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  1. Re:So take your business to Best Buy by Javi0084 · · Score: 0 · on Circuit City and the American Dream

    I would but I hate their return policy. I'll stick with http://www.newegg.com/ and http://www.amazon.com/

  2. Re:Disappointed by clontzman · · Score: 1 · on Elite Won't Replace Premium or Core Skus

    Frankly, unless HDMI is a deal-maker for you, I'm not sure why you would. I was responding to the GP's post, though, and he was considering giving away a second 360 in order to buy an Elite. In his case, not having to re-buy HD-DVD drives and WiFi adapters is potentially a good thing. I like my Premium and have no real desire to buy an Elite (though the HDD space would eventually be nice).

    Of course, you're right about the WiFi being external primarily because people will pay for it. That said, it's only marginally more expensive than a third-party wireless bridge, so clearly everyone's keeping prices for this sort of add-on artificially high.

  3. Re:Gaming by maxume · · Score: 1 · on Samsung's 64-GB Solid-State Drive

    64 GB is a size downgrade I don't want, but 128 GB hard disks(2.5") are $80

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16822136007

    I'd be happy to pay $150-$200 for a solid state drive of the same size, just because.

  4. Re:Illegal? by CastrTroy · · Score: 1 · on HP Dishonors Warranty If You Load Linux

    It's very easy. No assembly required

  5. Re:128 GB of storage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on A Million-Dollar Laptop Created

    Others have said there is not enough room. Well, just put eight 16 GB USB flash drives in it (at $135 a piece, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820211149). Total: $1,080. Or sixteen 8 GB drives (at $61 a piece, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820609001 ). Total $976. The former is a little more expensive, but should take up less room, use less electricity, and may be better suited for a RAID (sixteen units seem excessive to me for an array). And the controller is USB, so it is trivial to add more ports to the laptop.

  6. Re:128 GB of storage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on A Million-Dollar Laptop Created

    Others have said there is not enough room. Well, just put eight 16 GB USB flash drives in it (at $135 a piece, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820211149). Total: $1,080. Or sixteen 8 GB drives (at $61 a piece, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820609001 ). Total $976. The former is a little more expensive, but should take up less room, use less electricity, and may be better suited for a RAID (sixteen units seem excessive to me for an array). And the controller is USB, so it is trivial to add more ports to the laptop.

  7. MS = paying thousands every 2 years? Really? Yeah. by scgops · · Score: 1 · on Open Office - What's the Downside?
    Let's double check that. Current version, Office 2007, became available to small businesses in 2007. The prior version came out in 2003. Before that was Office XP, somewhere around 1999. Before that was Office 95. So, Microsoft Office users have had reasons to consider buying upgrades, on average, once every four years, in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.

    A quick glance shows that Office 2007 Professional retails for $437.99 The upgrade is $289.99. If memory serves, I bought my retail copy of Office 2003 Professional on sale for $380. I'm now thinking about upgrading because of the new formatting options in Excel 2007 that make dealing with lots of data much more intuitive. Combined, Office 2003 Professional Retail and the Office 2007 Professional Upgrade will end up costing me about $740, including tax and shipping.

    I certainly haven't been "forced to swap M$ office every two years at a cost of thousands of dollars a time per desktop." It's far more realistic to say I'm spending $300 to $400 every four years for the current version of the only software, other than OS and browser, that I use every day.

  8. MS = paying thousands every 2 years? Really? Yeah. by scgops · · Score: 1 · on Open Office - What's the Downside?
    Let's double check that. Current version, Office 2007, became available to small businesses in 2007. The prior version came out in 2003. Before that was Office XP, somewhere around 1999. Before that was Office 95. So, Microsoft Office users have had reasons to consider buying upgrades, on average, once every four years, in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.

    A quick glance shows that Office 2007 Professional retails for $437.99 The upgrade is $289.99. If memory serves, I bought my retail copy of Office 2003 Professional on sale for $380. I'm now thinking about upgrading because of the new formatting options in Excel 2007 that make dealing with lots of data much more intuitive. Combined, Office 2003 Professional Retail and the Office 2007 Professional Upgrade will end up costing me about $740, including tax and shipping.

    I certainly haven't been "forced to swap M$ office every two years at a cost of thousands of dollars a time per desktop." It's far more realistic to say I'm spending $300 to $400 every four years for the current version of the only software, other than OS and browser, that I use every day.

  9. Not "Funny". by crhylove · · Score: 4, Funny · on Google Says "We're Not Doing a Mobile Phone"

    I'm talking about an iPhone killer. Everyone wants an iPhone, but iPhone will actually be worse as it is also not:

    A. DRM free
    B. A completely portable desktop computer
    C. Cheap

    As to all the haters and their skepticism regarding hardware prices:

    Initially you could include a 1gb SD card REALLY CHEAP:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16820211309

    You wouldn't need much more than a standard low power Pentium III clone to do all that stuff, and this:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16819112206

    would be complete overkill and is $36 for a single one. I imagine you could get if for about half if you ordered a few million?

    1gb of integrated ram has GOT to be cheap at this point. If we made a few million, there's no QUESTION you could do this phone for less than $50. Hell, throw in the USB docking station complete with HDMI out and usb mouse/keyboard, and you could still come in way under $100. People can buy any monitor or projector they want separately, or offer them a package deal for $200. This would replace every computer and cell phone on the market, and replace windows and macs and linux for 90% of all consumer uses, and probably a huge percentage of business pcs and cell phones as well.

    The realm of the possible has been FUDed by corporations. Seriously, do the math, this phone is possible, I don't know how anyone could be so mentally limited as to moderate me "Funny". /. just proves that technological intellectualism doesn't preclude the sheep mentality of most primates.

    *sigh*. People make me sad. Kennedy was murdered by our government. Science > Religion. Steel buildings don't just fall down because of some jet fuel. The "accepted" facts of today are OFTEN the laughable misconceptions of yesterday (frequently after less than a decade!). Ask for the facts and think for yourself. The invisible men in the sky probably don't exist, and if they did, they certainly wouldn't have written all that horse shit that you and our politicians seem to want to base their lives on. I mean seriously, "chosen people"?!?! What kind of racist ignorance is that? I continually expect /. to corroborate human knowledge and reality rather than the typical group think and media FUDD that I can get on Fox "News", and am routinely disappointed. Even the nerds are fucking idiots who can't think for themselves, apparently.

    rhY

  10. Not "Funny". by crhylove · · Score: 4, Funny · on Google Says "We're Not Doing a Mobile Phone"

    I'm talking about an iPhone killer. Everyone wants an iPhone, but iPhone will actually be worse as it is also not:

    A. DRM free
    B. A completely portable desktop computer
    C. Cheap

    As to all the haters and their skepticism regarding hardware prices:

    Initially you could include a 1gb SD card REALLY CHEAP:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16820211309

    You wouldn't need much more than a standard low power Pentium III clone to do all that stuff, and this:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16819112206

    would be complete overkill and is $36 for a single one. I imagine you could get if for about half if you ordered a few million?

    1gb of integrated ram has GOT to be cheap at this point. If we made a few million, there's no QUESTION you could do this phone for less than $50. Hell, throw in the USB docking station complete with HDMI out and usb mouse/keyboard, and you could still come in way under $100. People can buy any monitor or projector they want separately, or offer them a package deal for $200. This would replace every computer and cell phone on the market, and replace windows and macs and linux for 90% of all consumer uses, and probably a huge percentage of business pcs and cell phones as well.

    The realm of the possible has been FUDed by corporations. Seriously, do the math, this phone is possible, I don't know how anyone could be so mentally limited as to moderate me "Funny". /. just proves that technological intellectualism doesn't preclude the sheep mentality of most primates.

    *sigh*. People make me sad. Kennedy was murdered by our government. Science > Religion. Steel buildings don't just fall down because of some jet fuel. The "accepted" facts of today are OFTEN the laughable misconceptions of yesterday (frequently after less than a decade!). Ask for the facts and think for yourself. The invisible men in the sky probably don't exist, and if they did, they certainly wouldn't have written all that horse shit that you and our politicians seem to want to base their lives on. I mean seriously, "chosen people"?!?! What kind of racist ignorance is that? I continually expect /. to corroborate human knowledge and reality rather than the typical group think and media FUDD that I can get on Fox "News", and am routinely disappointed. Even the nerds are fucking idiots who can't think for themselves, apparently.

    rhY

  11. Re:But does it come with ECC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on High Performance DDR2 Memory Breaks 1.25GHz

    I can't find registered ECC DDR2 faster than 667 MHz. Why?

    Because "registered" means that it uses registers to lock the data lines to ensure that slight timing issues don't become errors (IE, the computer can't read anything from it until all of the registers have been updated, so if a data line is a little fast, or a little slow, the computer can't read a byte when only 7 bits are actually available to be read.) It does nothing to protect against "bad" ram though, just forces everything to slow down to ensure there's no unlucky hiccups.

    Try looking for just ECC ram, like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16820134099

    Whichever you go with, just make sure that the system supports ECC (and/or registered ram).

  12. Re:that loud noise you hear by dragoneye1589 · · Score: 1 · on PS3 Folding@Home Begins with Impressive Numbers

    The ATI radeon X1950pro comes in AGP. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16814131035

  13. Re:Summary by whoop · · Score: 1 · on Intel vs. AMD - Today's Generation Compared

    Just the other day, Newegg had the X2 4200 for $109. I was going to build a 3800 AM2 box, but then they dropped that, so I went with it. Check again if you're getting ready to build. ... I just checked, and damn, they've lowered it a few more dollars to $105.90. This CPU was just around $150 a few weeks ago before AMD cut prices, now Newegg has cut it a couple times more.

  14. Bad timing by Sterling+Christensen · · Score: 1 · on Intel vs. AMD - Today's Generation Compared

    Not a good idea to do a price/performance comparison when prices and lineup are about to change.

    Intel will be releasing a few new CPUs and cutting prices on April 22. The E6320 and E6420 for example, identical to their 6x00 counterparts except with 4mb of L2 cache. They'll go for $163 and $183 respectively.

    Benchmarks for next month's processors with price list:
    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2 duo-e6420.html

    A 20-30% price cut is expected from AMD on April 9.

    Even now the prices Techreport lists are outdated! The Athlon X2 4600+ dropped to $122 a week ago - faster and cheaper than the $170 4400+ techreport tested (which is actually more like $159).

  15. Re:Summary by Endo13 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Intel vs. AMD - Today's Generation Compared

    Couldn't agree more. Intel's cheapest Core 2 Duo CPU is still $169 on Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16819115013

    And anything Intel has that's lower than that is still pwned by AMD CPUs that sell for half the price.

    Just last night I finally bought some kit to get my system into the dual-core/DDR2 generation, and with AMD I was able to squeak in at a mere $300 at Newegg, including CPU, motherboard, RAM, and video card. The entrance fee with Intel (albeit with a significantly better CPU perhaps, but a 3600+ X2 will do what I need just fine)using a similarly equipped motherboard would have been nearly $394, or about 32% more. Easy choice for me.

  16. Re:not fair to laser by EjectButton · · Score: 1 · on New Inkjet Technology 5 To 10 Times Faster

    In fact, just behind me and a bit to the left is a Laserjet 5550. This is a five thousand dollar printer, give or take a grand, if you load it up with RAM.
    Counting the cost on unspecific addons isn't really fair, if we take the cost of the midrange 5550 model (5550dn, one that has duplexing, but only two paper trays) it is a $3,000 printer http://www.techonweb.com/products/productdetail.as px?id=B27816&src=PG

    The cost to replace all the toner? You might be able to get it cheaper elsewhere, but buying HP carts from CDW, which is what we do, costs literally $1300 for a full set. The cost per page is something like 26 cents if you're printing an average sheet with something like 20% coverage. If you intend to use the printer for years then the cost per page is far more relevant than the cost of a set of cartridges, and if you are going to bring up the cost of a set of cartridges you might want to mention that both the laser and an ink printer will come with a set of cartridges, but you will get many times more pages out of the set that comes with the laser.
    It also sounds like you are getting ripped off on your toner.
    (black cartridge for 5550) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16817102185 $185.40 / 13,000 pages @ 5% coverage $0.01426 /page @ 5% coverage $0.05704 /page @ 20% coverage
    (color cartridge for 5550) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16817102177 $257.70 / 12,000 pages @ 5% coverage $0.02148 /page @ 5% coverage $0.08590 /page @ 20% coverage
    which is nowhere near $0.26 /page @20% coverage even if if it uses all color and zero black.
  17. Re:not fair to laser by EjectButton · · Score: 1 · on New Inkjet Technology 5 To 10 Times Faster

    In fact, just behind me and a bit to the left is a Laserjet 5550. This is a five thousand dollar printer, give or take a grand, if you load it up with RAM.
    Counting the cost on unspecific addons isn't really fair, if we take the cost of the midrange 5550 model (5550dn, one that has duplexing, but only two paper trays) it is a $3,000 printer http://www.techonweb.com/products/productdetail.as px?id=B27816&src=PG

    The cost to replace all the toner? You might be able to get it cheaper elsewhere, but buying HP carts from CDW, which is what we do, costs literally $1300 for a full set. The cost per page is something like 26 cents if you're printing an average sheet with something like 20% coverage. If you intend to use the printer for years then the cost per page is far more relevant than the cost of a set of cartridges, and if you are going to bring up the cost of a set of cartridges you might want to mention that both the laser and an ink printer will come with a set of cartridges, but you will get many times more pages out of the set that comes with the laser.
    It also sounds like you are getting ripped off on your toner.
    (black cartridge for 5550) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16817102185 $185.40 / 13,000 pages @ 5% coverage $0.01426 /page @ 5% coverage $0.05704 /page @ 20% coverage
    (color cartridge for 5550) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16817102177 $257.70 / 12,000 pages @ 5% coverage $0.02148 /page @ 5% coverage $0.08590 /page @ 20% coverage
    which is nowhere near $0.26 /page @20% coverage even if if it uses all color and zero black.
  18. Re:This whole article is an embarrassment to Slash by thebdj · · Score: 1 · on AppleTV Hits the Streets

    Well, Buffalo Technology offers this media player/DVD player, which has a download utility for Linux, though I have never tested it. Newegg has it for $230. I guess my complaint would be about the lack of support for some formats and the fact that firmware upgrades have gone about dead. It might not be bad if it had an HDMI or DVI output, but the components handle 1080i fairly well.

    Just a quick example of a device that should work with Linux.

  19. Re:2 words for my business by zakezuke · · Score: 1 · on The Future of Creative and the Sound Card Market

    But there just doesn't seem to be any market for a plain old sound card, just like it's impossible to buy a plain old cell phone.

    You "can" buy a plain old cell phone. The nokia 1100 is just that. The only thing fancy it offers is a flashlight and alarm clock. You have to hunt around for one, but they tend to be offered as a pay as you go phone, and AFAIK are unlockable. I'm sure the nokia 1112 is just as basic, but i'm unsure as to how unlockable it is.

    It looks like you "can" buy a basic sound card creative CT4730VP Stereo, 16bit sound, few jacks, it looks like the most basic you can presently buy.

  20. Via/M-Audio/Chaintech has better sound quality by 0111+1110 · · Score: 4, Interesting · on The Future of Creative and the Sound Card Market

    My $20 Chaintech AV-710 with its Via Envy 24 chipset sounds much better to my ears than the Creative Audigy that it recently replaced. I wasn't expecting there to be such a huge difference in sound quality. I found myself enjoying songs which I had long ago become bored with, because I could suddenly hear the music come to life with a detail, richness and sweetness that I had never noticed before. No doubt M-Audio has some better sounding solutions, but not at this price. Creative needs to get their act together and produce something with good sound quality. I mean, is there any feature of a sound card that is more important than that?

    From a gaming perspective maybe true 3D positional audio like Aureal produced with their A3D Vortex chips in the late 90s before Creative sued them out of existence in a lawsuit involving...you guessed it, patent infringement. A lawsuit which Creative lost. Creative was not so interested at the time in using positional 3D cues. They were highly successful however if their goal was to prevent anyone else from pursuing accurate positional 3D audio in computer games. Have they finally caught up in terms of 3D audio to where Aureal was a decade ago? This is a particularly telling example of how useful patents can be at keeping smaller, more innovative companies to a minimum. They don't even need to win the lawsuit, just outspend the smaller company in lawyer fees.

  21. Re:Personal experience with "OpenWRT" by rossifer · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Beef Up Your Wireless Router

    OpenWRT wasn't very practical. It only worked on really old hardware that wasn't in stores anymore.
    I've only flashed two Linksys routers with DD-WRT, but my experience couldn't be more different from yours... One is three years old, but the other is a six month old WRT54GL, and both still work like a charm.

    Even then, you needed exactly the right serial number revision. The serial numbers that worked were made in small quantities and virtually impossible to find.
    On this point, you're simply misinformed. Almost all Version 2-4 Linksys WRT54G and all WRT54GL routers work with DD-WRT just fine. And even then, DD-WRT can be run on an enormous number of broadcom-based broadband routers. Linksys just happened to be the first to sell them really cheap.

    Flashed a Linksys access point and bricked it. There was no JTAG or bootloader on the router to recover it.
    This is a real risk, though if you follow the flashing procedures exactly the risk is pretty low (in fact, you're the first non DD-WRT developer I've heard of who has bricked one). Luckily, the best router for DD-WRT is only $45 shipped, so even if things do go wrong, you're not out a whole lot of money.

    What's really needed is wireless router for desktop computers instead of attempts to reverse engineer Linksys routers just for the sake of being embedded.
    Have you compared the power consumption of a small desktop running linux vs a broadband router? 150W vs. 10W is what my "kill-a-watt" says. 140W running 24/7 costs me about $15/month (southern California), so the Buffalo router pays for itself in reduced power bills in three months. Another perspective: over the course of a year I would save almost $180 in power bills. I don't know about you, but I can do a lot with $180 and I'd rather keep that money instead of handing it over to the power company.

    Regards,
    Ross
  22. Re:Personal experience with "OpenWRT" by maxume · · Score: 1 · on Beef Up Your Wireless Router

    All you have to do is buy a WRT54GL. The 'L' is important:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16833124190

  23. Re:Stay the hell away from Linksys!!! by m0i · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Beef Up Your Wireless Router

    After buying a Linksys 54Gv6 and realizing its shortcomings (small flash/memory), I found the Buffalo WHR-G54S. Same memory as the 54GL, but with the 125mbps chipset. All this for a good price (38USD!).

  24. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  25. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  26. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  27. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  28. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  29. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  30. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  31. My Dream Machine by Barkmullz · · Score: 1 · on What Would Be Your Dream Machine?

    Here's mine:

    1. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor - $970.00
    2. 2 x EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO Video Cards in SLI - $1,299.98
    3. EVGA 680i Motherboard - $249.99
    4. 4 GB Corsair Dominator (PC2 9136) Memory - $878.00
    5. Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite - $259.99
    6. 4 x Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor Hard Drives (RAID 0) - $919.96
    7. 4 x Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB Hard Drives (RAID 1) - $1,519.96
    8. Koolance PC4-1036BK - $618.95
    9. 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP Monitors - $3,398.00
    10. Lian-Li F1A Computer Desk - $2,895.00
    11. Das Keyboard - $89.95
    12. Logitech MX Revolution Mouse - $89.99
    Total: $13,189.77

  32. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 1 · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    That could be a minor drawback for people wanting to watch tv on television screens. I think I overlooked that because I bought a 24" flat panel monitor in january and use it for both tv and computer needs.

    http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-serie s/cn700/
    That is the chipset homepage and it lists the cn700 as having tv-out capabilities.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16813181016 $149.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16813181021 $172.99 both of these have video out but they requie a mini-itx case and power supply.

    If you have an old computer lying around with two pci slots you could buy a bigger hdd a pvr150 and a pvr 350(this gives hardware decoding and a tv out). The biggest reason I keep looking at via boards is because they have hardware mpeg-2 decoding and they use less power so you can use smaller fans (possibly none).

  33. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 1 · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    That could be a minor drawback for people wanting to watch tv on television screens. I think I overlooked that because I bought a 24" flat panel monitor in january and use it for both tv and computer needs.

    http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-serie s/cn700/
    That is the chipset homepage and it lists the cn700 as having tv-out capabilities.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16813181016 $149.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16813181021 $172.99 both of these have video out but they requie a mini-itx case and power supply.

    If you have an old computer lying around with two pci slots you could buy a bigger hdd a pvr150 and a pvr 350(this gives hardware decoding and a tv out). The biggest reason I keep looking at via boards is because they have hardware mpeg-2 decoding and they use less power so you can use smaller fans (possibly none).

  34. Re:Dell? by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1 · on Dell Opens a Poll On Linux Options

    Besides this, the video is still the so-called "invidious" GeForce 6150 which requires proprietary drivers for reasonable performance. This just goes to show, no one can truly build a linux friendly system for a modern desktop. Quelle dommage.

    No, this just goes to show that you can't always get everything you want at the same time. If you want 3D acceleration with free software drivers, that maked Intel integrated graphics a requirement. The System76 Koala Mini meets that requirement, but costs more money.

    Just like anything else, there are three options and you only get to pick two. For desktop computers:

    • Really cheap.
    • Every feature you want.
    • No assembly required.

    Also, why don't they offer to throw in a cheapo keyboard and mouse?

    Because there's no such thing as "throw in". If they included a keyboard and mouse, that would increase the price. They offer a reasonably nice keyboard and mouse for a reasonable price.

    If you want to play the nickel and dime game on peripherals like keyboard/mouse/monitor, there's always http://www.newegg.com/. There's no reason for System76 to try to compete with that.

  35. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Informative · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    Dell E521n with Athlon 64 3200+? $481 USD, before I add the two Hauppauge 150s, and plug in a 500GB USB drive...? According to this guy, it's not 100% effortless... But it sounds like it can be made to work. PLEASE, Slashdot, impress me by pointing me at the cheapest-possible off-the-shelf that will Just Work!
    As long as you are going to add in two pci cards after you buy the computer would you be willing to use a barebones kit from newegg?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16856167012 $179.99
    MSI Axis 700 Lite Via 1GHz C7 CPU onboard VIA CN700 1 x 240Pin VIA UniChrome Pro 3D Graphic Barebone - Retail

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820231040 $33.99
    512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16815116628 $139.99
    WinTV-PVR 500 MCE (dual tuner card since there is only 1 pci slot)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16822152052 $134.99
    SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

    http://www.imedialinux.com/imedia_mythtv $19
    It lists a price but I was able to download an iso, but it is optimised for the hardware decoding found on the cn700.


    Total $508.23 if shipped to my house, and I could go the local computer store and get a remote and optical drive for another 70
  36. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Informative · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    Dell E521n with Athlon 64 3200+? $481 USD, before I add the two Hauppauge 150s, and plug in a 500GB USB drive...? According to this guy, it's not 100% effortless... But it sounds like it can be made to work. PLEASE, Slashdot, impress me by pointing me at the cheapest-possible off-the-shelf that will Just Work!
    As long as you are going to add in two pci cards after you buy the computer would you be willing to use a barebones kit from newegg?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16856167012 $179.99
    MSI Axis 700 Lite Via 1GHz C7 CPU onboard VIA CN700 1 x 240Pin VIA UniChrome Pro 3D Graphic Barebone - Retail

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820231040 $33.99
    512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16815116628 $139.99
    WinTV-PVR 500 MCE (dual tuner card since there is only 1 pci slot)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16822152052 $134.99
    SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

    http://www.imedialinux.com/imedia_mythtv $19
    It lists a price but I was able to download an iso, but it is optimised for the hardware decoding found on the cn700.


    Total $508.23 if shipped to my house, and I could go the local computer store and get a remote and optical drive for another 70
  37. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Informative · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    Dell E521n with Athlon 64 3200+? $481 USD, before I add the two Hauppauge 150s, and plug in a 500GB USB drive...? According to this guy, it's not 100% effortless... But it sounds like it can be made to work. PLEASE, Slashdot, impress me by pointing me at the cheapest-possible off-the-shelf that will Just Work!
    As long as you are going to add in two pci cards after you buy the computer would you be willing to use a barebones kit from newegg?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16856167012 $179.99
    MSI Axis 700 Lite Via 1GHz C7 CPU onboard VIA CN700 1 x 240Pin VIA UniChrome Pro 3D Graphic Barebone - Retail

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820231040 $33.99
    512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16815116628 $139.99
    WinTV-PVR 500 MCE (dual tuner card since there is only 1 pci slot)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16822152052 $134.99
    SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

    http://www.imedialinux.com/imedia_mythtv $19
    It lists a price but I was able to download an iso, but it is optimised for the hardware decoding found on the cn700.


    Total $508.23 if shipped to my house, and I could go the local computer store and get a remote and optical drive for another 70
  38. Re:TiVo wins of course... by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Informative · on MythTV Vs. TiVo, Round 2

    Dell E521n with Athlon 64 3200+? $481 USD, before I add the two Hauppauge 150s, and plug in a 500GB USB drive...? According to this guy, it's not 100% effortless... But it sounds like it can be made to work. PLEASE, Slashdot, impress me by pointing me at the cheapest-possible off-the-shelf that will Just Work!
    As long as you are going to add in two pci cards after you buy the computer would you be willing to use a barebones kit from newegg?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16856167012 $179.99
    MSI Axis 700 Lite Via 1GHz C7 CPU onboard VIA CN700 1 x 240Pin VIA UniChrome Pro 3D Graphic Barebone - Retail

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820231040 $33.99
    512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16815116628 $139.99
    WinTV-PVR 500 MCE (dual tuner card since there is only 1 pci slot)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16822152052 $134.99
    SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

    http://www.imedialinux.com/imedia_mythtv $19
    It lists a price but I was able to download an iso, but it is optimised for the hardware decoding found on the cn700.


    Total $508.23 if shipped to my house, and I could go the local computer store and get a remote and optical drive for another 70
  39. Cheap Digital to Analog Converters Are Available by snapcracklepop · · Score: 2, Informative · on Billion Dollar Handout To Upgrade TVs
    Uhh, bullshit. We haven't been able to buy affordable digital receivers, ever. In fact, there's still no affordable digital receivers - they're all built into expensive HDTV's.

    Well, if one considers $89.00 affordable, you can buy one right now on www.newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16882107049/ How do I know? I just bought one and it came yesterday. I was able to get 15 HDTV/DTV stations without issue (basically looked like a DVD on my analog set but still pretty good). When combined with the $40 coupon that the government proposes to issue, boxes like these will be quite affordable.

    While researching what was out there I also came across these other digital-to-analog converters as well:

    (Microtek ZAT-600HD $299) http://store.microtek.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2 85/

    (Michley Tivax $159 New on Ebay) http://www.tivax.com/product1.htm/

    Cheap D-to-A converters are starting to show up on the market, and I predict that by the time 2008 comes around they will be much more plentiful. Especially since most major cities are already broadcasting local channels in HD. I just didn't feel like waiting around for the $40 coupon. :-)

  40. Re:Useful Size by maxume · · Score: 1 · on Intel Stomps Into Flash Memory

    Too slow?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16820233042

    USB2 isn't all that odd.

  41. Re:Combine RAM with FLASH to store fs journal by AaronW · · Score: 2, Informative · on Samsung Ships Hybrid Hard Drives

    There are RAM drives available that use DRAM, but due to the refresh circuitry and whatnot it takes a bit of power so the battery will only supply power to the RAM for a limited amount of time.
    Also, if the flash were removable (i.e. SD card, compact flash) then it could be possible to move to another machine.

  42. OOOoooo-Hide n' Seek. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AMD Demonstrates "Teraflop In a Box"

    "Simple: they aren't available. PC's don't typically come with DSPs. "

    Of course they don't.

    Right? Right? Right?

  43. Re:oblig by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1 · on Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked

    You've got the price of an XBox360 to work with here. The case doesn't have to be $30. Similarly, it doesn't have to have a top brand kilowatt power supply either - MicroATX cases generally come with decent 200 Watt supplies - that's all you need if you're not going to be using a high end video card and 18 hard drives.

    "Ugly" is a personal preference thing, but I don't think these are bad:

  44. Re:oblig by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1 · on Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked

    You've got the price of an XBox360 to work with here. The case doesn't have to be $30. Similarly, it doesn't have to have a top brand kilowatt power supply either - MicroATX cases generally come with decent 200 Watt supplies - that's all you need if you're not going to be using a high end video card and 18 hard drives.

    "Ugly" is a personal preference thing, but I don't think these are bad:

  45. Re:oblig by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1 · on Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked

    They all get discontinued as soon as they would be dirtcheap.

    That's true, but that price is way lower than an XBox 360.

    I explicitly mentioned the Via-C7, which is great for very low power applications. A C7 based system is cheaper than an XBox 360, but it's reasonably expensive compared to a low end Intel or AMD system that consumes more power.

    Go to NewEgg, build a MicroATX system based on this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16819104245. Use cheap components - don't get tricked by stuff like "DDR 400 RAM only costs $3 more than DDR 333", your goal is cheap not "bang for buck".

  46. FX5200 fits the bill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16814127181
    I installed this for a friend last month to do exactly what you need to do. AGP interface. Clear DVI output. Custom resolutions can be set, although you will have to dig deep into the settings.

  47. Re:BFG Turbo Cache PCI-E by BobPaul · · Score: 1 · on Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

    Or he can get any of these starting at $80 before rebates if PCI is ok, these if AGP 4/8x is your game, or these if you want PCI x16.

    Seriously... find your favorite online shop and run an advanced search. That's what they're there for.

  48. Re:BFG Turbo Cache PCI-E by BobPaul · · Score: 1 · on Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

    Or he can get any of these starting at $80 before rebates if PCI is ok, these if AGP 4/8x is your game, or these if you want PCI x16.

    Seriously... find your favorite online shop and run an advanced search. That's what they're there for.

  49. Re:BFG Turbo Cache PCI-E by BobPaul · · Score: 1 · on Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

    Or he can get any of these starting at $80 before rebates if PCI is ok, these if AGP 4/8x is your game, or these if you want PCI x16.

    Seriously... find your favorite online shop and run an advanced search. That's what they're there for.

  50. Summary of question: I don't know to shop online by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Where Can You Find Cheap DVI Video Cards?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16814241001R

    20 dollars, free shipping, PCI card (you don't specify AGP or PCI), DVI port.

    Plus, is this some kind of anti-PC troll? Gaming graphics cards certainly can be 300 dollars or more but there is never, ever any need to buy anything over 100 or so. A Geforce 7600 for 90 dollars should play any game that's out right now at a reasonable resolution/framerate and above-minimum graphics settings. The downside is that you'll probably want to replace it in two years (versus 3 years for a 300 dollar card) if you want to play every game out in 2009 - and bear in mind that only a few games will push it even then, and you can always wait.