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ASUS DRW-24B1ST by eldepeche · 2012-12-02 09:35 · Score: 2 · on Slashdot Asks: SATA DVD Drives That Don't Suck for CD Ripping?

Never had a single problem with this drive. Available here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Seek/read timing:
[53:27.17]: 18ms seek, 0.30ms/sec read [45.0x]
[50:00.32]: 17ms seek, 0.30ms/sec read [45.0x]
[40:00.32]: 20ms seek, 0.33ms/sec read [40.0x]
[30:00.32]: 16ms seek, 0.37ms/sec read [36.0x]
[20:00.32]: 21ms seek, 0.41ms/sec read [32.7x]
[10:00.32]: 25ms seek, 0.48ms/sec read [27.7x]
[00:00.32]: 50ms seek, 0.63ms/sec read [21.2x]

Re:Is 4 hours too little? by Lumpy · 2012-11-30 05:22 · Score: 1 · on Why Microsoft's Surface Pro Could Fail

Then why dont you have one now? I have been running windows OS tablets for well over 15 years. Or do you not know enough about the Microsoft Ecosystem that they have been available for a very long time now.

Why are you waiting? go to newegg and buy one http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100013681%2050001301&IsNodeId=1&name=Fujitsu Here is a buttload for you to choose from.

Re:It doesn't compete with tablets by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-30 05:02 · Score: 1 · on Why Microsoft's Surface Pro Could Fail

Which ultrabooks are cheaper? All of the ones I've seen are $1000+

Several

Skip the angle grinder by Peter+Simpson · 2012-11-29 00:12 · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox?

Some comments based on experience (electrical engineer in communications and networking for 30 yrs):

- Xcelite #25 handle with RB-1 and RB-2 Flat/Philips reversible blades
- Second the multi-tool recommendation - (almost) everything you need, on your hip
- DON'T buy a cheap multimeter, buy a decent Fluke
- RJ45 crimper and
- cable continuity checker (like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16896775013)
- Toner probe (for tracing cables)
- Punch down tool with 66/110 blades
- LED flashlight (I like the cheap Chinese ones that run on CR123 cells,,,shelf life is longer than AAs)
- Head-mounted magnifier and 10x loupes
- decent hand tools, like diagonal cutters, cable cutter, etc. I love Klein tools, Cooper/Xcelite are 2d choice, avoid cheap stuff
- multi-bit screwdrivers, if you must, but get the kind that take the 1/4" hex bits, so you can replace them (they vanish quicker than you'd think)

Re:This is a good thing by Local+ID10T · 2012-11-28 12:50 · Score: 1 · on Windows Blue: Microsoft's Plan To Release a New Version of Windows Every Year

As opposed to Windows, which runs like an absolute dream on unsupported hardware, right? How's that old parallel port printer working for you btw, or that old but perfectly adequate graphics card?

Unsupported hardware is hardware which might-or-might-not work, by definition.

The parallel port printer not working is an issue with the lack of a parallel port on a modern PC. Fortunately you can buy USB/LPT adapters (I bought these) which really do work. I was surprised at how well they work -at least on the Win7 & OSX boxes. I plugged the adapter into the computer, plugged the (very outdated: one had a LPT 1824-B and a serial DE-9 port, the other had a LPT 1284-B and an AppleTalk port) printer into the other end, and (in both Win7 and OSX) the printer was listed and worked correctly. I performed no driver installation at all, just let the OS detect and configure itself and when it reported it was finished I tested the results -successful.

The old graphics card thing is even more of a false flag. The standard vga driver (built in to win7) just works with every video card I have seen. If you want better graphics, or specific features, you may have to install the correct driver for the card, but that does not mean it does not work without it.