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Ah. I was actually asking semi-rhetorically, as I know (at least) that their nVidia cards are fine quality. They are actually my first choice as a mfgr, as their cooling options are better than most.

I've put at least 600 miles on my Vasque boots (an older version of this). Though the soles did get a bit melted by being too close to lava in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, they still held up for 325+ miles of the Anapurna trail and every hike I've done in the nearly 10 years since. Although...

I vaguely recall something about a special formatting tool to align the logical clusters with the SSDs physical blocks. It was supposed to help, but I've never bothered with it as I am completely happy with the performance of my SSDs.

IIRC, they are rated for 8x5 writing for 5+ years still way more than enough. With the tech moving as quickly as it is, none of these drives will be in use 5 years from now.

nVidia is able to have a single download that handles driver installation for all their video cards. ...except that I have some experience with computers. The system uses standard components and has, in the past, been home to an 8800GTS, 9800GT, and 250GTS. I then dropped in a Gigabyte 4350...

Almost. A HDD can overwrite any chunk of data with new data at any time without penalty. SSDs must erase an entire block before making any change to it, overwrites aren't possible. This adds an additional time penalty to any write operation. You can disregard the wear leveling bits for the...

Haven't we already discussed that RAID level here?

Nope, just slows down the whole operation ;)

No, TRIM prevents the write penalty caused by all blocks already containing data by clearing blocks before they are needed. Without it, blocks are cleared after the write has been requested, incurring a performance penalty.

Yup. Just AdBlock and XMarks.

Four years and counting...not yet ;)

You're spot on, Will. HDD can just overwrite a block of data that has been previously marked as empty. SSDs need to erase an entire block before any part of it can be written. The wear leveling part is pretty easy to understand; the first pass will use every block on the drive. From then on...

If you're using it as a scratch drive, they have a complete wipe program that makes it like-new.

I suspect it will be the bees knees, dogs nuts or some such thing. If it really does what I think it's supposed to do (clear free space in idle time).

An otherwise stable system is crashing since I installed the ATI card. When will nVidia be shipping a card with HDMI audio?

Wow, that is a very small camera. I bet it is light, too.

Looks good, but the only price I can find is $700

The Vertex in RAID-0 is just fine for my needs. I'll go to 4 120GB in RAID-0 and stop worrying about what drive data is on. Presently I have 2x 120GB Vertex in RAID-0 and 2x 32GB X25-E in RAID-0. I'm just tired of shuffling stuff around.

I have a client who loves my MSI Wind U123, but needs an optical built-in. What is the nearest thing?

Woah, you are going crazy! I stayed out of photography until digital was "good enough" to avoid that stuff.

I'll be getting rid of my 2x 32GB X25-Es...let me know.

My tango teacher has a couple physics PhDs...

My guess would be either: 1) They don't have the production capacity to move everything to the new process 2) The X25-E is an "enterprise" part and needs more testing I would lean towards #2, as it would make more sense to move their higher-margin parts to the new tech first and help justify...

Of course ;) But I'll stick that someplace more appropriate.

Not only did I get my wife to use Firefox, but I got her to argue with the IT person at her work who was insisting on IE. He isn't there anymore.

Onkyo TX-SR507. Just installed it 5 minutes ago. Now trying to figure out the ATI card's sound capability. I wish. Doesn't quite pass the WAF...

How about fear of paying more than you have to...

Getting a new copy of the corporate image is fine, too.

Any wipe and re-install will help significantly, I guarantee it. Don't think that clearing the startup apps is the same thing, it isn't.

Unless you have done a clean re-install, that would be first on my list. An SSD has given more than one older laptop a new lease on life, but I wouldn't go lower than the Vertex...the 'lag' issues can get pretty unbearable.

Great info. RAIDing RAIDed drives sounds like so much fun...

None of the drives mentioned are anywhere near risking this. They seem to have these issues resolved with the new controllers. The Vertex actually outperforms the Intel under certain workloads, so it does depend.

I used nothing but nVidia for the last 3 years or so, but recently was driven to ATI by nVidia's refusal to allow mirroring of the HDMI and DVI ports at 1920x1080; it just doesn't work. So I bought 2 cards to play with, a fanless 4350 and a more gutsy 4850. I was planning on swapping them out...

Got to crawl around a train a few weeks ago, including standing way up front while it was underway. I have some pictures of the train itself, but the view forward from the front felt really special.

It does indeed. Good find sdbardwick.

My boss is a big fan of them, has had them perform at a few functions. This is the first time I've ever heard them...kinda like ZZ Top? But more hick?

I've done that once personally, and had it happen twice to people in the company. Once they presented the non-functional phone, the other time they asked me to take their word for it. Just be sure to inform your account manager to mark that phone in case someone tries to reactivate it.

I would bet that it is a lighter camera, considering it not only forgoes the auto focus system, but the flash and LCD as well...

I don't understand how those two are related?

What is the make/model of that case?

What I found interesting there was the talk of OCZ's 3.5" Colossus SSD in capacities up to 1TB at prices of $2.15/GB ($2200). We are getting there.

I used to search for items that were misspelled (primarily magic cards). I stopped buying cars online when everyone started with hidden "reserve" numbers instead of just starting the bidding at what you will accept. That is a bogus practice IMHO.

I was always under the impression that Akihabara was where you bought cutting-edge stuff, not a location for great deals...

No info, but also interested.

A touch more detail. By default, most clients will try to renew halfway to the TTL of the lease, and will request the same IP.

It is the receiver from this system. Really nice, but I now need HDMI. I'm planning on keeping the speakers and using them with an Onkyo TX-SR607. No idea what it is worth, really. I've just been using the SPDIF input and that is it. Remote (no visible wear) is included.

Only worth considering if everyone else plays nice as well. These services exist, therefore the rules have changed. Not using them isn't principled, it's handicapped.

Are cameras that handle the right DMA mode able to take advantage right away? Does the camera max out at some point?

While the performance benefits of that are well known, I think I can do without ;)

Probably a prerequisite to anything else.