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can you find 1024 stream processors for a console yet? in sli mode?
and yet in a way i long for simple fun games like i used to play on whatever console was popular at the time.
no i don't like 'social gaming' it's too whiny and spammy and it seems to exist merely as a reason to go to facebook.

1. 20" will always be bulky

2. Windows 7 requires quite a bit of processing power in order to be all it can be

PCIe x16, x8, x4 + sata 3 + usb 3.0, what more could you ask for on a micro ATX for $170

Sorry friend but you missed it, as I'm sure he was talking about "pre-flood" pricing. About a month before the flood i bought up some Samsung EcoGreens (Really great drives BTW, the big cache makes up for the lower RPM and they run really cool) and I paid $60 each for the 2Tb and $35 each for the 1Tb and now good luck on even finding the 2Tb and the 1Tb is $95 for a refurb or $147 new which is frankly just nuts. I'm just glad i kept 6Tb for myself before selling the rest to my customers as I'd hate like hell to have to buy drives now. I got a few sub 400Gb SATA and IDE drives i'm saving for customers that have one die and I'm gonna try to ride it out as best I can.

That said if you HAVE to buy a drive right now I'd look into snatching an EcoGreen before they are all gone. in my own tests I've found nothing but the perpendicular drives with 32Mb of cache or better beats 'em and the temp difference is well worth it. I even changed out my OS drive for an EcoGreen and I went from 94 benchmark with a Seagate Barracuda 500Gb to 131 with a burst rate of 129ms and a temp drop of nearly 40 degrees F with the Samsung.

As for TFA? If you still work corp my heart goes out to you friends, personally I got tired of the ulcers and headaches. it always seemed like they would give you impossible problems and expect you to 'just fix it" given nothing but $3 and some duct tape. And if you did a REALLY good job they might even cut your funding! I swear the janitors are treated as more important in some places than the IT guys. The PHBs act like its all magic and the IT staff are just sitting around drinking coffee and playing an MMO. I saw too many of my friends bust their asses only to have their job cut out from under them or even worse be forced to train some H1-B hack to take their place, fuck that mess.

Maybe IT guys should have a union? Or maybe do like the cops and have a case of "blue flu" and let management see how important they really are by all calling in sick for a few days? I know that stupid shit like TFA is just a symptom of a bigger problem, and that's lack of respect for the role IT plays. And if that doesn't change frankly I'd be amazed if there is even any new IT guys in 10 years, as according to my oldest IT courses at the local college are a ghost town, nobody wants to be in IT anymore and frankly I can't blame 'em.

Done http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811148001

1 x Linksys E2000 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz Selectable Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300Mbps
4 x ENCORE ENUWI-2XN42 USB 2.0 Wireless N300 Adapter, 2dBi

Those were the most recent purchases I made to upgrade an old 1800's house where the owner preferred no holes to be drilled to run wire. I believe I left a wrt54gn on the third floor for a multifunction printer that could not utilize a wireless device. Both routers were equipped with dd-wrt. The Encore adapters work very nicely.

1 x Linksys E2000 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz Selectable Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300Mbps
4 x ENCORE ENUWI-2XN42 USB 2.0 Wireless N300 Adapter, 2dBi

Those were the most recent purchases I made to upgrade an old 1800's house where the owner preferred no holes to be drilled to run wire. I believe I left a wrt54gn on the third floor for a multifunction printer that could not utilize a wireless device. Both routers were equipped with dd-wrt. The Encore adapters work very nicely.

These TP-Link USB Wireless Adapters have been great for me.

G: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704046

N: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045

These TP-Link USB Wireless Adapters have been great for me.

G: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704046

N: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045

MacBooks have one major flaw: $$$$$$$$$$.

Go to store.apple.com. As far as laptops, you have two choices: the Air, which starts at $1,000 (for the 11-inch model), and the MacBook Pro, which starts at $1,200 (for the 13 inch model). After that it's about $250/inch, with the upgraded versions adding another $300 or so. Frankly, I have a really hard time justifying that, particularly when you can get a decent business grade HP for under $500.

uhh no. a cheap lcd monitor costs ~$50 (here is an example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009345)
a mouse and keyboard costs ~$11

here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826193041

and here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201010
all told and we are still at less that $100.

uhh no. a cheap lcd monitor costs ~$50 (here is an example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009345)
a mouse and keyboard costs ~$11

here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826193041

and here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201010
all told and we are still at less that $100.

uhh no. a cheap lcd monitor costs ~$50 (here is an example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009345)
a mouse and keyboard costs ~$11

here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826193041

and here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201010
all told and we are still at less that $100.

As to your numbers - the prices for drives didn't go up by 50-90%, they went up by 15-30%.

From the fucking story:

Speaking of price increases, we have seen a spike of 15% to 30% in the cost of some models over the last 72 hours.

As many others have pointed out, the story is wrong.

Drives that were $100 (free shipping) on Monday are now $148 (shipping up to $8). That's 48%. Drives that were $120 on Monday are now $190. That's nearly 60%, and from the comments, that's not the biggest jump.

God, the misconceptions in basic economics on this site are just overwhelming.

Yes, and you are spewing most of them, because you don't realize that selling 75 drives at $150 makes the manufacturer more money than selling 100 drives at $100, and that's exactly what is happening right now, because every hard drive manufactured is going to be sold. Even with this jump, hard drives are nowhere near the price point where people will cut down purchases so that inventory sits in the warehouse longer than it currently does. And, I guarantee you that when the flooded plant comes back online and drives it manufactures are actually sitting in retail stores, they will be 5-20% more expensive than the same drive was this past Monday, because people will have gotten used to paying $160 for a hard drive that fits their needs, and won't quite remember whether it was $100 or $110 before the big price jump.

As to your numbers - the prices for drives didn't go up by 50-90%, they went up by 15-30%.

From the fucking story:

Speaking of price increases, we have seen a spike of 15% to 30% in the cost of some models over the last 72 hours.

As many others have pointed out, the story is wrong.

Drives that were $100 (free shipping) on Monday are now $148 (shipping up to $8). That's 48%. Drives that were $120 on Monday are now $190. That's nearly 60%, and from the comments, that's not the biggest jump.

God, the misconceptions in basic economics on this site are just overwhelming.

Yes, and you are spewing most of them, because you don't realize that selling 75 drives at $150 makes the manufacturer more money than selling 100 drives at $100, and that's exactly what is happening right now, because every hard drive manufactured is going to be sold. Even with this jump, hard drives are nowhere near the price point where people will cut down purchases so that inventory sits in the warehouse longer than it currently does. And, I guarantee you that when the flooded plant comes back online and drives it manufactures are actually sitting in retail stores, they will be 5-20% more expensive than the same drive was this past Monday, because people will have gotten used to paying $160 for a hard drive that fits their needs, and won't quite remember whether it was $100 or $110 before the big price jump.

OCZ's reliability record is in no way different to any other Data Storage Manufacturer past or present.

Seagate's recent 1TB woes: ST31000340AS
Western Digital's recent woes: Caviar Green EARS 1.0TB and 1.5TB SATA

Going further back, anyone who's been around in IT for a decade or longer recalls the old Micropolis 9GB drive failures that sent the company into bankruptcy. In any case, OCZ is a relatively good company and a notable innovator of SSD technology and I personally find most of their products to be just as reliable as any other in the same category.

You have a Wii, XBox 360, and a PS3...Could you, at a glance, mistake one for another?

Of course the answer to this question is no, but unfortunately that's the wrong question, because the range of designs that can effectively serve as an appliance that sits near the tv and plays video games is much broader than the range of designs that fits in your hand and plays games or surfs the web.

Now the real question: You have an XBox 360 controller, a PS3 controller and a Logitech F310 controller. Could you, at a glance, mistake one for another?

The human hand, unlike a common tv stand, can accommodate and effectively interact with only so much variation in a functional product. In a world without iDevices would Samsung have designed a device with square corners, despite the fact that these are obviously less comfortable to hold and more likely to scratch a person or be damaged during normal use? Would they have opted for a thicker bezel and smaller screen?

I have no idea to what extent one design team may have copied another, and thank heaven I'm not an IP lawyer or judge, but to say flat out that B must have copied A simply because B has features in common with A is a bit of a leap when not supported by facts, and a kind-of-related-but-not-really comparison of some other tech is not a substitute in the absence thereof.

You have a Wii, XBox 360, and a PS3...Could you, at a glance, mistake one for another?

Of course the answer to this question is no, but unfortunately that's the wrong question, because the range of designs that can effectively serve as an appliance that sits near the tv and plays video games is much broader than the range of designs that fits in your hand and plays games or surfs the web.

Now the real question: You have an XBox 360 controller, a PS3 controller and a Logitech F310 controller. Could you, at a glance, mistake one for another?

The human hand, unlike a common tv stand, can accommodate and effectively interact with only so much variation in a functional product. In a world without iDevices would Samsung have designed a device with square corners, despite the fact that these are obviously less comfortable to hold and more likely to scratch a person or be damaged during normal use? Would they have opted for a thicker bezel and smaller screen?

I have no idea to what extent one design team may have copied another, and thank heaven I'm not an IP lawyer or judge, but to say flat out that B must have copied A simply because B has features in common with A is a bit of a leap when not supported by facts, and a kind-of-related-but-not-really comparison of some other tech is not a substitute in the absence thereof.

Sounds like you've never shopped at Newegg. Each product has details, reviews, and lots of photos. Nicely laid out. Once you've been to Newegg you wonder why Amazon, Wal-mart, Tiger, and other can't do as well.

So let me get this straight... because you dont want to have to leave your apartment, and because its a massive hardship to have a dvd binder on a shelf, you should be allowed to steal.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827998006 If you bought one of these you could have 400 movies/albums in a smaller space than you would consume with one law book. If the amount of space it would take to have one shelf in one bookcase filled with those binders is such a massive financial burden, then there's no way you could afford the 1000's of disks it would contain, which brings us a hell of a lot closer to your real problem with this law....

Why is this something that has not been made yet?

Get a small wireless surveillance camera, attach a battery, and put it in a container that is throw able and will always land upright.

Toss though the window, and have it try to scan the room as quickly as possible.

This should cost less than $300 per.

Something like this could be used as the base camera.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16881102046

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942

it is one 4 core cpu, and one decent graphics card in one package, and its just 139. you would need to shell out $139 just for a decent graphics card, if you went with external.

and great reviews :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942

it is one 4 core cpu, and one decent graphics card in one package, and its just 139. you would need to shell out $139 just for a decent graphics card, if you went with external.

and great reviews :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942

Where the HELL did you find it for $879?!?

This took me 45 seconds: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007968+600079017&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=551&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&AdvancedSearch=1&srchInDesc=#

The next version with 5x the processor power and much more powerful video due for Christmas even more so.

We'll have to see about that. One reason why Transformer is the modder's heaven right now is because its secure boot key got leaked, which made it wide open to nvflash. To their credit, Asus didn't even squeak about this - no takedown notices etc so far. But, judging by the fact that newer production models (B70) have it all locked tight with a new and unknown key (and consequently, as of today, non-rootable), it wasn't exactly by design. It'll be a shame if Transformer 2 will be all locked as well.

By the way, Newegg has started selling them for $399 with a dock , so a markdown of $120 - either everyone's that worried about Kindle Fire, or else Transformer 2 is coming real soon...

I personally use a RAID enclosure from Raidon with two drives in a mirrored configuration. Something like the GR3630-2S-SB2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816142002

(I've used Accordance RAID systems in the past, before my current Raidon).

Then I buy an additional HD tray and rotate the 3 drives occasionally to an offsite backup. Basically the cost is about $345 total, $75*3 drives+$120 for the unit, and I get 3 copies of the data. Additional offsite backups run $105 ($75 drive+$30 tray).

I've found this the easiest to understand (for end users) and a very cheap and reliable storage method. I've had the nightmare of backing up to 8 different tapes, only to go to restore and find out that 6 tapes are empty, 1 is bad, and 1 has data from 6 months back. Because you're actually running your OS off of the drives, you don't get into that situation. The main key is to make sure that you pull drives when the system is off (so that all files are written to disk), and that you insert drives when the system is ON (so that the raid array knows the drive is replaced and doesn't corrupt your data). NEVER INSERT A DRIVE WHILE THE SYSTEM IS OFF.

I have files from over 15 years ago on my main desktop computer, and the only files I'm missing are from my original 286 before I started this backup method.

This solution can be retrofitted on any desktop computer. All you need to do is install an eSata card (if you don't have an eSata port) and then purchase additional drives (SAME model number OR larger capacity as the current drive in the computer). Simply stick the current HD into the raid array FIRST, then put the new empty drives in SECOND, and it'll automatically mirror. Set the computer to boot from eSata and you're all set.

If you ever want to upgrade capacity, simply buy 3 larger drives and it will automatically mirror those drives to a larger capacity for you.

Yeah, I know, 8 gig of RAM only costs about $150 to $200 these days.

FYI, your pricing is seriously out of date. Here's a set of standard 2x4GB modules for 53$, 38$ if you count the mail-in rebate. The problem would be more mobile form factors and other places you can't update than the desktop.

I have nothing to do with any authors or developers but have had a pretty good experience with DD-WRT.

I bought an ASUS RT-N16 on sale some time ago:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320038

I liked the speed specs and also the USB ports -- I wanted to set up a network printer. The firmware that came with this router was GARBAGE. I mean totally, utterly, completely USELESS. My internet connection would constantly drop, forget about printing or NAS. I downloaded a particular build of DD-WRT and installed it and the router suddenly did everything it was supposed to. It stays up and running for months at a time. I'm really glad I found it.

It's also nice to hear about Tomato and Open WRT. I'll look into those when I need to get my next router -- which I shouldn't need for a good long time.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

If Newegg's shipping department can't learn that shipping hard drives and other components in bubble mailers is a bad idea, then no, they likely won't survive. After receiving 3 hard drives in a two week period earlier this year from Newegg shipped in bubble mailers, I've shifted what were previously regular Newegg purchases to TigerDirect and Amazon. Newegg has a long history of recurring problems with improper or inadequate packaging and it makes me wonder just how many of the negative reviews of "This drive/[insert part here] died after two days" were cases where parts had been improperly packaged for shipping.

Well lets price out similar gaming system shall we?

i7-2600k $314.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z z68 motherboard $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM $58.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
eVGA GTX 570 $319.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99

So far the total is at 993.94 before tax and shipping, and that system still needs a HDD (regular HDD or SSD+HDD?), Optical drive, OS license, Monitor, Speakers, gaming Keyboard/Mouse, and a gaming mouse surface. Sorry but $900 really doesn't cut it when building a gaming rig, a quality keyboard/mouse can run you $200-$300 more on their own.

Well lets price out similar gaming system shall we?

i7-2600k $314.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z z68 motherboard $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM $58.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
eVGA GTX 570 $319.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99

So far the total is at 993.94 before tax and shipping, and that system still needs a HDD (regular HDD or SSD+HDD?), Optical drive, OS license, Monitor, Speakers, gaming Keyboard/Mouse, and a gaming mouse surface. Sorry but $900 really doesn't cut it when building a gaming rig, a quality keyboard/mouse can run you $200-$300 more on their own.

Well lets price out similar gaming system shall we?

i7-2600k $314.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z z68 motherboard $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM $58.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
eVGA GTX 570 $319.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99

So far the total is at 993.94 before tax and shipping, and that system still needs a HDD (regular HDD or SSD+HDD?), Optical drive, OS license, Monitor, Speakers, gaming Keyboard/Mouse, and a gaming mouse surface. Sorry but $900 really doesn't cut it when building a gaming rig, a quality keyboard/mouse can run you $200-$300 more on their own.

Well lets price out similar gaming system shall we?

i7-2600k $314.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z z68 motherboard $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM $58.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
eVGA GTX 570 $319.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99

So far the total is at 993.94 before tax and shipping, and that system still needs a HDD (regular HDD or SSD+HDD?), Optical drive, OS license, Monitor, Speakers, gaming Keyboard/Mouse, and a gaming mouse surface. Sorry but $900 really doesn't cut it when building a gaming rig, a quality keyboard/mouse can run you $200-$300 more on their own.

Oh yea. Rice cookers, watches, deadbolt locks, even an electric weed whacker! Looks like they are turning into a hardware store to me! LOL

Pet supplies, too. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.

It blows my mind that we take troll stories like this seriously enough to put them on the front page here. I just invested $1800 more into this "dying PC retailer," as the article would have me believe, which is more than I've ever spent on consoles, handhelds, and tablets COMBINED. That's additional to my current PC (but a fraction of the total cost), and that's one of 4 PCs I've built ordering from this "dying PC retailer." I know plenty of people who buy lots more than me from Newegg, and with a much more diverse selection, as well.

From what I've seen, it's been people who are enthusiastic about grabbing the latest iGotYourMoneyDevice and the latest smartphones while they're "cool" who are least likely to build PCs themselves anyway, or customize their existing PC, or to invest DIY home media systems and complex networks, etc. Two separate markets, the valid question is: will one dominate the other.

The simple answer is: undoubtedly no. Tablets and other handheld computing devices have a purpose that they serve, just as desktops and more powerful laptops do. These two realms often don't overlap, and it is very unlikely that a handheld device will be computationally equivalent to a desktop (of the same mfg date) in the foreseeable future. Combine that with the fact that PC parts is merely a fraction of what's sold on Newegg (you can buy iPads, phones, TVs, laptops, and a huge selection of other electronics & accessories at retail there, as well as furniture and other niceties, and you see that this article is just plain silly in premise.

Case in point: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16858753023

1st hit...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0368595

MS price on sale is newegg's stock price, and newegg has $20 off, countless other examples, ya it's only $20, but then again it's $20!

newegg also sells the tablets that slashdot claims will destroy their business

slashdot = stagnated

Then what you want already exists in x86 form, its called Brazos and to use that old John Romero quote it would "Make ARM its bitch" hands down. No fans, small enough you can just bolt it to the back of the monitor, yet it has a dual core APU with Radeon 6310 so it'll stomp at multimedia and HD. Oh and it MAXES OUT at 28w, and that is if you slam the living hell out of it, most of the time its below 6w, which is less than the modem you use to get the net into your house.

So sorry, already exists without having to deal with porting everything to a cell phone chip. I have sold several of the laptop version and its damned nice and gets around 6 hours on a 6 cell battery. i liked it so much I ordered a EEE version for myself, that baby will hold 8Gb of RAM and only cost me $340 counting the extra 4Gb stick. I thought about 8Gb but WTF? When will I need 8Gb in a netbook? Great for multimedia BTW, and has both HDMI out and USB 3. Gotta love the new AMD APUs, sweet, fast, and cheap, just my combination.

I just bought 8 GB high-end (1600Mhz DDR3) RAM for 30 quid.

I wouldn't call 4GB DIMMs (I very much doubt you got an 8GB stick at that price) of desktop ram "high end" even if they happen to be overclocked slightly.

That makes 240 for 64 GB.

Unfortunately it doesn't (I know the GP said ignoring the cost of the motherboard but the GGP didn't). To do 64GB with 4GB DIMMs would require 16 sticks. Given that desktop DDR3 only supports 2 DIMMs per channel and than a typical system has 2-3 channels this becomes a problem. To fit 64GB total using 4GB desktop modules would require a board with 8 ram channels. The most ram channels you get on a single CPU socket is 4.

Unless it's already a high end server platform "Upgrading" an existing system to 64GB means ripping out the CPU and motherboard and replacing them with a server platform that can take all that memory. Further it most likely means use of more expensive ram

Lets look at how much it would actually cost to do that first using 8GB DIMMs of registered ECC memory*.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240 : $225
CPU: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250
Ram: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139280 : $76 each -> $608

total: $1083

Now lets consider using 4GB DIMMs of desktop memory.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8dg6-f~7SUPM3F1.htm : $578
CPU: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250 each -> $500
RAM: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313123 : $40 each -> $320

total: $1398

* 8GB DIMMs of desktop memory are like hens teeth at the moment and cost more than 8GB sticks of registered ECC memory.

I just bought 8 GB high-end (1600Mhz DDR3) RAM for 30 quid.

I wouldn't call 4GB DIMMs (I very much doubt you got an 8GB stick at that price) of desktop ram "high end" even if they happen to be overclocked slightly.

That makes 240 for 64 GB.

Unfortunately it doesn't (I know the GP said ignoring the cost of the motherboard but the GGP didn't). To do 64GB with 4GB DIMMs would require 16 sticks. Given that desktop DDR3 only supports 2 DIMMs per channel and than a typical system has 2-3 channels this becomes a problem. To fit 64GB total using 4GB desktop modules would require a board with 8 ram channels. The most ram channels you get on a single CPU socket is 4.

Unless it's already a high end server platform "Upgrading" an existing system to 64GB means ripping out the CPU and motherboard and replacing them with a server platform that can take all that memory. Further it most likely means use of more expensive ram

Lets look at how much it would actually cost to do that first using 8GB DIMMs of registered ECC memory*.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240 : $225
CPU: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250
Ram: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139280 : $76 each -> $608

total: $1083

Now lets consider using 4GB DIMMs of desktop memory.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8dg6-f~7SUPM3F1.htm : $578
CPU: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250 each -> $500
RAM: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313123 : $40 each -> $320

total: $1398

* 8GB DIMMs of desktop memory are like hens teeth at the moment and cost more than 8GB sticks of registered ECC memory.

I just bought 8 GB high-end (1600Mhz DDR3) RAM for 30 quid.

I wouldn't call 4GB DIMMs (I very much doubt you got an 8GB stick at that price) of desktop ram "high end" even if they happen to be overclocked slightly.

That makes 240 for 64 GB.

Unfortunately it doesn't (I know the GP said ignoring the cost of the motherboard but the GGP didn't). To do 64GB with 4GB DIMMs would require 16 sticks. Given that desktop DDR3 only supports 2 DIMMs per channel and than a typical system has 2-3 channels this becomes a problem. To fit 64GB total using 4GB desktop modules would require a board with 8 ram channels. The most ram channels you get on a single CPU socket is 4.

Unless it's already a high end server platform "Upgrading" an existing system to 64GB means ripping out the CPU and motherboard and replacing them with a server platform that can take all that memory. Further it most likely means use of more expensive ram

Lets look at how much it would actually cost to do that first using 8GB DIMMs of registered ECC memory*.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240 : $225
CPU: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250
Ram: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139280 : $76 each -> $608

total: $1083

Now lets consider using 4GB DIMMs of desktop memory.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8dg6-f~7SUPM3F1.htm : $578
CPU: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250 each -> $500
RAM: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313123 : $40 each -> $320

total: $1398

* 8GB DIMMs of desktop memory are like hens teeth at the moment and cost more than 8GB sticks of registered ECC memory.

I just bought 8 GB high-end (1600Mhz DDR3) RAM for 30 quid.

I wouldn't call 4GB DIMMs (I very much doubt you got an 8GB stick at that price) of desktop ram "high end" even if they happen to be overclocked slightly.

That makes 240 for 64 GB.

Unfortunately it doesn't (I know the GP said ignoring the cost of the motherboard but the GGP didn't). To do 64GB with 4GB DIMMs would require 16 sticks. Given that desktop DDR3 only supports 2 DIMMs per channel and than a typical system has 2-3 channels this becomes a problem. To fit 64GB total using 4GB desktop modules would require a board with 8 ram channels. The most ram channels you get on a single CPU socket is 4.

Unless it's already a high end server platform "Upgrading" an existing system to 64GB means ripping out the CPU and motherboard and replacing them with a server platform that can take all that memory. Further it most likely means use of more expensive ram

Lets look at how much it would actually cost to do that first using 8GB DIMMs of registered ECC memory*.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240 : $225
CPU: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250
Ram: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139280 : $76 each -> $608

total: $1083

Now lets consider using 4GB DIMMs of desktop memory.

Motherboard: 1x http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8dg6-f~7SUPM3F1.htm : $578
CPU: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266 : $250 each -> $500
RAM: 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313123 : $40 each -> $320

total: $1398

* 8GB DIMMs of desktop memory are like hens teeth at the moment and cost more than 8GB sticks of registered ECC memory.