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Microsoft sets limits one what the hardware can be and still have it be called a netbook, i.e. still qualify to sell XP instead of Vista. And qualify for the apparently very cheap XP licenses. But unless there's a chipset or BIOS limit, I don't see why a machine can be advertised as 1GB...

The U123 has been more or less released and is listed at Amazon as coming soon. 1GB standard w/an open RAM slot, 2GB listed as system max. No 9 cell battery; 6 cell appears to be standard. 160GB HD, SD-family card read built in, optional bluetooth, etc. for about $350 street.

I place no value on post counts. I read far, far more than I write. So far I see most "social networking" sites as little more than a potential drain on my time and I've little enough of that as it is.

Off the top of my head: - Use msconfig & un-check things in the startup area that aren't necessary. Also look for services that are set to automatic but could get by with manual (if not disabled). - Make sure her system isn't running some sort of boot-time AV scan or similar. Not speed related...

Wow, what a craptacular install job. I especially like the extra cable waiting to be cut and the open-topped conduit that's just begging to take rain and insects who-knows-where. Honorable mention to AT&T for not even bothering to cable-tie together the wires coming from their box.

For many cities Dish (& DirecTV) offers the local channels in both SD & HD. We've been with Dish for a few years and haven't had any real issues. In January we upgraded from an old SD DVR to the ViP722 HD DVR. It advertises 55 hours of HD/350 hours of SD but that's very conservative. I find...

OT: No comment about the skills of the mechanics but the high labor prices are to cover the costs of tools, facility, training, and all other overhead as well as profit. Not to mention the mechanics are paid their hourly whenever on site whether they are actively repairing a vehicle or sitting...

Sorta like this?

Most modern malware writes itself as different random names. Sometimes as names that sound like Windows components, sometimes just random characters. It's one way they try to deflect scanners from finding them. Another way is to use polymorphic code - code that re-writes portions of itself...

For one thing, they negotiated a pennies-on-the-dollar deal for paying off some of their debt.

This PCI-X card from LSI says it is backwards compatible with PCI. Check the Product Brief (PDF). Both internal & external ports.

I've been buying the Seagate drives and they've not mentioned DiscWizard anywhere I've noticed in the manual. A coworler picked up a FreeAgent and it came bundled with some POS backup app that only backs up documents and does not do the OS or programs. It's fast but you're stuck with a...

No it doesn't. It recommends it but you can keep the existing format. Perhaps they changed that between beta & GA.

I don't know who "they" are but Acronis lists Home at $49.99 and it's $29.99 at Newegg. I was buying to support 5-6 machines. WHS doesn't have CALs as far as I know so adding another workstation does not mean you need another backup app license. True Image doesn't do the data de-duplication...

Dude .. How's this for a home stereo? And a mobile unit? :salut: :right: :drinka: :right: :beer: :right: :hurl:

WHS is based off the SBS 2003 core. I've posted about it elsewhere but in a nutshell: - it does file sharing - automated backup of workstations running Windows (includes recovery boot CD) - backups do data de-duplication so no file in your network is backed up more than once which saves on...

Stereodude - If it does that would be great, but the keyboard would still make me look elsewhere. It's probably the number one differentiator I'm looking at (with 6+ cell batteries second). timwhit -Sure, the screens are small. But my usage pattern is what a netbook is meant for. Not as a...

The keyboard layout of the Samsung, specifically the arrow keys, would get to me. I disklike having keys next to the up-arrow and the Wind's keyboard is the best I've seen in a netbook when taking this into account with only part of the right shift key in proximity. And from an aesthetics...

The new MSI Wind 123, coming this month supposedly, uses the N280. I think this paired with a Vertex SSD would be a killer portable for around $700. The MSI site doesn't say it but the reports are noting expandable RAM up to 2GB and up to a 9 cell battery.

Firmware update for the Vertex makes it even faster.

Quite true on the legacy costs being one of the primary factors leading to the D3's problems. The major corollary is the D3 also failed to keep up with the strides in quality that the Asians were bringing to the table. People don't like it when their car is in the shop and they found that...

Car sales are off by around 40% across all brands. The "nobody wants" mantra applies to darn near everything at the moment. So I think more than "nobody wants a GM car" the real saying is "nobody wants to take on a car loan" or make a $15-40K purchase. We're in a period where people are...

I finally got around to checking my drives, a 750 and a 1.5. Neither falls within the range of affected serial numbers. I hadn't worried much about it since the problem mostly occurs at startup and the machines in question are never powered down.

Uninstall the ATI driver, remove all references to ATI from the system (registry, Program Files turds, etc.), re-install. This is a S*ony Viaiaiaiaooaoao? I'd suggest using whatever driver they have on their support site. Dell, for instance, says using non-Dell nVidia drivers is a "bad"...

It works seamlessly for me. Both XP (32) & Vista (32) clients were once-and-done to set up to print to my Vista (64)-attached OfficeJet. Easy as :cherry: pie.

I'll see what I can do. It may take a few days, though, as we've out of town guests and I'm attending a conference tomorrow.

I suggest a model that supports replacing the optical drive with a slide-in second battery. I get at least an extra hour or so out of my Latitude when using the second battery.

HomePlug Powerline (Ethernet over power) may be another option for you. I'm using these and they work well enough. The 'target' end is in my master bedroom where it feeds a cheapie switch that provides Ethernet to my BD player and Dish DVR. Neither supports WiFi & there is no Ethernet in the...

Wow. Thanks for reminding how much buy.com's site sucks.

You won't have much luck with UPS if the packaging wasn't damaged; I'd go with Newegg as well.

BT 2.0 is 3Mb; plenty for audio. I think the primary interest is in eliminating the headphone wires and has little to do with quality. No wires lets you leave the unit to the side or in a pocket while you work out, pace the room, dig in your briefcase, etc. Although it could be the BT...

I reboot as needed. In general that means monthly after patch Tuesday if the updates necessitate a reboot and the odd reboot in between due to an app install/upgrade. My usage pattern fits a roughly 18 hour day and as I work from home most of the time, there's no downtime during the work day...

I don't see where the commandments apply. What's wrong with a single person using the services of a prostitute? That's not adultery. Likewise, as I said if a married person partakes then it's a symptom of a larger problem. One that adhering to the relevant commandments more than likely won't...

Stereo BT is for listening to music via BT headphones, not so much for placing calls. I don't buy the battery life excuse for Apple not supporting multitasking. Other devices do it. I'll grant my current PalmOS device does not, but that OS was designed in the 90s before such a thing was...

I understand the argument about whose behind the industry, but beyond that why is selling sex for money bad? We all sell ourselves for money. Those on this forum are generally selling our intellect but most people in society sell their bodies. Construction workers, for instance, ply their...

Hmm. That mention of SP levels got me thinking. How about re-installing the latest SP? It shouldn't hurt anything and it replaces enough stuff that whatever's crashing may just get fixed in the process. It wouldn't help if it's a malware problem or something thoroughly hosed in the registry...

Run Secunia's web-based Software Inspector to see if your Flash or other apps are outdated. Run a one-time AV scan from Housecall or someone else. Can you run CMD from within Task Manager?

Push will literally "push" or download emails from your email server to your phone as messages arrive. On my Treo I get messages from Exchange literally at the same time or even before they hit Outlook (which also does push). It's how BlackBerrys get email, it's the basis for MS ActiveSync...

Well, IBM has offered PC server RAID cards since at least 2001 that do it. I won't claim they were affordable but they were available. We've had this tech on the midrange platform for what seems like forever, but then those RAID cards run $5-8K (and do other things for improved performance &...

That page was last updated in 2005 and probably only includes models IBM/Lenovo marketed at the time. It would merely include models they offered or supported. I don't see why a larger disk wouldn't work. Of course there could be some BIOS limitation at 128, 256, or some other GB level but I...

IBM white paper from 2001 Check the RAID-1 section: "The read performance of RAID 1 is superior to RAID 0 or RAID 5, because read operations are distributed over a pair of drives instead of being concentrated on a single drive."

Depends on the intelligence of your controller. Smart controllers will spread reads across the mirrors for added performance; dumb controllers use one drive for everything and merely mirror writes.

I can't make a recommendation but both Sony and Olympus have models around $50-70 that include USB connections for uploading to PCs. I don't know if they use MP3, wave, or something else. A co-worker was looking at the Olympus offerings last week. I don't know if she bought or not. She was...

The only thing slow about tape is the seek time. STR for LTO4 is already 120MBps for uncompressed data and is slated to go up by 50% each generation for LTO5 and LTO6 along with the requisite doubling of cartridge capacity. Tape also travels a lot better for off-site storage that platter-based...

Pretty much all of the auto makers saw sales off by 36+% in January. That includes Honda & Toyota, both of which are asking the Japanese gov't for a few yen. Right now as a consumer I'm holding on to my current vehicle. There are several reasons but the economy is certainly one of them. I...

Some pictures from the Boston Globe.

If you don't have large hands, you might be able to pick up a Centro for a song. My wife got one free (w/contract renewal) at Best Buy last year. It runs Palm OS and there's a native Gmail client. No integrated GPS (or WiFi) but if you buy an external GPS mouse there is software from the...

Well, I'd like it to run Windows so it plays well with my Windows Home Server (automated backups, etc.). I also already know XP and know what apps I'd load - Firefox with a couple of extensions, probably OpenOffice, Acrobat Reader/equivalent and maybe one or two other things. After...

Adcadet - Did you make a decision? I'm looking at the Wind U120-024USfor personal use. I dislike doing personal surfing on my work machine so I've been leaning towards a netbook to have around the house & to take on the road to conferences. Portability (weight, size, battery life) trumps most...

Yes. It doesn't sound bad; just not exceptionally good. Basically average. Looking at the performance spread on all of the drives in the tests I really don't think any of them are clear losers. Average performance is pretty good and changing brands or models only helps (or hurts) by any...