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Ok: this looks like the best upgrade for older laptops to me: It's a Samsung, 40 gig, 5400 rpm, 5 year warranty 8mb cache, appears to be backwards compatible for much older laptops, access time is very low 12 ms, and, it's cheap, at 75.00 comments? Thoughts? GS...

I guess what they should say with the comments about desktop speed with the Hitachi 7200 is the speeds are going to be of a fairly medium to low speed desktop... gs

Spec comparision on HD Tach 2.70, in Travelstar 4200 rpm ATA 6 40 gig vs. 7k 60 gig 7200 rpm travelstar: Access time: 4200 rpm 23.8 7200 14.7 39% Difference? Read performance: 4200 rpm 28.6 max, average 22.6 7200 rpm max 39.4 average 29.3 29% Difference? While the access times appear to...

http://www.mobilityguru.com/2004/12/13/nine_notebook_hard_drives_make_their_debuts/page7.html CT: This link is for Tony, but it's kind of long. Would you please fix it? Thanks The question becomes: Is it worth 150-300 dollars to upgrade your drive, when only the 300 dollar drive gives a 5...

Geneflect if you like :wink: I saw a Thinkpad at work, and, it is kind of cool, but hell of slow. However, I do trust you guys, and, I've not looked up Thinkpads lately... gs

Thinkpads are also usually expensive, and, the 'eraser' sucks... gs

Merc: Panasonic is on the cutting edge of lite. http://www.shopzilla.com/9L--Panasonic_T2_1.2_GHz_Pentium_M_753_Laptop_-_cat_id--462__prod_id--324605601#details The one I picked is heavy. On the other hand, the CF-37 is about 3.9 pounds, and, they have super light ones, as well. Still, they...

Well, the other one mentioned was HP... Does Samsung make laptops :?: :wink: Anybody know what the DVD playback lawsuit against Apple was about? gs

What's wrong with a Dell entry level, for 399? http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_basnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

I just shop for a long time, prior, to picking one up. Still waiting for the 7200 rpm drives to drop in price. Maybe after Christmas. Still, I bought this thing for doing the bar, word processing, and I'm in no hurry to upgrade the drive. I still have my 2000 running 366 mhz, and it's just a...

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Panasonic_Toughbook_51/CF-51LCMDDBM/p/623821 http://www.superwarehouse.com/Panasonic_Laptops_by_Processor/b/196/c/2051 Long Panisonic URL "Downplay the processor speed. Speed is no longer the be-all of personal computers. For years, processors have delivered all...

Well, I think I posted the kid that took me an hour to remove the spyware, after he tried to download music on my computer at school. I gave him the installs for Adaware, etc. anti-virus stuff, and it took him HOURS just to check, and remove, the crap he'd put on his home computer. Surprise...

Sounds to me like a bad card. Still, try getting on the Matrox Forums and discussing it. GREAT source for information on their cards. http://forum.matrox.com/mga/index.php gs

Anything might work in SF, and, therefore, the world... gs

Virus, etc.? I've noticed on my machine, lately, that after folding@home is running, if I click something, the screen goes blank, then comes up again, and everything is fine. Without Fucking@home(excuse me, sorry :cry: :lol: :mrgrn: :wink:) Everything works fine...If all else fails...

GOD DAMN: THESE REMIND ME OF GAS PRICES LATELY. PLEASE F...G EXPLAIN WHY IT WENT FROM 330 TO 257, IN NO TIME AROUND HERE... CAN WE SAY: MONOPOLY, WITH NO FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT? GS

DARN!, That explains it. It's the part time 1.4 ghz, PM, 1.4 ghz that's really doing the ass kicking. Damn ape, you guys are sooo smart... :wink: s

You DO have to admit, the G3 333mhz processor out preforms xeons, and athlons, in folding at home, just look at my figures. :twistd: gs

Please :excl: I'm running folding at home on a Mac G3 333 laptop. The dual is too noisy to run all the time9 :mrgrn: :mrgrn: :mrgrn: since I haven't replaced the noisy assfans, Sunons, with the quiet Vantecs(that are sitting on my desk :diablo: I can't figure out why you would target...

The Dell XPS 400 came with a pos, but silent, 200 Watt power supply. That quickly quelled all my upgrade plans for it. I've had a compaq donated to me, and, it came with a stoneage hard drive, and never ran reliably. Time to hit the sack. gs

It's a Maxtor, so prayer is a wonderful suggestion :wink: Check the length of warranty on the drive. Since I have the black thumb of ATA, I'm certainly NOT the person to comment... :mrgrn: :wink: GS

Typo: Should have been Nvidia 3, not 4. Even though it was supposed to be XP64 compatible, I had problems, and, I think, the ATI 700XL driver wasn't very good, either. I wonder if XP has 64 bit drivers for my HP 4000N? GS

Or you could have issues with shitty XP 64 drivers that suck. :wink: Nvidia 4 chipset, at least. GS

Where did you go? GS

If you look at the reviews, the Seasonics are in a league of their own as far as consistent energy supply. They are also very quiet, and very expensive, if not bought on fire sale. Somewhere around here, I did a real indepth research on these things, and found out the others aren't even close. GS

Any harm in shuting off a monitor, while the computer is still running? GS

Once a whore, always a whore... :evil: :wink: :mrgrn: Guess Samsung needs to advertize more, and maybe they will get a higher rating. No, I"M NOT JADED, OR ANYTHING.... :lol: GS

Well, I can say on CRT's that the matrox P550, and P650 are simply stunning. Running at Billions of colors, even on three screens, the P650 is simply incredible. What it doesn't do well is High definition video becomes a slide show. Games, at least my overall Quake 3, play favorably, but, to...

That's what I did with the computer in the other room. Seasonic 400W on firesale at Frys, 59 dollars, and the case was 120, also on sale due to some new verision coming out, or maybe it was the 160, I don't always remember the stuff after I buy it. :cry: Gigabyte motherboard, 3000+, but, as...

More info... gs

Hi Signed up for yahoo. Still Waiting for the gmail account... gs

BUILD A SILENT MACHINE FOR FOLDING Hi Give me some specs for a silent machine for folding @ home max preformance. has to work 24/7, but let us sleep in the same room. Then give a medium cost, and low end cost for the same. Thanks gS

I'm unconvinced. I know the perverts that live in the Palo Alto area, and, for all you know, they are working on some sort of new porn with my computer cycles. I remember some famous actress that was flunked from a Stanford acting class, because she took off to make a movie with Robert...

My cat decided to sit on my mouse pad, and play with me. This is an unusual occurence, and rates WAY above installing Folding@Home again. Stanford boys are rich, I'm not sure why they can't pay their own damn electricity bill.... Besides, bastards wouldn't let me into their damn law school...

The 400 is VERY quiet. Near Silent. The 600 is a bit noiser, but not much. Don't know about the other two. gs CT: Running the console installer doesn't give a step to change directories.

OK: The Athlon is on all the time, since my SO never turns it off, and, it's silent. Despite all my efforts, the Dual Xeon makes enough noise to keep me from sleeping(pretty sure it's the fan on the SCA box: suggestions on making this silent would be great, changing fans, recommended fan, and...

Kind of curious: On the Athlon 3000+ 5.03 F@H runs the processor at 100%, all the time according to task manager. On the 2.8 dual machine, it takes one, complete, virtual processor, for about 25% of the machine. Niether seems to be affected much, if at all, by having it run int the...

David: That would be fun :mrgrn: It's a public school, and the principal demands a bunch of stuff that is way beyond the original contract. It's sort of like working with the Japanese. You sign a contract, for specific terms, and think you have a firm deal. They think the signing of the...

WONDERFUL KATTY :excl: :wink: :mrgrn:

Hi guys My current employer, requires me to have an email address, alleged to save paper, but, if screws with me at home, and that's not happening. Anyone have a free email I can give my current district? Anyone have any great ways to screw with someone who's using the 'high horse' approach...

That is looking really good from here. :wink: gs

I've got two NEC 3540A's that haven't failed. Of course I haven't installed either of them yet... :oops: :wink: s

This entire argument is moot. No matter what brilliant conclusion we come to, Bill Gates isn't listening. To put it simply, the MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF A COMPUTER IS TO ALLOW THE USER TO DO A TASK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WITH THE LEAST NUMBER OF STEPS, AND AS DIRECTLY AS POSSIBLE. Now, we...

The concepts the guy is trying to rail against are the same concept as limiting driver comptency. MSFT is trying to make computers accessible for everyone, and, in a sense, that gives chances to everyone to develop in computer ability. If a 2 year old can move a mouse, learn to click, and use...

Ok: I've had a my dual 2.8 ghz Supermicro machine next to an Athlon 3000+. The dual boots off a -320 LSI single Channel Megaraid card, and, it boots off a Raid 0 dual 36 gig SCA 15.3 Cheetah setup. I have a seperate 15.3 for a page file, and, two 146 gig 10k's for storage. All refurbs that...

Yes, that's Dianee. By the way, Stephen Whayada was really not the guy for her to marry. I did talk to her awhile back, and the divorce really tore her up. Diane came back from a photoshoot in the Carriabean to find all her stuff gone, the locks on the house changed, and, most of the money...

I'm not beat up about it at all. At the time, Diane was a full-time modern dancer, and, a tom boy at the same time. We had some REALLY great times together, running at the track, working out together: Fantastic woman. I ran into her at the track, in the first place. In person she was just...

My only real tie to playboy was having sex with, and asking one of them to marry me. Diane Hsu Lee, Ms. March, 1988... She became Ms. March, because, I suggested she try it... Stupid, MF, idiot that I was... gs

My cat did her thing today. She went, from the floor, to the top of my bathroom door, and, walked around on the top of the door. If my Olympus wasn't so slow, I'd have more pics, but, I did catch a few. Anyone want to host them? GS