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  1. Santilli

    low-end laser printers these days?

    By the way, the new Universal HP software actually works with 2003 Server! That amazed me, no end...
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    low-end laser printers these days?

    I should say that while cheap, the chip that came with the Samsung cartridge fill didn't fit just right, and, every once in awhile I get a notice that the toner is substandard or something. Pulling the cartridge, shaking it once or twice, and putting it back in seems to solve this. Still, it...
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    Dell Special on servers? What do experts think of it?

    http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bedqd1e&s=bsd&dgc=EM&cid=27997&lid=640552 I just got this email. Looked great to start with. Then I saw 2003 server for 799.00? WTH? It just makes me thank God that we have this forum, and, all it's members, with...
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    low-end laser printers these days?

    I like the Samsungs mentioned, and the HP's. What's wrong with the 4000 series???
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    MAC vs Windows

    Chewy: Do you remember which versions you used? One of my kids in school was asking me about my CF-51, since toughbooks have a great rep in the sand box. Which versions would you recommend? 19, 30, etc.??? Thanks GS
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    Speed of a 2.5" 7200 rpm drive

    20 MB A SECOND VS. 40 mb sec, using ATTO. 4200 vs. 7200 seagate. Seagate 80 gig 7200 is by far the fastest drive I've ever had in a laptop. For what it's worth, Ubuntu on the 4200, and, Server 2008 or whatever the trial is, aren't really all that bad on the 4200. Still, the XP install on the...
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    MAC vs Windows

    My solution: http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/products.asp I was an Apple fan from the mac Plus days. However, after being burned way too many times on hardware, and, limited expandability. Not to mention the upgrade of the week stuff, that means you have to upgrade all your...
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    voice recognition software that works...

    That's not in XP, is it? Don't think this guys computer would run Vista well. 2.2 ghz, Intel/Dell...
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    My new system

    Hi David I've got an installer for Nod 32 that worked for 2003 Server, web edition. If you contact tech support, they will email it to you, or, I can do that for you. Need your email address. Mine is santill28@gmail.com
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    voice recognition software that works...

    Hi Have a friend with essentially one hand. Wondering if anyone could recommend the best VRS around, for doing word processing? Thanks Greg
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    Hmm. My experience with HD trailers was my old Matrox 750 didn't have enough ram to run it. Required 256MB vram to run HD trailers easily. ATI 700X series and 256 mb/vram plust Athlon 3000 seems to work fine.
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    Probably then most small countries;-) What would you consider the specs to drive such a display, both in Bluray, and a 42" screen? Also, what sort of cable connection do you use to the HDTV?
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    I'm going to ask the local blockbuster guys to put a regular DVD in the PS3 they have setup. See how it looks, since Blueray may still be expensive. Also, never saw a game on a PS 3, vs. computer.
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    Pradeep: Yes, it is the PS3. My Yamaha amp doesn't have a HDMI connector. It does appear to have an optical cable input/output, so that might work. Have to check around a bit...
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    Thanks My really old tv just had the portable Colby DVD player pretty much die on it, and, I bought a newegg.com Liteon combo. Didn't work with the old TV. Problem with the old style video out, from the Liteon unit. S video out worked fine, but, only my Panasonic in the living room has that...
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    I need a mouse

    David: Have you tried the other recent Razor offerings??? G
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    42" HDTV recomendations?

    Anyone tried the this? Panasonic player upconverter to 1080? http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/82-103-286-08.jpg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882103286
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    Server 2008 free

    Actually, it's Windows 2008 enterprise, that I don't trust on anything but a laptop, but, I agree with you. 2003 seems to work fairly well, except for games. s
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    Server 2008 free

    Have enterprise up on my laptop. Fairly snappy. A bunch of basic software, like dictionaries, won't install. Driver problems for scanner, screen, and no dual monitor support. Password security is a real problem. Requires a serious amount of typing for a password, but, on the otherhand don't...
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    120mm case fans

    Just a quick note on the subject. I just got done pulling a Radeon X700 out of the machine David built, and I sold. CPU AMD 3000+, with Swifttech's massive cooler,and a Stealth Vantec fan on top of it. As the computer boots, the fan turns on, then the auto sensor shuts it off, and, it stays...
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    Seagate Cheetah Ultra 320 out of warranty...

    Edit: Are you a scitzo version of Splash??? WOW, what happened? I thought life as a dolphin was a really good thing???
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    Microsoft Certified Refurbisher

    Hi I'm wondering if you have fins, and, in another life, respected life, unlike your AVATAR??? I wonder, how did Splash turn into Jack?????
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    Seagate Cheetah Ultra 320 out of warranty...

    Drive was half of a raid 0, so the data recovery is not part of the picture. I was actually wondering if it would be worth it for anyone to have it fixed by seagate, i.e. reconditioned, or, I should just give it away as a 500 dollar paper weight at Christmas;-)? If the repair price was...
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    Seagate Cheetah Ultra 320 out of warranty...

    Hi I'm wondering what Seagate charges to fix such a drive? Guess you have to be registered with them to find out. Anyone registered, and know what they charge for a drive repair? Thanks GS esq.
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    DEAD CHEETAH: WHERE TO GET ANOTHER CAT?

    Thinking of school. Currently subbing long term in a math class. Anyone have a projector they would donate? I use it for most of my math stuff. Scan in, and project. We have 5 for the school, and the school is about 3500 students.
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    DEAD CHEETAH: WHERE TO GET ANOTHER CAT?

    Thanks! I couldn't remember hypermicro.com, but, I had very good service, products, and prices from them. I'll be looking them up. As for solid state, it's WAY off, as far as my price range right now. The 300 gig 10K's 10.7 are nearly as fast as 15k's, these days. Also, if I can find one...
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    DEAD CHEETAH: WHERE TO GET ANOTHER CAT?

    Hi A refurbished Cheetah finally died, after about 5-6 years. Wondering if anyone has any great places to get scsi drives? How about these guys? http://www.unityelectronics.com/category-category_id/55/ct/SCSI_Hard_Drives Pricing looks too good to be true... GS
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    Where's everybody?

    That's generally the alcoholics in the group... s
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    Have an old MAC laying around

    Excellent door stops...
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    Laptop drives

    I'm real happy with the 7200 rpm 80 gig in my Panasonic. Imagine they make bigger, but, the under 100 dollars seemed like the value spot, and, the bigger drives the usual ripoff, due to 'what the market will bare, lack of competition' pricing.
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    The Atom is here

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZfUI3tHII About 1200 pounds, handles like an F1, and about 3.5 seconds to 60. By the way, Spectre racing used to be in Belmont. I spent about 50k on a Mustang funny car they built. I've been thinking about a similar project with a 928, or 924, or 914...
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    UBUNTU AND DVD/CD SOFTWARE VS....?

    HMMMM. So far the combination of RipIt4me DVD Decrypter, and DVD Shrink has worked on pretty much anything I've tried it on. That said, if you like AnyDVD that much, it's nice to know about it, and, I'll check it out in the future. G
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    OCR forms -> Conditional formatting?

    David: Don't know if it would help, but I use Onmiform 5.1, from formly Scansoft, now Nuance for documents I want to fill in areas on a computer repeatedly. As it starts, it has a wizard that might allow you to scan the forms the way you would like. It does scan forms, sense areas that are to...
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    UBUNTU AND DVD/CD SOFTWARE VS....?

    Hi I was wondering if UbunutI ripping software was better then say, Exact Audio Copy, or RipitforMe, etc. ? If so, which packages do you use? Thanks G
  35. Santilli

    Pavarotti and James Brown

    I LOVED THAT, after I stopped crying. :cry: Very sad...
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    Dual, quad core and winXP pro

    David: What programs are you running? Seems to me I remember the Video program I used with the Plextor converter ate tons of processor cycles. How do you do batch photo processing? Photoshop? Haven't been able to get VM up and running on my machine, but, I'll take your word for it. I've used...
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    My friend bought a 599.00 laptop from Best Buy that cost 1125.00, with no software...

    Well, I've been sending stuff like the article "What slows Windows down" to his work place. Tomorrow I'll leave on the desk, notes that pretty much just show he's an incompetent idiot. I did spend about an hour, something not easy to find in my current 7 day a week schedule, to go over how to...
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    Dual, quad core and winXP pro

    Hi I wonder if the programs we currently have can even use the existing processor power? Except for DVD Shrink, most of the programs I have can't even use the measly two physical 2.8ghz Xeon's I currently have. It takes multitasking to really get near 100% cpu usage, and, it usually looks...
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    Fun with Notebooks

    Having fun with laptops. REcently upgraded to a Seagate 7200 rpm drive, and, it makes it real snappy: http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2005/09/22/Panasonic-ToughBook-CF-51-Semi-Rugged-Notebook/p1 Had to format with the Seagate tools, even though I had partitioned and formatted on...
  40. Santilli

    Cable Internet Speeds

  41. Santilli

    My friend bought a 599.00 laptop from Best Buy that cost 1125.00, with no software...

    A finish to this is the ungrateful prick went back, and, they gave him a normal deal, for 800 or so bucks, on a decent setup laptop. After that, he's been blaming me for MSFT's having to use IE 7 to do downloads, his inability to buy tickets from Ticketmaster due to using IE 6, and feels ripped...
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Hi I think the patch I put on 2003 Server to make it seem like XP to programs has done just that. I think somehow VMware sees XP, and won't install on it, despite appearing to go on and do so. I've tried again, and I get a message that VMWare only runs on server software. So, I could...
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Thanks for the link, Timwhit. Downloading now. Funny part is it appears VMware had an installation already present of Ubuntu, but, I couldn't get it to load and open from VMWARE, nor could I get the disk to load, either on boot, or from VMWARE. Some missing file message... G J.D.
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Yes, it's 'Juris doctor' or doctrate, and it's a doctorate degree, and, it's more intense then most. Meanwhile, I got the Iso up, but, it doesn't want to run, missing something, to just boot off that. Then, I can't get the Virtual machine to see the ISO, and, even though I point it to the...
  45. Santilli

    Barracuda ES, worth the price over 7200.10?

    The 500 gig 7.10 does 32-1028k files in the 68-70 range for writes according to ATTO, and, slower reads??? Dr G
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Well, it appears I burned the ISO as data, and not a disk image. We'll see how it goes as soon Nero finishes this time... DR G J.D.
  47. Santilli

    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    I'm making a bit of fun of academia. I get REALLY sick of some principal taking a correspondence school in some absurd form of educational discipline, like psychology, Philosophy(my major), and using the term 'Dr.' before their name. Also, having the student loans to prove it, I find it...
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Installed VMware, but, I can' figure out what to do with the Ubuntu iso-386. Copied it to a CD, but, I can't get the VM to see it on boot... Plus, it keeps defaulting to DVD Decrypter to open it. Really weird. Dr G J.D.
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    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Hi Anyone used MSFT's version of a virtual disk, or, am I the lil pig? Dr Greg J.D. PS thanks. I'll try Ubuntu.
  50. Santilli

    Virtual OS safer than Real OS?

    Anyone have a quick, latest update link they use for Fedora, or a version of RedHat, or suggestions for other versions of Linux?
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