flash drive matters, not so much in transfer speed which is limited by the USB 2.0 interface, but like an SSD...

It seems to me that there are only two issues with that: Cost and reliability. If you truly need that level of performance then you can probably pay. If you need increased reliability as well as the performance then mirror-raid it, and run backups of course. Further, if you can afford one...

The point, in my mind, of the trailered generator, would simply be to extend your range. You wouldn't have to cart the thing around except when on a long trip where you could charge your batteries while asleep in a hotel. I'd agree that there are issues, if you were planning to permanently...

I just got myself a 16 GB SanDisk Cruzer and a 16 GB Kingston R500 USB 2.0 drive which cost be about the same money. I can tell you that on a simple multiple GB file copy to the disks that the Kingston is a good 5x faster at 4.06MB/s vs 21.04MB/s on a simple q6600 machine. The Sandisk did come...

While not technically supported, I'm sure that if you don't care to reach large RAM sizes it will run happily on standard 1GB DIMMS (probably not on the entire 18 DIMM capacity though). But then there will be lots of alternative MB's and what is the point of explicitly buying this MB. The only...

No, only the 16GB DIMM will get to 288GB and it costs well over 1K each. It is not possible for the 8GB DIMM to get there or even close.

Not to get to 288GB and that is the point of this MB. If you use 8GB DIMMs, it only supports 96GB total (not even 144GB or half).

It's not the MB that's going to cost that arm and leg rather it the only supported 16GB RAM DIMM. Don't forget the price of two pricey Xeon's too. Try $1305.28 +S/H or $23,500 for 18

The first thing I do is download all my needed apps (Chrome, Spybot, Acrobat, Microsoft Security Essentials, temp monitoring) and drivers off the internet to avoid having to install outdated stuff from a CD/DVD from the manufacturer. I put all of them on a USB thumb drive. I only use the...

If you have any issues with your USB drivers for your scanner using XP mode try turning off the Integration features. I found that necessary for my scanner. I forgot to mention that earlier.

I have an HP Scanjet 5370C (USB interface) that no has no drivers for Vista or Win7 and I thought I was going to have to throw it away after I switched to Win7 everywhere. However, I found that the Win XP drivers work fine under Win7's XP mode. So I simply use XP-mode whenever I need its use...

First, check the power plugs into the MB and if no joy, then swap out the PS followed by the CPU/RAM and ending with the MB till you can find the failed component.

If no video, with multiple different video cards (including onboard) and different cables then check the monitor. Just as a side note, if there is absolutely no video how did you reset the bios setup (by memory of key strokes with appropiate pauses?) or are you getting video before Windows...

Rather than saying that you have been incredibly unlucky, compared to others, with the CPU memory controller, I would contend as the more likely scenario that the different CPU's are configuring the BIOS with slightly different RAM settings and your old motherboard has developed issues with the...

Why not simply replace the batteries to your current phone that you already know works for you?

I just watched Avatar (WS 2D DVD) and found it to be quite good. Yes, I know its been out for quite a while, but it was my first time.

I'm not going to disagree. As a potential cause, I contend that it isn't the drives as much as the distribution channel. How drives are treated after they leave the factory matters a lot in their reliability. Seagate has the biggest distribution so their drives go everywhere and I would...

I just noticed this: Seagate Ships World's First 4TB External HDD.

I agree! When LED's start competing in price to CFL's then I'll consider them. As far as I can tell, people currently buying LED's are paying a very large premium for a dimming capability and no mercury. CFL's have long life and if you try you can get good quality light for a premium that is...

I wouldn't bother with a backup that requires feeding multiple disks. I haven't been willing to do that since floppy drives. It just takes too much hand-holding time. I'd only consider blue-ray when I have 150GB and media that is significantly bigger than that to compensate for data growth...

Do fax machines work over VOIP?

That's a good thing for you wouldn't want people hitting their heads on the speaker. You've got at least 18in for a crawl space and if you need more space then dig a hole under the house big enough for the raising assembly and speaker. Don't forget to add a waterproof lining so water can't get...

It was my understanding that no private insurance covers floods and that the only way to get flood coverage was through the federal govt.

One qualification: One does have to decline the work that they always wish to do to your car. Its annoying but I won't do work at the Honda dealership for it is too expensive and as far as I've determined it is almost always unnecessary. An example was last time I did an oil change they...

Oil changes don't bother me. I bought a lifetime service agreement for oil changes for $69 when I bought my car. When I do the oil change, they also top off all the other fluids, lube the car, change wiper blades, change the air filter, rotate tires, change any burnt out light bulbs, and run...

I would contend that no, you are at least as bad as my brother -- I've read too much of your exploits here. Keeping a guy in your basement because he owed you money ... The difference is that he is buying totally disposable junk cars that don't cost more than $1000 to start with and normally...

Can't say I every considered that as an option. I suppose that it is a reasonable choice when the weather is good but has the same basic problem as motorcycles when it gets cold or wet which is over half the year where I live.

I had a brother that was took his anger out on cars. If you ask him about it he just says that a car is just a thing and has no feelings so it is much better to take his anger out on it than people. To this day, he still can't keep a car for more than a year before it self destructs and he's...

a '96 Honda Accord Lx As to doing my own mechanic work. I suppose that is possible. I just don't know enough but one can learn.

I did not do that work at the dealership. It would have been significantly more there. When I have gotten estimates, the dealership typically costs between 50%-100% more than the shop I went to. I originally bought a Honda on the theory that it would basically last forever, as long as I...