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Re:Why no RAM -- IDE Devices? by ptudor · 2002-10-01 08:48 · Score: 1 · on Hard Drives Evaluated for Noise, Heat and Performance

They cost in the low thousands... but if you get the cheap module you can keep adding your own ram to it. Do a search for platypus at CDW.com and you'll see them.

One problem I ran into is they're too tall to fit in a 1U case, at least a 2U chassis is needed if you get the internal storage device.

Re:But... whats up with the quoted price of InDesi by questionlp · 2002-09-13 05:36 · Score: 1 · on Apple Quickies Comin' At Ya

Although a price tag of $399 is listed on that page, but it is for a different piece of software called GoLive. Adobe is selling the full version of the software (at this page) for $699, which is the value Apple marked on their site and mail-in voucher.

Of course, you can probably find the software a bit cheaper through places like macmall.com, CDW or Insight. But if you are already in a market for a new Mac, free is still much better than $699 :)

sure by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-12 01:04 · Score: 0 · on Linksys WET11: Bridge 30 Devices To Any Wi-Fi Network

CDW

has them, finding them cheaper is your job :) I've seen them for around $100-120 from the shady gotta call them up shops.

This site has a picture and you can order them, too. they will also put on a special connector so you can actually connect to your access point. By default the antenna comes with a big N type connector that likely won't connect to your access point. I'd call up the second place, tell them what you are doing and have them make the proper cable you need, it'll save a LOT of time :)

Symantec Firewall/VPN Applience by loserjake · 2002-06-30 09:57 · Score: 1 · on Nexland Pro800Turbo Load Balancing Router Review

A couple weeks ago, I ran across a simular product by Symantec. We are currently running it in our office, and it works great. Firewall works good, was easy to configure. It is also capable of VPN tunnels.

The 100 model runs for $365.84 but could probly find it cheaper than that.

My favorites by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-20 10:03 · Score: 0 · on Home-Built vs. Store-Bought PCs

The two places I got the parts for my last machine were CDW and Xxera

ArcServ by miked50 · 2002-06-12 08:23 · Score: 1 · on Making Users Back Up Important Data?

Its simple to backup 98/NT/2000/XP from one place. Just setup a machine with a tape drive, and copy of ArcServe IT (I think they renamed it BrightStor), and all you need is administrator/priviledged user logins to the machines. Then you can administer backup jobs from there, and even encrypt the data on the tapes. Easy to use, and it "relatively" cheap (~$400.00 depending on support/upgrades). http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=Bri ghtStor

Re:What Supporting Hardware Does One Need? by booch · 2002-05-14 05:39 · Score: 2 · on Matrox Parhelia 512 Preview

AGP 8x: It'll work in an AGP 4x motherboard. Motherboards with 8X AGP should be out soon.

Monitors: Analog monitors (eg. the one you have today) can display an infinite number of colors. The DAC (digital-to-analog converter) on the graphics card creates the appropriate analog signal. The real question is whether digital DVI monitors will support more than 24 bits of color.

Where: Matrox has a list, including their own online store. CDW seems to carry most Matrox products.

When: June.

Price: $450 for the top-end, low-end was not specified anywhere I could see.

Nikon Coolpix 995 by ka9dgx · 2002-05-08 04:46 · Score: 2 · on Portable Digital Timelapse Photography?

It's not clear which type of "Time Lapse" you're looking for. I'm assuming you want to take multiple still images at intervals, for composition into a movie at some later point. The Nikon Coolpix family offers an accessory cord - MC-EU1 which supposedly allows you to take pictures at intervals until the camera runs out of CompactFlash, or the battery dies. (I just ordered mine while composing this)

I've got a Coolpix 995, and it takes GREAT photos. In case you were wondering about just long exposures... here's a self portrait which shows a fairly long (4 second) exposure.

--Mike--

Re:Sorry still wonder why. by pcmills · 2002-04-28 08:34 · Score: 1 · on Dreamcast Reading An IDE Hard Drive

I have one of these on my IPAQ Kingston 5GB drive

Official Price tag for StarOffice 446$ by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-25 08:48 · Score: -1, Troll · on Sizing Up StarOffice 6.0

Look at this page to find the real price tag for StarOffice
[http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?ED C= 366313]

economies of scale of pirating DVDs. by jonbrewer · 2002-03-24 07:51 · Score: 5, Informative · on MPAA Finds First Actual DVD Copiers in U.S.

(not that I recommend going in to this business...)

In traditional Slashdot fashion, I will now pull some prices out of my ass (sorry, that would be the Internet) and will "do the math."

The entry cost is not high. Less than $7k to profit.

Here's a DVD dupe machine with a 100-disc hopper: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=3 26050 for $4k. Buy one.

Here's a spindle of 100 DVDs http://shop.store.yahoo.com/spectraimpex1/100pacdv 47gb.html for $250. Buy ten of them.

Now load your dupe machine once a day for ten days.

Pick up the DVDs when finished and sell them to your dealers for $700/spindle. (they will then be resold at $10-$15/each, a very healthy profit for a street vendor.)

You have just paid for the DVD dupe machine and have made $500. You probably invested twenty hours in buying the hardware, setting it up, testing, and smoking pot with your dealers.

From now on, for every 5 hours you invest in buying and burning another 100 copies, you'll make $450. Not bad, eh?

The getting busted and going to jail part might suck, but you can get around this by doing the duping in a friendly environment. Of course friendly environments sometimes take a little away from the bottom line, but booze is cheaper in those places anyway.

Cheers,

JB

Re:Why not use pirated software? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-02 10:57 · Score: 0 · on Do You Pay for Your Shareware?

Microsoft Word - $95
Adobe Photoshop $90

Somehow, I doubt you are going legal, however.

Re:Why not use pirated software? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-02 10:57 · Score: 0 · on Do You Pay for Your Shareware?

Microsoft Word - $95
Adobe Photoshop $90

Somehow, I doubt you are going legal, however.

Re:The CPU is only one contributor to performance by Horse+Cock · 2002-01-06 13:11 · Score: 1 · on Intel Northwood CPU Review

Now, if you really wanted to get rid of that HD bottleneck, you could get a solid-state drive. I wish I had that kind of disposable income...

Direct from the manufacturers by Vito · 2001-12-12 08:32 · Score: 5, Insightful · on Where Would You Buy A Crusoe Laptop?

The US versions of the two Crusoe portables I was looking at in my previous Slashdot post about this, the Casio Cassiopiea Fiva MPC-205E and 206E, and the NEC Versa DayLite, are both available online, direct from Casio and the NEC from CDW or PC Connection.

The Transmeta ultralight noteboooks page also has "How to Buy" links for all the listed US-market notebooks.

Re:More information from the poster by SlipDisc · 2001-11-07 03:04 · Score: 1 · on 64GB RAM Under 64-bit Linux?

If its quicker data access time you need, why not go totaly solidstate? Platypus Technology Inc. has some very impressive data storage options

QikDATA at a glance.

Protected With internal UPS and automatic back-up to mirrored hard disk drives, QikDATA ensures maximum data protection. QikDATA can be configured without any single point of failure.

Extreme Speed
Takes advantage of the latest 64 bit, 66MHz PCI bus technology and SDRAM speeds - for sustained data throughput of up to 350MB/sec, allowing up to 40,000 I/O transactions per second.

Scalable
Each 1RU sized QikDATA provides between 1GB and 16GB of storage. Up to eight QikDATA units can be combined and spanned to create a single high performance drive of up to 128GB.

Simple integration
Has standard 1RU and PCI card installation. Can be formatted, partitioned or spanned like any other drive.

Easily serviceable
Units are easily accessed for upgrades and part replacement.
A quick search of CDW shows a price of $31,039.92 for the QikDATA 16GB unit.

Re:Cool, but not enough. by ouija147 · 2001-11-06 10:02 · Score: 1 · on Virtual Reality With Unreal Tournament

Yeah $22,000 isn't much

Panoram Product Overview

Where do you buy them? by Custard · 2001-10-16 10:11 · Score: 1 · on 54 Mbps/100 Mbps Wireless LAN

Who has them for sale? I tried the first three reseller links on Proxim's web page and none of them had 802.11a stuff listed. Or rather no one has Proxim's 802.11a stuff. Several people have Intel's.
CDW
Insight

They are available... by macemoneta · 2001-10-10 07:08 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Why Not Solid State Hard Drives?

These are an example (they even have Linux drivers), but an 8GB unit is still over $20k (see CDW). It's going to be a while until this is affordable (2 orders of magnitude price reduction).

Re:What about the low end? by westfieldscientific · 2001-09-27 13:22 · Score: 1 · on Tiger MP Dual-Processor Motherboard

Start with a Socket 7 or Super 7 MB. This could be AT or ATX. Socket 7 will run CPUs ranging from P75 to AMD-K62-550. Look for a board with plenty of accessory slots, since we seem to share a bias against integrated components. (The whole point of the original ISA spec in 1981 was that individual components could be replaced without obsoleting the rest of the platform.)

Look on Pricewatch or the "Buy it now" items on Ebay for bargains. Classical Ebay auctions are notorious for wasting time and having someone else plant a winning bid in the last 30 seconds of the auction, but "Buy it now" may actually result in servicable merchandise at low cost.

64 Mb of ram will be plenty for what you describe. Pick a suitable chassis (AT or ATX, depending what MB you decide on) add a cheap video card (Trident maybe?) and whatever size IDE drive you feel will be sufficient. CPU can be any Celeron, AMD or Cyrix you opt for. I would suggest 10/100 autosensing NICs, because it doesn't matter what ya connect'em to, and they can be had for around $15 each.

Shipping charges can be lowered by bundling a lot of components from a single supplier. These days, I've noticed also that quite a few hardware guys are offering free shipping. One exception to this though might be the CPU fan, assuming you don't opt for a heatsink. Since silent operation is a high priority you might want to contact CDW or someplace like that with the sales expertise to recommend a speciality fan optimized for quiet.

Good luck with the build. During the runup to Y2K I built a lot of machines along the same general spec for customers that just wanted to go on running their same old stuff on hardware compatible with a 4 byte year. Rough pricing for the stuff described above is around the $200 - $250 range.

Link to Vendor by leibnizme · 2001-09-12 01:11 · Score: 1 · on New Joystick Style Ergo Mouse

As other people have said, this product has been available for quite a while. Here's one link (first four entries are the mouse from the article):

http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?grp=MOU

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

--

Re:Out of the PC realm by CrayDrygu · 2001-06-13 12:48 · Score: 2 · on Insanely Audiophile

Alright, I'm bored, I've got some time to kill...let's see how close I can get.

[A couple hours pass]

Alright, I suppose I could keep adding things onto this, but I won't. I got it up to $10,103.46, though. It's a multimedia workstation designed for graphics and digital video editing, high-performance gaming, DVD playback, and DVD authoring, with all the accessories.

Case: PC 60 Aluminum w/3 Case Fans and Window Kit, $229.99
Power supply: Antec PP403X 400W Power Supply $84.10
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS w/SCSI $333.62
Processors: 2 x Intel Coppermine PIII 933mhz $398.00 ($199.00 ea)
Processor fans (x2): Antec Heavy Duty CPU Fan $33.54 (16.77 ea)
RAM: 256mb Kingston PC133 DIMM $156.64
IDE cable (x2): Rounded $25.98 ($12.99 ea)
Floppy drive: Compaq LS-120 internal IDE $127.99
DVD/CD-RW Drive: HP CD-Writer 9900ci 12x10x32x DVD 8x $349.99
DVD Decoder: Creative Labs Dxr3 $79.99
CD Drive: Creative Labs CD-ROM Blaster 52x $49.99
DVD-RAM Drive: Panasonic LF-D201U SCSI-2 $649.00
SCSI Cable (x3): Rounded $38.97 ($12.99 ea)
SCSI Hard drive (x2): Seagate Cheetah73 73GB U160 $1576.00 ($788.00 ea)
RAID Controller: Asus PCI-DA2100 SCSI RAID $609.00
IEEE 1394 Card: Belkin F5U501 PCI $79.95
Video: VisionTek GeForce3 64mb AGP $389.99
Monitor: Samsung 18" Syncmaster TFT LCD $1891.00
Sound: Creative Labs SBLive X-Gamer $99.99
Speakers: Creative Labs/Cambridge SoundWorks DTT3500 Dolby 5.1 Digital $299.99
Printer: Epson Stylus 2000P Inkjet Printer $869.99
Scanner: HP ScanJet 6300Cxi 1200dpi $387.36
Mouse: Razer Boomslang 2000 $82.99
Mouse Pad: 3m Precise Mousing Service $8.49
Keyboard: IBM Preferred 104-key Black $59.00
Joystick: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 $109.00
Steering Wheel: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB $159.00
Game Pad: Gravis Eliminator GamePad Pro $26.99
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL $577.92
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $319.00

That's right, Win2K. I know we all love linux in here, Win2K is actually a decent OS, especially for all of the tasks I've specced this out for.

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The right way to do this. APC by Nonesuch · 2001-04-09 04:35 · Score: 3 · on Open Power Management Console

If you have any funds to spend on doing this right, and any interest in your insurance company paying out if your rack goes up in flames, do this right...

Something like the APC MasterSwitch, for about US$60/outlet.

Supports serial control, and has built-in ethernet with SNMP, HTTP, telnet access. You can assign individual usernames and passwords with access to any one or a group of outlets. SNMP traps on invalid passwords or SNMP community strings so you can detect hacking attempts.

Re:After Virginia Beach, this shouldn't be news by Rev.LoveJoy · 2001-03-30 02:38 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Turning Screws on Customers

You have a good point. I suppose I should have said 'compared with other CAD programs, AutoDesk's product is disproportionatly priced.'

A quick glance over at CDW's "CAD Software" listing confirms this:

http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?grp=CAD

Granted, they don't have AutoCAD standard listed, but I think the last licenses we purchased were around $2795 or so each. One can certainly argue the merits of AutoCAD. I am not saying it's not a great application, but in the open market, the price of other CAD applications seems to be $500 - $1500 per license whereas AutoCAD has *always* been around $3K.

It's just ... unusual.

Cheers,
-- RLJ

Re:Exposed Power Switch by sid+crimson · 2001-02-26 04:28 · Score: 1 · on Power Strips For The Uber-Geek?

Try this option from APC. Has 8 outlets -- three are intended for those larger power bricks.

The power button is hidden nicely behind a plastic cover.

-sid

Kensington is "The One" by Tumbleweed · 2001-02-25 15:25 · Score: 2 · on Power Strips For The Uber-Geek?

CDW has a Kensington model which I've used for a few years now at home and work.

Nice product. There's a colour-coded version, and a cheaper, non-colour-coded version.

I've found them at such places as CompUSA, OfficeMax, and Office Depot, at reasonable prices.

Right Here by penguinboy · 2001-02-25 14:24 · Score: 2 · on Power Strips For The Uber-Geek?

CDW has what you're looking for (Belkin F5H300), and at a price that doesn't look too ridiculous.

Re:Information Technology and Moving Parts by nakaduct · 2001-02-08 06:25 · Score: 4 · on Creating Nanotech Of The Nearly-Now

ATA Flash, today, costs over $2000 per gigabyte. This price is falling very slowly. Winchester drives cost under $5 per gigabyte, and prices are falling fast.

For perspective, CD-R in the early 90s cost about $1500 for a drive and $20 for media. CD-R didn't see consumer acceptance until these numbers fell about 4x, to ~$400 for the drives and $5 for media. Widespread use required a 10x drop in prices. And this is a technology whose competitors (floppies, Zip disks) had serious flaws. ATA Flash, on the other hand, needs prices to drop by a factor of about 400, just to be on par with a mature, reliable, accepted technology. And, even if those prices were achieved tomorrow (via some miracle) there are still a lot of cons:

it's slow -- under 4MB/sec versus 20+ MB/sec for a typical hard drive .
it's not especially dense: it appears you can get 1GB on a PC card, which works out to maybe 20GB in a 3.5" IDE enclosure. New magnetic disks fit 20GB on a single 3.5" platter; you can put five such platters in one enclosure.
it has a finite life, typically <500000 rewrites per sector. This is fine for digital cameras, but it's no good for a busy database or swap partition.

So when will ATA Flash replace Winchester drives? Considering it took CD-R 10 years to overcome one obstacle against weak competition, and flash has many obstacles and strong competition, I'd say never.

That doesn't, of course, preclude the invention of some new solid-state product. A cheap, dense, low-power, reliably non-volatile SS technology would be truly great. But these innovations aren't falling out of the sky (new memory-related inventions are few and far between) and it has a lot of catching up to do before it bests the phenomenal attributes of a $200 hard drive. I didn't sell my Quantum stock today, and I probably won't tomorrow.

cheers,
mike

Re:Information Technology and Moving Parts by nakaduct · 2001-02-08 06:25 · Score: 4 · on Creating Nanotech Of The Nearly-Now

ATA Flash, today, costs over $2000 per gigabyte. This price is falling very slowly. Winchester drives cost under $5 per gigabyte, and prices are falling fast.

For perspective, CD-R in the early 90s cost about $1500 for a drive and $20 for media. CD-R didn't see consumer acceptance until these numbers fell about 4x, to ~$400 for the drives and $5 for media. Widespread use required a 10x drop in prices. And this is a technology whose competitors (floppies, Zip disks) had serious flaws. ATA Flash, on the other hand, needs prices to drop by a factor of about 400, just to be on par with a mature, reliable, accepted technology. And, even if those prices were achieved tomorrow (via some miracle) there are still a lot of cons:

it's slow -- under 4MB/sec versus 20+ MB/sec for a typical hard drive .
it's not especially dense: it appears you can get 1GB on a PC card, which works out to maybe 20GB in a 3.5" IDE enclosure. New magnetic disks fit 20GB on a single 3.5" platter; you can put five such platters in one enclosure.
it has a finite life, typically <500000 rewrites per sector. This is fine for digital cameras, but it's no good for a busy database or swap partition.

So when will ATA Flash replace Winchester drives? Considering it took CD-R 10 years to overcome one obstacle against weak competition, and flash has many obstacles and strong competition, I'd say never.

That doesn't, of course, preclude the invention of some new solid-state product. A cheap, dense, low-power, reliably non-volatile SS technology would be truly great. But these innovations aren't falling out of the sky (new memory-related inventions are few and far between) and it has a lot of catching up to do before it bests the phenomenal attributes of a $200 hard drive. I didn't sell my Quantum stock today, and I probably won't tomorrow.

cheers,
mike

$75 isn't that good a deal... by Bonker · 2000-12-27 23:56 · Score: 2 · on Cool Wireless Video Camera For $75

...when you consider that most 'consumer' webcams range between $60 and $140. My brother recently bought a nice Intel USB camera for $90.

If you don't want to shell out money for a nice digital camera (My sony cybershot cost $999), there are better alternatives than buying a toy.

Re:RAM is VERY cheap now, too. by da5id · 2000-12-26 16:43 · Score: 1 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

RAM is VERY cheap now, too.

But of course they want you to buy their ram, at $7,779.60 for 1GB!

I would realy like to know if you can just slap anyold SDRAM in them or what. And also if there are any alternitives to the actual board on the market, as $1,969.40 for the board and 512MB of ram is a bit steep even to get started (assuming you could add SDRAM at market price)

BTW I am getting these prices from http://www.cdw.com, I don't suppose it gets much better, but any one have other info?

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Re:Website unclairity by da5id · 2000-12-26 16:33 · Score: 1 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

Gad, if I was just patient I would collate all this info into one post, but no.

For a list of all platypus products, and their prices at CDW check out this search: http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=pla typus

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Re:Website unclairity by da5id · 2000-12-26 16:33 · Score: 1 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

Gad, if I was just patient I would collate all this info into one post, but no.

For a list of all platypus products, and their prices at CDW check out this search: http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=pla typus

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Platypus Prices from CDW by l1nuxn3rd · 2000-12-26 16:26 · Score: 4 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

Here is a link to the Solid State Hard Drive Pricing Page from CDW.
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?grp=HSO
Platypus products are listed as well as some from Quantum and Sandisk.
You are talking $1,969.40 US currency for the Platypus QikDRIVE8 512MB, the smallest model i saw.
CDW is the Authorized reseller I found for the US.

Re:Website unclairity by da5id · 2000-12-26 16:25 · Score: 1 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

P.P.S CDW sells the 2GB model for $5,768.55 (Special Order)

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Re:Website unclairity by da5id · 2000-12-26 16:25 · Score: 1 · on A Semi-Radical Approach To Avoiding fsck

P.P.S CDW sells the 2GB model for $5,768.55 (Special Order)

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Re:Mice for Lefties by Wiggin · 2000-07-31 00:19 · Score: 1 · on Review Of The New Apple Mouse

My intellimouse explorer (5 button optical, one big button on the left side of the mouse, one on the right) is symetric lengthwise, so it will work the same for righties or lefties...

try this link

Axis Camera by giberti · 2000-07-06 01:33 · Score: 2 · on Ethernet-Based Security Cameras?

Axis makes an excellent camera, it can also be plugged into a modem without any sort of PC to run it. We use at work for monitoring our new building facility. We have it clicking off pics every two hours and updating our corporate intranet.

Some models can actually be configured to focus automatically, run streaming video etc.

Most notable about these cameras, is the price drop as of late. CDW has the camera for less than $500.00 which is down about $450.00 dollars since December.

Re:What if Franklin only today proposed "libraries by tringstad · 2000-06-15 01:39 · Score: 2 · on The Death Of Intellectual Property

I also, have appreciated your thoughts on this matter. It has given me much to think about as well. However, I am growing a bit fatigued with this subject, as it often feels like a lost cause, and as such this will be my final post on the matter under this aticle. Rest assured I will read any responses.

I will finish with this though. I am not saying it is wrong to profit from software, just that it needs to be done in a different way than Software Mon^H^H^HCorporations are doing today.

Since M$ is the worst case of this, and has been our example this far, let me ask you a question. Is a word processing package really worth more to you than the Operating System itself? M$ seems to think so. In many stores, It costs more to buy M$ Office 2000 (~$527.36) than it does to buy M$ Windows 2000 (~$276.97).

This is not reasonable, and is IMHO the actual reason that M$ products are so widely pirated, not the other way around as they claim(M$ says that their prices are driven high to recoup the cost of piracy, they charge the good guys for the actions of the bad).

Now assume they charged a reasonable price for MS Word. I think $20 is reasonable, others may not, but given the choice between buying a copy of software from the source, for a reasonable price, or getting a free copy, which I have no gaurantee will be virus free, fully functional, etc., I'll fork over the $20, but M$ better be ready to hold themselves responsible for any viruses, missing features that are advertised to be in the product, etc.

I realize, of course, that this may not be a reasonable business model, but I can't help but wonder if they wouldn't sell 30 times more copies (the amount necessary to come in around the same profit range) at a reasonable price than they do now, especially with the Market Share that they posess.

My closing point is this, there is _NO_ way to fully prevent piracy. If I can hear it on my computer, I can record it and play it back. If I can make it run even once on my computer, I can make it run a second time. If I can get it in a digital format, I can duplicate it. Why waste so much money chasing a ghost? Not to mention the cost to taxpayers to pursue these cases. It doesn't matter where one stands on IP, trying to enforce it is a waste of time and money, as well as a bane on progress, so find a different way to profit from the same Ideas. Maybe you won't profit as much, but does M$ really deserve that much money? Is a word processor more important to you than food? I haven't seen any billionaire farmers in the news lately, and even the laziest farmers work as hard and as long hours as most programmers proclaim to, just to be able to feed and house their families.

-Tommy