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Thanks for the tips, snowhiker. I'd go for the ZR24w, what's giving me pause is the chunk of change it costs. I'm also trying to learn about wide gamut displays, and the pros and cons thereof.

It could be killing the computer because of sloppy coding, but more likely is up to no good. When in doubt, isn't it safer to nuke it? The few bucks he's already spent on it ain't worth keeping it on.

Yeow!

Most everything looks crummy magnified.

The HP dealer got back to me. HP ZR22w 21.5" S-IPS: $454 HP ZR24w 24" S-IPS: $676 Research is still in progress, but for now the shortlist is (all IPS): Dell 2209wa Dell U2211H Dell U2311H Dell U2410 HP ZR22w HP ZR24w Viewsonic VP2365wb Viewsonic VP2655wb Can anybody speak to using...

Despite your physique and scowl, you probably look like a kind and gentle giant, Coug :)

Thanks Time & Coug. Time, HP's India site sucks (as do most computer mfrs). Their monitors are buried deep, but here's a direct link. I'd think HP would be too expensive here; they're fond of gouging. Here's the list of LCDs and prices for some (I've converted the local to US $ at the current...

I want a smaller monitor than Snowhiker, hence this new thread. When I bought my Dell 2007WFP, my daughter got my 1997 vintage Viewsonic PT775 CRT. It's now dying, and we need a monitor. One option is to get a lowball LCD for her. The other (that I prefer) is to get a better LCD for me and...

I have Win 7 Pro on a 3 yr old Dell Lattitude with 2GB RAM. No slowdowns. However, when replying in Outlook or editing an existing document in Word, the typed characters will suddenly start appearing further down the email thread or document. Never had this problem on the same machine when it...

This post in this thread has the details.

What may possibly be the largest / most intricate model train set ever created; $8M Euro, a control center that looks line a Net Ops center, 250k lights, 700 trains, 10k carriages, etc. I have pictures in an email a friend sent, but this link should be helpful.

SD, sorry to hear about your job. My advice, at least on a part-time basis (since you're starting your home deck project) keep looking. It's very easy to be "too much out" for your next gig.

Congrats on the house, DD! A colleague in NJ is suffering the mortgage closing blues just like you did (I hope you feel better now!). Your house will keep you busy for a long, long time.

There's a Home and Student Edition with 3 installs that is the cheapest. But beware, there's an edition of this in some countries that allows only one install. This includes Woird, Excel & PwrPnt. There's a Home & Business edition that adds Outlook, that is more expensive, but is restricted to...

DD: I have this one, and it's quite fast. It's FW-800, but comes with two cables that enable use with either a FW-800 port or FW-400 port on the host. Since the reader draws power from the FW port, the host port needs to be 6-connector ('alpha'). Or you'll have to use a FW hub that provides...

What problems does the E71 have, Chewy? I've been using one since December 2008 and it's by far the best phone I've ever had. There's 3 issues I don't like: 1) The small screen 2) No HTML email, only text 3) When is syncs email, it'll kill a call if you're on one I'll change it only because of...

The display is one of the biggest battery hogs. One minute is too long on battery; try 30 secs. I have mine set to 10 secs on my Nokia E71 (Symbian) phone. I get multiple days of use on one charge.

Me, I'm waiting for the HTC Desire to become available. Looks like the best bet in an Android GSM phone. There are unconfirmed rumors that the HTC Vision is a Desire with keyboard. No point waiting for that, though.

Somebody's back!

It's a big country, Merc. Lotsa places you can pick from. Start a new life elsewhere.

Went to a nice dinner Saturday; some pegs of Glenlivet 15 yo, great Italian food, topped off with a very satisfying glass of Drambuie. Now I want a bottle of that stuff.

Thanks everybody. Sorry for the late reply, was out of town for a couple of weeks.

Sorry, long post! Admittedly, my OS install is long in the tooth; installed almost exactly 4 years ago. I am dreading reinstallation of all the sw, the utilities, the tweaks, etc. But while the system is generally ok, disk throughput seems poor. I had 2 Hibachi 250 GB SATA drives in the...

I bought Unibrain's FireBoard800-e™ V.2 1394b OHCI PCI-Express adapter for $69. I tested with a 2GB OS image file. Copying from a Samsung 320GB SATA drive to the external, I get 67.5 MB/s. Copying back from the external to the second Samsung 320GB SATA drive gives me 62.1 MB/s. There have...

Depends. Consumer electronics are very expensive. The iPhone 3GS 32GB is about $900 :) Amazingly, prices on some computer stuff are decent; I bought a Hibachi 1TB drive for the equivalent of ~$100 a couple of months ago - not a multiple of the U.S. price! You get the best prices in the U.S...

There are a couple of CDMA providers who also now offer GSM. Easily, more than the lion's share is GSM. Prices in the U.S. are tempting. TMobile is offering the HD2 without a contract for $449; cheap compared to the $750 it costs to buy here.

Had some pegs of Macallan 15 yr the other day. Really liked it. Smokey flavor.

I've pretty much written off getting a Win-7 or Win-8 phone. Focussing on Android. Would love to get my hands on the HTC Desire. If the HTC Hd2 really drops in price, might consider getting that even though it is WinMo 6.5

I have Panasonic L1A fans running in my system since early 2006. One of them now screeches occasionally on startup but runs fine. There are 5 in the case, but I've diusconnected one as not necessary. The previous batch (which had no failures but I replaced anyway) ran from early 2000 till mid 2006.

I wouldn't be so sure. There are weirdos that rape 80-85 year olds. There was a scare recently in Texas where senior citizens were targeted and raped.

My disappoint was not with the type of content displayed but with CS5 being unable to fill in the non-visible areas!

Handy, you ruined my day!

Did Toyota do the programming?

Jackasses. First they disable cut/cop & paste "because it makes for a better user experience" (just how, idiots?). Then, no multi-tasking. Hey, didn't the guys you're trying so hard to catch up with just announce that they're going to support multi-tasking in a few months? And didn't that same...

DId a wee bit of research on Win-7 64-bit. Seems like there'll be compatibility probs. Are we allowed to install both 32-bit & 64-bit on the same PC? Is there a hypervisor for Windows that'll allow simultaneous execution of two Windows OSes?

Adobe's site says it's $199.

Thanks Handy & CityK. They got rid of the URL box, but just copying the URL in the browser URL box works now, and it didn't before. Keepvid is asking to install some crap now, but Handy's Savevideo.me wrks fine.

Use the Flashblock extension in Firefox.

That was cool. I know Youtube changed their interface. How does one download videos now? The url link field is gone. I tried "Copy Flash Location" and pasted that in Keepvid, and it didn;t work.

What is the world coming to?! :)

I remember an old scam - the flash drive was touted as, say, 2GB, indicated as such in Windows, but was actually a 256 MB drive with hacked firmware that lied. Or something like that.

Intel DID have a facility in Oregon where the Willamette (P4) was designed. I know because my cousin worked for them there. He left them in 2001 or 2002, and I don't know if they still have that facility.

Some distributors will do the logistics work for high-volume retailers. That's how Buy.com got started; never held any stock. The items ordered on buy.com were shipped directly from Merisel or another distributor direct to the buyer. This eliminates one layer/transaction.

Awesome! So who says bugs are filthy? They have a bath everyday even before most of us! And in really fresh water!

Yeah. I also read some reviews that say integration with MS Exchange isn't very good (a dealbreaker for me) and that the Contacts app is a joke (another dealbreaker). Methinks me'll wait and see.

Looks like the Droid is being released here as the "Milestone", running Android 2.1. Price is ~ $615. Should I buy it ? :) It's cheaper than the HTC HD2 by $135!

My, we like to live dangerously, don't we :cooler:

LM, if the drive will be in an external case, the advanced format will not be an issue. If you're going to use it internally and re using XP, you can run an align utility to fix the issue.

There is a God!

Interesting reading: End the War on Fat. It could be making us sicker. Dawn of the Anthropocene Epoch?