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Sorry, but I would have to vehemently disagree. I found the Cyrix solutions we supplied to be very stable. Only the early 6x86 versions had software incompatibility issues worth noting, and not enough to stop them being effective for most situations. In fact, we used one as a co-hosted web...

It costs us less than US$2 to increase the Seagate warranty to 3 years. I can't remember how much it is for WD - surely most people would just get the JB series with its standard 3-year warranty?

I agree with Honold. When I did a quick quality comparison between two MX440 cards and a Radeon VE 7000, I couldn't detect any obvious difference at 1152x864 or even 1280x1024. Of course, I was not trying this with a 19" Diamondtron.

Er, I meant "... seeing the latest version is 7".

I don't know if it's still available, but Delphi Programming Explorer is intended for people learning Delphi from scratch. Unfortunately, it's intended for Delphi 1, although last time I looked Delphi 1 (16-bit) was still bundled with subsequent versions. Delphi 1 is fine for learning the IDE...

Nicely explained, e_dawg. However, I'm pretty sure that when I'm actually waiting for my hard drive, it's seeking further than 5% stroke. Which is why I don't think the benchmarks are as representative of the real world as they could be. See, it depends on what you want from benchmarking. Take...

That's a contentious statement. The last time this was discussed here, some people were happy, some were very upset - but I don't think anyone thought it was the best board around. I think inconsistency is the watchword with ECS, but surely you can see that that is inevitable from a discount...

I've now realized that I've used the SE variant before and not been reduced to fits of Rage. (sorry :) ) The SE seems to be slower, but the real problem is the SDRAM. Given that the memory interface (and the card) is an nVidia design, I'd strongly suspect that all SDRAM versions of the MX440...

Both these functions work just fine for me in 7.02. There must be something wrong with your install, Groltz.

On the contrary, Opera 7.02 is behaving much better for me. Given the length of time since 7.01, it is a bit hard to swallow the idea that there would be no bug fixes in this version. Javascript that worked in 7.00 now works again, and I can now more easily work around a stupid site that...

Thanks for the clarifications, Coug. Just for the record, I didn't mean to appear to be bashing the nForce 2 - I've already got one here. It's just that I can easily see Mercutio's point about the board package being more important to many people. The vast majority of people will never...

No. :x

I just received a couple of Gainward MX440 video cards, or at least that's how they were described. Imagine my shock when examining one of the boxes and reading: "64MB SDR" Disbelief reigned (surely Gainward knows what it's doing?), so I tried one in an Athlon 2000. *&!@#!$%%!!!! 3DMark 2001...

WTF? Support for USB 2.0, PC2700, 333MHz FSB, ATA133, improved PCI, double the North-South bandwidth, is all little benefit? And where the hell did you see them for twice the price? Wrong. Most NForce2 boards are using the same third party audio chips as KT400. Show me some evidence. It's...

Why worry? It's only money. Let's just mint some more ...

... to preserve their fat profit margins. :P I wonder if people may be off-course worrying about Northbridge cooling on the Epox? The fact is, a consensus of reviews to date has found it to overclock better than anything else so far, so why would it need extra cooling? Clocker's experiment...

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Groltz, that's just complete and utter BS. Phase change thermal pads are at least as good as any paste. AMD strongly recommends them, for a variety of reasons. Mercutio: http://www.dansdata.com/powerdev.htm

That would include MS Office 97 for starters ... Not all apps supports font scaling or are successful in doing so. It's one of the reasons I agree with e_dawg about 1400x1050 in just 14".

10%. You're right though, the difference does seem too great for such a small item (shipping down under is an issue with larger items). As another comparison, a Gainward MX440 is down to about US$53 (AU$90 ex tax wholesale), and I've seen a Hightech MX440 for US$41. Which is why I don't think...

I consider you an expert in these matters, Coug, so that would explain why it's not on my pricelist. As a guide, I think a Sapphire 9100 64MB should sell for AU$175-185 (incl tax).

Coug, he said Pro. I don't have a price on one, but I imagine it would be quite a lot more than the standard 9100. Plus, I believe James is talking retail prices (not wholesale), and including 10% sales tax?

I'd forgotten about The Dialectizer. However, I think Opera's done a better job in this case. :)

Opera releases "Swedish Chef" version of browser: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/ Unfortunately, it only works its magic with the MSN front page. :( I wish it was an option I could toggle at will. :mrgrn:

Radeon 7000? Not quite under AU$50, but almost certainly less than MSI M64. Asus V3800 (TNT2), if you can find any.

It's not full USB 2.0, but effectively USB 1.1. Check the web and you'll see. Caveat Emptor.

Keep in mind that you'll really hit the wall with the extra resolution squeezing down the USB 1.1 pipe. As it is, scanning at 1200dpi on the LiDE20 doubles the time. But why would you want to scan beyond 600dpi anyway? 200-300dpi is heaps for anything I can think of except film, and these...

I can't agree. Epson scanner drivers have been in decline, although I haven't checked for a few months. Not as bad as HP, of course, but then what is? The Canon driver is not perfect, but IMHO it's far better than Epson's. I would recommend the LiDE20. This is from someone who used to sneer at...

How embarassing. Have we driven all the young whippersnappers away?

I have no opinion on the thread topic (I've followed Tea's lead), but I do think people are playing fast and loose with someone's reputation here. The Nobel Committee doesn't accept nominations for any Tom, Dick or Harry. Blakerwry, the extension of your argument is that the claims are...

FaztFuzkUp is the spawn of the devil. I hate anything running that doesn't need to be, which makes me incompatible with modern software philosophy. :evil: There's nothing running that shouldn't be there - as it is I begrudge the resident antivirus software, but I concede that hapless Outlook...

Device Manager seems okay. It's hard to know when this problem started. It appears to have become much worse in the last two days. I thought I first observed a delay closing documents a couple of months ago, but it didn't seem that bad. At that stage the PC's owner was talking about replacing...

None that I can see. :(

ONLY if you don't close the document window first. :-? Yes.

See thread title. :) Not that I'm aware of. I can suppress that by renaming his Normal.dot file, can't I? Neither. It occurs when trying to close an unmodified document. No. I've since discovered that closing Word without first closing the document window appears to work, but in fact Word is...

He defrags regularly. I just checked stats with a document loaded after a reboot. Free RAM was above 80MB and the pagefile was about 60MB.

The afflicted PC is a P350 with 192MB RAM running Windows 98. MS Word starts normally and loads documents quickly. However, it can take a staggering 45 seconds or so to close them, even unmodified. The documents are not large; the problem occurs with half a page. According to System Monitor...

Excellent! :rofl:

I haven't seen any problems with USB flash drives, but I recall issues with attaching a USB CDR to a particular Win2k box about 18 months ago. The problem was specific to that install of Windows 2000, so I can't agree with your statement. Tea, I just tried Chkdsk on a CF card in a Nikon 4300...

I agree with The Jojo ... :(

This piece from the BBC highlights what I think most of us agree on: that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seriously undermined US credibility in the Middle East. Or to put it another way, the US blindly supports our hated enemy, and now they want to invade one of countries. I guess you...

That was me.

I assume you meant G as in Giant rather than M as in Miant?

You haven't told us about her ability to pay. If it was a corporation, the question of how much would not arise. But I think you need to use a little discretion with very small businesses and individuals. Other trades and professions often do. I agree with Tannin that you should charge a...

:o That just means your AC is oversized for your application ... It's not that simple to just cut motor speed - it's a pump. For example, there may be a 10ft difference in the height of the evaporator and condensor. A compressor running at reduced power may not be able to push the refrigerant...

No, that is a myth, probably stemming from a NASA response to the inevitable question, "Why aren't you using this one?" Enterprise had fake heat shields, its engines were dummies, and the shuttle had no power of its own. Refurbishment would have amounted to rebuilding! Enterprise was stuck in...

The LJ4P was a good printer for its time - 12 years ago (I had one). Don't be seduced by claimed print speeds - it refers to the engine speed rather than the actual printer, and in those days these were often light years apart. In other words, it's terribly slow by modern standards. A $50...

I have wondered if the last point is actually an important factor in the Bush administration's motivation. Perhaps we should be looking at this from what is in Israel's interests, rather than the United States? For what it's worth, I think the CIA's conclusion in that point is completely...

Clive Williams, Director of Terrorism Studies, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University.

In that case, I guess we can exclude the Nedelin disaster because it was an ICBM test. :) Yes, I know I need to get a life ... ;)