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I' sure I am missing the subtle parts of that remark, LM. Please explain? I was gambling on this CF-51. It has twice the Passmark scores of the Pentium 1.6 ghz M version, faster memory, faster bus, actually has good speakers, and, an ATI GPU, vs onboard for the M version. I get to use all my...

Cost was 89 plus 20 shipping. Add 44 dollars for 2 Gig 5300 ram, dual channel, add an old SSD, from Kingspec, and up and running. The Kingspec runs at 75 MB/sec in the Mark III vs. less then 50 MB/sec in the Cf-51 1.6 GHZ Penitum M. Overall, one of the better buys I've made. Great for under...

Thanks David. That's PERFECT.

Does google, or some other company have an online spread sheet that is backed up to their server, plus having access by wireless?

Hi I was wondering what traveling pros use for mileage log, income, etc. all the stuff you may not need next year for taxes? Is there any online solution that allows road access, with a server backup that isn't your own, so if your mobile phone, computer, whatever is stolen, you still have the...

Battery lasted 2.5 hours today, and, I worked all the way through a meeting today, doing an online test while the guy talked to the newbies. Worked perfectly.

Temperature correction: we hit 108 here today...

BOZO, YOU ROCK! After the third RMA, going on number 4 toasters, I gave up. Pulled the Esata connector, and went with the Antec removeable drive setup. It went in, though I seem to be running out of SATA power connectors, and was up and running in less then 4 minutes. I'm currently copying...

Small Ram disk from the beast:

After pretty much making sure the newer T2500 based, core duo works, I switched the hard drives, and, I'm putting the 7200 rpm, with minimal software in the car, and the other one is going to be the one to go to. Newer model supports 1600X1200 screen, dual core is slightly more then twice as...

This toaster has the lights quit after one day. Power is only going to one slot, and, it really hasn't worked. Wasted 50 bucks, but, I'm going to try the Antec tray, since I'd really like to be able to use the older drives for single shot backups, and then remove them from the system. The trays...

Looks like it's going to work. Only real problem is the SSD is in the old model, but, it may well end up under the car seat. New one finding drivers hasn't been fun, but, it's a bit more then twice as fast, and, ST910021A seems like a decent hard drive, if not SSD fast.

"On the other hand, to be a real downer, AMD's accomplishment here is essentially to match the Core i7-940, a product Intel first introduced in the fall of 2008. Against Bloomfield, Thuban is slower in lightly threaded applications and in cases where memory bandwidth is the primary constraint...

DD: They also appear to be a great value: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_alltime.html

I'm trying a used Panasonic CF-51 from ebay. Provided my hard drive caddies fit, and my battery, not to mention brick, work, it maybe a cheap way to keep my data on Google Calendar, using the phone to tether.

I know. I looked up the stuff you linked to, then the numbers, and found the same thing. The new software on this monitor sucks compared to the 2233, but, I really did think it was an LED at first. VERY bright whites, and, the brightness is only half way up. Apparently it's not very good through...

Time: Is this Viewsonic the IPS panel? 27" 50 bucks more...

Well, life is weird sometimes. I traded in my two 2233's that I paid nearly 300 each for. I replaced them with a P2770. I was never going to buy another Samsung, but, the only thing in the 32" range, 1080P, was around 550.00 at Costco. The only one close in 1080P was a 27" TV, for around 320...

Costco: Samsung 27" 300 bucks Samsung 23" 180.00 dollars Samsung 24" 200 dollars. That's a HUGE price cut, from 21.5" for 289.00. Looks like the anti-trust stuff, and the economy, not to mention TV's are finally forcing them to quit price fixing.

OK: So, we now know CDM doesn't work for your drive, in your system. Does make me wonder if the limitation is somewhere in your system. I know the SATA ports on this Gigabyte board seem to be 4 VERY fast, 6 seem to be SATA 1, with actually only 8 of the 10 really working.

HMMM. There are some REALLY bad SSD's out there. Nice to have a bench mark to find out why they are. I have one that won't clear 30 MB/sec. Makes a passable USB 2 external drive, but that's about it. Waste of 140 dollars...

New toaster arrived today, finally. Here we go...

I agree. Intel Xeon pricing is monopoly insane.

Computers are one of the few tax beneficial purchases I can think of. Why not have dual AMD 6 cores for doing email, when, if you don't spend the money, it just goes to fund the Obama's and Pelosi's incredible waste, on their jets and entourages? Not to mention next year, when the biggest tax...

The service is T-Mobile. They have a 10 dollar, unlimited Data plan. They give you a terrible phone, and browser, trying to get you to bump up to the 80 dollar a month plan. I'm not going there. The Nokia phone, Nuron, and software, allow you to tether, and, use opera, so it's almost useable...

I was actually having a bit of fun with the history here. I LIKE dual Xeons, and, if Intel had more sensible pricing, and better motherboard options, ahh, that's all bull. Fact is David's machine was an offer I couldn't refuse. I DID look at dual Xeons an option prior to buying The Beast...

If I said that, I'd have all kinds of people telling me I'm crazy using server parts for game machines. That I'll be missing the chance to stay current by sinking so much money into one machine that I'm unlikely to upgrade, and that it will become obsolete in 2 years, and, I'm better off...

My phone data througput is something like .2 MB/sec , vs. nearly 7 MB/sec with the ethernet and wireless router. Don't need a fast computer to run Firefox on that speed connection, and look up places to live on the road, or for that matter, most anything I would be doing from the car, like...

"Saw" a vaporware CVS netbook today for 99 dollars today.

Not a bad setup. Thanks David;-)

HMMMM. I thought nearly all laptops shipped with SATA 1? Why is it over 150 MB/sec?

I got that. Likewise.

Seems it doesn't do much, unless you are running over 1900 resolution, and then in a few specific games it does offer a considerable improvement, at least that on the reviews I've looked at. Can't help but check up on SLI with two 295's;-) CT: What is Age of Empire II?

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html Anyone used this? Opinions? Observations? Seems a new benchmark is needed for SSD's.

David's rig is pretty close to that, isn't it???? ;-)

I've done that with a 30 gig Kingspec PATA drive. It makes for a rather quick, and this was a really slow sustained throughput drive, USB drive, that is pretty shock resistant. NOT really cost efficient, but it does seem pretty quick in file transfer, access time, and really weird ATTO numbers...

It is, but, it was a quality brand, like Samsung, or Panasonic. Costco has a LOT of cheaper, big screen, lower resolution TV's.

My comments on the 2233 are on point, and, I'm thinking the clunky adjustments on the Viewsonic might not just be with the model I tried, but, I could be wrong. Looked again today, and, for a 1080 120 Hz TV they are starting about 380.00, at 32". Plasmas seem to be free, 52 inches for 500...

I've used, and returned, thanks to software/firmware and screen quality on a 27" Viewsonic from Costco. I replaced it with a 2233W Samsung: I find this passable, but price fixed, and a poor value, along with limited, poorly designed connection setups. Get a 10 bit screen TV.

My general read on this stuff is I'm with David, and like the wired RAZER mouse, though the cord isn't that hot. Gigabyte, for 50 bucks, has a wired mouse with a serious, thick cord on it that I like a LOT. Newegg had a mouse, keyboard wireless combo, refurbished, for 20 bucks from newegg.com...

My general read on this stuff is I'm with David, and like the wired RAZER mouse, though the cord isn't that hot. Gigabyte, for 50 bucks, has a wired mouse with a serious, thick cord on it that I like a LOT. Newegg had a mouse, keyboard wireless combo, refurbished, for 20 bucks from newegg.com...

Netbooks do match the speed of a tethered phone. Both up and down are WELL under 1 mb/sec. They just seem way overpriced, considering the current laptop market, refurbished and otherwise.

I did get a chance to play with David's, with the X-25 in it. Was somewhat underwhelmed. Think I'm going to for the CF-29, for 330 bucks, refurbished. Shove it under the seat of the car, and, if it gets stolen, not that much money in it. NOTHING will hold up like the CF-29.

Speaking of laptops, I'm typing this on the CF-51, since our network just went down. When you call Astound, and get a busy signal, it can't be good.;-) Anyway, looking through what's out there, overstock.com has a refurbished Panasonic CF-29 1.4 ghz for 329.00, 3 dollars shipping. They also...

I have yet to play with a Thinkpad, except once, a long time ago, on Market Street in San Francisco. Had the stupid little eraser for a mouse. Nixed it for me. I've had a Panasonic CF-51 that I've used for what, 6 years now? 1.6 ghz, cost about 1300 new, with 1.25 gig's of ram. For a full...

HMMM. Costco has a Samsung for 279. Have to check on their warranty on netbooks. The 410 and 510 start looking real good from IBM. A bit bigger, but, they do have optical drives. Current pricing is the savings equals the cost of the Samsung Netbook.

What a joke. They said they would 'cross ship' a new one. I STILL don't have the replacement. Reinstalled the third drive bay. Works, sometimes...sometimes not.

Forgot to ask what you use to load an operating system onto a new hard drive on one of these little gems?

Hi I've managed to finally get a phone I can tether to a laptop. The connection is VERY slow, but, it works for mobile stuff, and, it's ten bucks a month, got to like that part. So, I was thinking I might get a little netbook, throw a SSD in it I happen to have laying around, and tether it to...

Start with the cheapest one avaliable. As she trys to do new stuff, she'll find something apple has fubared, requiring her to upgrade to another model, until she's finally got an insane amount of money in an overpriced POS. Converse is to give her what she really wants, suggest she buys the...