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I agree with Mark that testing should have been easy, and results equally easy to provide. They mention installing temp monitoring software, but give no numbers at all. Fanless cooling is almost a moot point at this time. The newest 120mm fans are truly silent when soft-mounted and undervolted...

He recomended a core2Duo as well, I think it was a budget issue. But then again, if it works with a P-D, it will work with anything.

Or, more likely, followed the bannanas you were still holding onto home.

I use a big mouse (Logitech MX1000), and even at a relatively slow speed, it can traverse my entire desktop without any of it hanging off the edge of a 3.5" HDD. No desk space at all? It also works fine on my (admittedly oversized) thigh. Any space savings achieved by a trackball are insignificant.

I spend maybe 30% of my time at a keyboard at someone else's keyboard. Therefore getting used to my special stuff would just frustrate me the rest of the time. Even if you don't use other people's PCs it probably makes switching to your laptop more frustrating.

...that would be because trackballs suck. They're even worse than touchpads, and barely better than a joy-nipple. :runs:

When I build computers for "office" use, they get a 160GB drive. When I build for "home" use, they get a 320GB drive. Unless they specifically state that they want more, they don't get it. 320GB for ~$100 is the most I can justify on a system unless they are willing to pay the premium.

Graduated high school at age 16 (1996), and when I informed my parents that I didn't plan on going to college, they strongly encouraged be to go away. I moved to Berkeley and got a dreadful job stocking pens at the local OfficeMax. I became a regular at a local coffee shop (I don't drink coffee...

...or cheap ADSL service to a linksys router to a media adapter to fiber to another media adapter to a hub in your building. Better profit margins that way.

Auzentech just came out with another expensive soundcard, the Auzen X-Meridian 7.1 with a MSRP of $200. I need someone who knows more than me to explain why, for my purposes, its better than the X-Plosion I have now, or the M-Audio Revolution mentioned above.

After looking at everything and filling shopping carts from all kinds of stores, I've decided that what I want for my place is a pair of speakers (probably with a sub later) that can play from my one source (computer). My current listening position is ~1m from each speaker, with them ~1.5m...

I replied @ SR, but I'll make my desire for such an item known here as well. Please PM me with associated costs.

...and of course, your system costs 4x as much...

Wireless network cables? I think I'd like some of what you're smoking...

Thoughts?

I should be recieving one shortly, it'll make e-mail and texting on my razor far more useful.

Well, we may as well say hello... :smack:

I haven't had problems with Dell; so long as you don't deviate from the specific purchasing program they use. Order from the web, don't use their financing, and if you don't see it; don't try to get it.

I hate where this country is, and I hate most of the people in it. What I like about this country is the fact that the odds are high that it will change; and change without civil war.

I kept reading it, sure it was wrong, but when it came time to make a post myself; I wasn't so sure anymore. So I just went with to, too lazy to actually look it up.

Good job, Mark. Another year and still alive....can't ask for much more.

Where is the edit button?

Althought some grammar police actions is in order: Either it is: Complete Knock Down -or- Completely Knocked Down

mubs! What's up? Mark's post was clearly done in the same vein as my own, a good-natured and dirty play on words, just taken a bit further. If you aren't up for that kind of thing <cringe>, just let us know and I'll clean it up a bit.

...is that what you call it? :erm: :joker:

I threw this together in the last few minutes for a friend. If you have input that would be great. I don't want it any longer or more complicated than what it is, but if there are errors or clarifications that would be fab. Summary: Web pages are made of a bunch of HTML files and some...

I can definatly agree on count #1.

3.5 years, 111k miles, haven't done more than oil, wiper and tire changes since 20k (original brakes, original clutch, etc). The only warrantee work done was the static part of the passenger door latch came loose. Fixed without appointment and without any paperwork in 2 minutes. I think I'll...

IMHO, self-employment is far more likely to get you an ulcer than $1M (not that $1M is affluent in a google-ish way).

The card and cameras are already there; part of the last IT guy's clusterf*ck. They will almost certainly never use it. Primarily it is so the boss can watch from home. Even if I'm only capping 1fps per (motion activated) camera, it shouldn't be an issue. The other tasks are very lightweight...

Building out a resteraunt. They already have all the cameras and the PCI-based capture card. The system will be running XP Pro or Server 2003 (haven't decided yet). I need software that can monitor/record 8 cameras. If it has a web server that would be awesome, high-level compression would be...

Don't drink coffee, don't use a laptop...what is this "starbucks"?

Where is that edit button?

I knew m/c just form context, CKD I had no idea (and I feel old)

There is a market in selling to short-sighted customers...

Seconded. Get a 19" 4:3 LCD if you are going to be working on it a lot. I have widescreen LCDs, but only use them on HTPCs.

This heatsink has really amazing thermal capabilities. I'm overclocking/overvolting up the wazoo while loading at 100% for hours on end and I don't have a fan mounted on the heatsink. Of course, I am using a P180 chassis with a pair of 120mm fans @ 500rpm in close proximity. P180 + SCNJ-1000 is...

The best response I could provide is "probably not". NAT is just what you've implied you think it is; sharing which is transparent to the parent network. A broadband router should do the same (most support MAC cloning on the WAN port). Of course, if they did full packet inspection on all your...

If you are running a 32-bit OS, you won't see more memory than that. Get the 64-bit version.

I highly recomend the Scythe SCNJ-1000 with no fan. The problem with the size adapters it the backpressure reduces the airflow.

? It's not fast enough to be usefull for memory, is it?

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I like the TinyXP releases, I have the "Beast" edition around here somewhere. But they stripped a few things I like (US Keyboard, default theme) and added some crap I don't (MSN Messanger). They say you can use that program....what's the name of it...to make your own slimmed-down version, but I...

Our lame excuse for Fall has been around for a week or two; overcast in the morning, low sixties until midday. Beautiful, really dense fog at night; great for evening walks.

It's a licence that allows 5 different installations/activations of Server 2003.

We'll see how good the Yamaha YSP-1000 is; I have a new client in Marin that wants a home theater. I'll be aquiring a demo unit to try out at his place.

The Yamaha looks fascinating. If it performs as well as it's traditional competitors in that price range, it may be exactly what I'm looking for. How was the audio quality?

Screw it. I'm not going to go through the added hasstle of a reciever just to get the same 2.1 I have now. I'll get a 5.1 speaker setup at the same time. What about 7.1? Snake Oil?

All, Thanks so much for all the info. I'm really enjoying all the dialogue. What I'm most interested in at the moment is the next step after my current ~$300 configuration. Something under $1500 lets say. Not that that is a hard number, if I can be convinced that more could be wisely spent, I...