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...and of you ran Windows 2000, it would be faster still! Where are my DOS disks... The people whining and delaying switching to Vista did the same before going to XP and 2000.

Yes, but only because I had them sitting around. My next set will certainly be a pair of SSDs in RAID-0. And for those who loathe RAID-0, I have 3 36GB raptors in an array for my games ;)

Nope. Not yet, anyway. I've read a few guides online about disabling stuff, but I've kept it to the basics, and I'm not really waiting for the machine, ever.

In my experience, it isn't. With the following caveats. 1. You need modern hardware. a. 2GB+ RAM b. 3D accelerated video card with significant ram c. At least a modern 7200RPM hard drive 2. You need to disable the crap a. System Restore b. Indexing c. Windows Defender d. Transition-effect eye...

Depends on what (or how many things) you are doing. Many tasks don't use multiple cores, so you would only be using 1/4 or your CPU. If you have a lot of things going at once, it will really pay off.

Newegg is out of stock and still at $299.

I'll second EAC. Very easy to use.

I already followed up on that, installed the necessary monitoring tools. Nothing like it happening here. I call BS.

I have a fairly large collection of video and audio files. The reason such a large audio collection is still useful is because of the ID3 tags, and comments that I add, being searchable(sp?) and easily modifiable. I would love to be able to add words / descriptive fields to my video files. Are...

The amount of fiddling required to make some programs work without giving the user admin rights in XP is really insane. Vista is a bit better at that, but not much.

Guys, I don't know if you noticed, but my spec totaled $1480.

Core2Duo @ 1.66Ghz 1GB RAM 80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive DVD-RW 802.11g / Bluetooth 15" XGA 4:3 screen ~$900 Port Replicator: $130 19" LCD Monitor: $300 Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5000 Laser (Bluetooth): $150

While at work, do you use an attached monitor/keyboard/mouse? I find anything less than a 19" 4:3 to be sub-optimal for work. I've grown quite attached to the 22" 4:3 I have at home. As your computing needs seem to be quite basic, I'd recommend not spending more than $900-$1000 on the machine...

I just threw together a Latitude D520 as follows: Core2Duo @ 2Ghz 2GB RAM 80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive DVD-RW 802.11g / Bluetooth 15" XGA 4:3 screen ~$1200 I would put the rest into a port replicator, nice monitor, keyboard and mouse. I think too little emphasis is put on the parts that you...

Dell Latitude or Lenovo are my favorites. Dell Inspiron and HP/Compaq are my least favorite. The biggest question probably is, how much traveling will this laptop do and therefore how big a screen do you want?

Me? No. I'm careful ;) My GF's system? NOD32 Auto everything, no Outlook module because outlook isn't installed ;)

When I was an "information worker" or whatever they are called these days, I loved office. Outlook with an Exchange back-end kicks major ass; I don't know of anything else that comes close (I did look for a while). But these days all I do is throw together about 10 single-page 5-10 item...

The Lexmark does 45ppm ;)

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I've been using Google Docs almost exclusively for a few months now. Really pleased with it. The only thing that is more cumbersome than it needs to be is to attach a document or spreadsheet to a GMail message (.doc, .pdf, etc). You need to export the file to your computer, than attach it to...

I order all my Mini-ITX stuff from these guys. This time I was in a big hurry, I placed the order 30 minutes ago with overnight service. Out of desperation I included a comment that offered additional money for expedited service. I got a call 10 minutes ago from the owner, informing me that...

No idea. None of them were failures, really. Considering that at every step of the way I was booting Ubuntu and running all the tests (drive fitness, prime95, memtest86+, BIOS voltages/temps). I even installed Vista on a number of the configurations, just to see what was going on. Everything...

This worked! Awesome! I'm not sure why it worked, but I'll take it. Mark, the next time we are within 50 miles of each other, I owe you several beers ;) (Portland in February?)

Where are you seeing those prices Pradeep?

Let me know when the quad-core price drop happens (22nd?). Shipping won't be bad on OEM processors, and I'd love to send some business your way. ;)

Keep in mind your needs will be better served with one of these.

I created the RAID-0 array, then partitioned the first 50GB (10GB per drive) for the OS. Of course, you should never put important data on a RAID-0, so the rest of the drives are not particularly useful. IIRC, Linux now supports software RAID that allows the first chunk to be RAID-0 and the rest...

Thanks for the info Lunar.

I too thought it was outside-in. Seagate Tech Paper (PDF) I've done it in the past; building a large array of drives, creating a RAID-0 with the first 10GB or so of each. It is pretty quick, but SSDs are quicker.

There is a maximum speed at which a plastic disc can spin without shattering. It is roughly equivalent to 52x for CDs and 18x for DVDs. You won't find faster drives, because physics prevents it. If you were waiting to buy into BlueRay until it became commodity hardware, knowing how fast they...

Great Idea. I just tried installing XP to a VM, and then using Acronis to copy the image over...BSOD. :(

...or a movie file.

Nope. Replaced it with a known-good 500W PS and I get the same error. It's interesting; the first part of setup runs fine, but when it boots into the GUI the following happens: 1. GUI setup screen appears 2. CD-ROM starts to spin up, then doesn't 3. CD-ROM light blinks repeatedly, without...

No light-dimming, my UPS is the size of a mid-tower ;). But it seems to be just the right amount of energy, my heater hasn't kicked on in months. I have this issue with NAV all the time. People are so damn stingy, insisting that I install it regardless, asking if I can do something else to...

Yep. And I should have been suspicious from the start; it's that small form factor PS that comes with the NSK2200. We'll see...

I have google calendar send reminders to my phone...very handy.

Alright, I'm officially incompetent. I put in the new motherboard (which previously was in two different computers, both running XP at some point). I replaced the optical drive again (PATA) and wrote zeros to the entire disk (PATA) and finally ran the mfgr's full test suite. I also ran...

I like my Vonage connection. It just works.

Use windows task scheduler to launch something at the appropriate time. Have it launch a website, a word document, whatever.

Thanks for the heads-up Tannin. I'm still sitting quietly in the corner with a couple hundred NOD32 installs, hoping they stay on the "good" side a while longer.

The retail and MSDN disks have SP2 in them already. The BIOS is a neat idea, though I have thrown in the towel. I swapped it for a Gigabyte M51GM-S2G / 4200+ from a friend who is already running Vista.

Set up task scheduler to launch Goatse?

I've tried multiple media, from retail disks to MSDN downloaded ISOs to TinyXP.

Nice find Pradeep, that is a 1x PCIe as well....

As far as I can tell, the reason for editing is to fix corrections. The reason against editing is to prevent someone from retroactively changing their position. Am I correct? I don't believe we have had any abuse, and I'm sure my posts are more legible since editing has been enabled. Then...

Something else is up. I replaced the optical and HDD with IDE versions and get the same error. I'll be glad when I can move everyone to Vista...

I always thought "TV" meant more than a screen that displays images (we're both using those right now ;)). I thought it was something that was capable of displaying broadcast programming of some sort. I pulled the TV tuner card out of my box today, after using it a total of 1 time. The quality...

I don't own a TV, and many of my friends don't either.

There is a multi-card reader, but I disconnected it before I began. Floppy is disabled, boot order is CD, HDD.

GA-945GZM-S2 uses the Intel 945 chipset with the ICH7 southbridge. It seems that even though the BIOS detects all the drives fine, and the first part of the windows installation proceeds without needing to press F6, it is still required to prevent the windows install from crashing at the...