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What is wrong with AMD? The dirty little secret of the CPU industry is that chips went from "good enough" to insanely overpowered several years so unless you are doing a job that needs every last drop of power you can squeeze (wave simulation, heavy number crunching) you'd be hard pressed in a blind trial to tell an AMD from an Intel....except when you got the bill and saw how much money you can save.

Check out the AMD Jaguar quads for example (if you can find one, they are selling like hotcakes) for what you can get for cheap nowadays. We are talking 4 Jaguar cores (the same cores powering the XBone and PS4) with Radeon HD8400 GPU capable of running 1080P video with a board that will hold 32Gb of RAM, all for $150. If you want insanely cheap you can grab an AMD E350 which I've used a LOT of in the shop and which makes a cheap and easy upgrade path for all those aging power piggie P4s, simply slap in a PCI to IDE adapter and they can keep their old drives while getting an upgrade to dual cores that again will do 1080P while using less power under load than a P4 does idling. So I'd say we HAVE a good competitor, frankly the only slot where AMD doesn't have a competing product is in the ultra hardcore market and that is a teeny tiny niche compared to mainstream.

As for TFA? I'd say its gonna all come down to support. If Mozilla can take control of the update process away from the carriers, who have a vested interest in trying to get you to buy a new phone, so that all MozPhones get say 3 years of updates? Then I think they really have a shot here in the states too as I don't know how many folks I've talked to that are seriously pissed at their Android phones because the carriers are so piss poor when it comes to pushing updates. Hell even the $300+ phones are lucky if they even get a year of support from the carriers and it makes folks feel ripped off, If Moz can get out a decent dual core phone at a sweet price ($150 or less should be doable with a dual core and a Gb of RAM) they could really grab some share away from Android, and this is from someone with an Android that I love but I had to ROM it to get a later version. Offer me a dual core for $150 or less that gets 3 years of support? I'm there.

What is wrong with AMD? The dirty little secret of the CPU industry is that chips went from "good enough" to insanely overpowered several years so unless you are doing a job that needs every last drop of power you can squeeze (wave simulation, heavy number crunching) you'd be hard pressed in a blind trial to tell an AMD from an Intel....except when you got the bill and saw how much money you can save.

Check out the AMD Jaguar quads for example (if you can find one, they are selling like hotcakes) for what you can get for cheap nowadays. We are talking 4 Jaguar cores (the same cores powering the XBone and PS4) with Radeon HD8400 GPU capable of running 1080P video with a board that will hold 32Gb of RAM, all for $150. If you want insanely cheap you can grab an AMD E350 which I've used a LOT of in the shop and which makes a cheap and easy upgrade path for all those aging power piggie P4s, simply slap in a PCI to IDE adapter and they can keep their old drives while getting an upgrade to dual cores that again will do 1080P while using less power under load than a P4 does idling. So I'd say we HAVE a good competitor, frankly the only slot where AMD doesn't have a competing product is in the ultra hardcore market and that is a teeny tiny niche compared to mainstream.

As for TFA? I'd say its gonna all come down to support. If Mozilla can take control of the update process away from the carriers, who have a vested interest in trying to get you to buy a new phone, so that all MozPhones get say 3 years of updates? Then I think they really have a shot here in the states too as I don't know how many folks I've talked to that are seriously pissed at their Android phones because the carriers are so piss poor when it comes to pushing updates. Hell even the $300+ phones are lucky if they even get a year of support from the carriers and it makes folks feel ripped off, If Moz can get out a decent dual core phone at a sweet price ($150 or less should be doable with a dual core and a Gb of RAM) they could really grab some share away from Android, and this is from someone with an Android that I love but I had to ROM it to get a later version. Offer me a dual core for $150 or less that gets 3 years of support? I'm there.

1/3 is overstating the case. A lot of it is because Macs all include hardware that I couldn't care less about.

Let's take their cheapest offering, the $599 mac mini. Intel i5 2.5 ghz dual core, 500 GB hard drive, Intel HD graphics, 4 GB ram. This combo from newegg has better graphics (caveat: not familiar enough with intel HD graphics to be certain on this point, but I'd bet it's at least comparable), better hard drive, better processor for $303. Call it $403 once you add windows, so about 2/3. That's not necessarily the best one to use for comparison, just the first I came to. This one for instance is another $100, with a better processor and builtin graphics. If you don't think that qualifies as a gaming rig, throw on an actual graphics card to either combo and disable the onboard video.Might not be top end, but it should cover your gaming needs.

1/3 is overstating the case. A lot of it is because Macs all include hardware that I couldn't care less about.

Let's take their cheapest offering, the $599 mac mini. Intel i5 2.5 ghz dual core, 500 GB hard drive, Intel HD graphics, 4 GB ram. This combo from newegg has better graphics (caveat: not familiar enough with intel HD graphics to be certain on this point, but I'd bet it's at least comparable), better hard drive, better processor for $303. Call it $403 once you add windows, so about 2/3. That's not necessarily the best one to use for comparison, just the first I came to. This one for instance is another $100, with a better processor and builtin graphics. If you don't think that qualifies as a gaming rig, throw on an actual graphics card to either combo and disable the onboard video.Might not be top end, but it should cover your gaming needs.

And that's just too bad as I'd love to bash MS and their Xbox. -PS4 future owner.

I just purchased a SAMSUNG UN32F6300AFXZA is it 120Hz or not being a running question? I use it as a 32" monitor, and it has one hell of a display http://www.newegg.com/Product/...

This HDTV is decked out, WiFi and hardwired, lots of things to keep one occupied, even has it's own web browser, Voice commands, Turn on , Turn off (I guess), and, "Gestures" it reads your body language or maybe just your hand, and face recognition. What you might not see, is my reluctance to set it up to just a SamSung account.

As usual I read the ToS's and the privacy policy of the system when I set it up;( It's required reading or else you just click on ok and continue) It mentions the privacy policy in passing (a link) in the ToS's, When you enter the "Smart Hub" area your shown another privacy policy (previous link) that shows this HDTV is one hell of a data miner, what's collected is placed in a data base, kept and based as per South Korea laws (jurisdiction).

Why would it do this? It's for the "S Recommendation", "Find something good to watch. Simply click the recommend button on the remote to get instant recommended shows that are on now". (from link above)

Cause it should know who you are and what you like; if you've had this HDTV 6 months or more it should know you and your sister apart, or a request to "show me something dirty" could go horribly wrong.

A person with this set up in their place would most likely have it linked to the Lan, A Web cam setup to read gestures and face recognition, a microphone turned on for the voice commands. All the requirements of an Xbox plus more (the constant Internet connection) while not required to be connected all the time, most likely once it's set-up it will stay in that configuration.

I've looked and can't find a ToS or Privacy policy easily. I just know what I read and have sansung.com blocked at the router level for two reasons. I use it as a monitor and don't need it as an 240Hz LCD HDTV, my Panasonic 600Hz Plasma HDTV takes care of that feature poking fun at refresh rates and the big lie) - The second reason is Samsung tries to access and work with your FaceBook account and if you don't have one, highly suggest you get one. Facebook being a third party would have access to all of SamSung's data on you (no basis for that, would seem a given so to me).

I really would like to read the ToS again I positive it's against Samsung's ToS to watch pornography on this HDTV. :}

To opt out:
opt-out-shine-the-light-law@sisa.samsung.com
(Samsung may need to ask you to provide follow-up information in the order to duly process an E-mail request).

And yet, Razer has created something more powerful than the MBP for less than the equivalently specced MBP. Also, Microsoft has released a piece of hardware specced like the Air, but with a high resolution display and a touchscreen, for less than the Air.

So, no.

This thing? http://www.newegg.com/Product/... at 6.58lbs, what are you smoking, to compare it to the MB Air? Hell, it's even heavier than my MacBook Retina.

Well, it weighs almost exactly what the last 17" MacBook Pro weighed, has has similar specs too, but is 1/10th of an inch thinner - and has no optical drive. Yeah for a lame copy of an Apple product Apple stopped selling almost two years ago.

These routers don't have a hard drive included. They have a USB port, to which the user can connect an external hard drive, which will then be made accessible on the router's LAN.

There's a Netgear that goes one step further.

And yet, tablets as capable as the ipad for much cheaper abound. The iPad is still expensive.

Sure. There're $49 tablets. So what? They don't have the performance of the A7 chip. When you are talking about comparable performance, the tablets all cost about the same. But iOS has additional advantages. It comes with hardware encryption. Only Samsung S4 and other "SAFE" rated Androids have it. It comes with 2-3 years of updates. Things that have value. Funny how fandroids all just ignore that.

And yet, the CEO of BlackBerry didn't exactly understand the cost of things, as the iphone was not the first touch-screen handheld.

So? Fact is, that was what Blackberries used to sell for. That's what my Palms used to sell for.

And yet, Razer has created something more powerful than the MBP for less than the equivalently specced MBP. Also, Microsoft has released a piece of hardware specced like the Air, but with a high resolution display and a touchscreen, for less than the Air.

So, no.

This thing? http://www.newegg.com/Product/... at 6.58lbs, what are you smoking, to compare it to the MB Air? Hell, it's even heavier than my MacBook Retina.

Just looks like an ultra low end NUC with Chrome OS on it.

Cheap desktop computers running free operating systems. You can install Ubuntu or some other *nix distro free on pretty much any old used computer.

WiFi access. I would imagine that your internet bill will likely be your biggest long-term expense. You can get some pretty awesome consumer routers, install DD-WRT on them or tomato USB or whatever) and get some pretty fancy functionality. I've been eyeing this one.

And maybe the most affordable ebook readers or tablets for checkout. You might get a sponsorship from Google or Amazon -- they are all too anxious to rope people into their ebook ecosystems. I would try to avoid these book ecosystems for cost reasons. You can also get all kinds of amazing old books through project gutenberg. Maybe OLPC would have a suitable device?

You might also keep some physical books of historical interest or perhaps large maps or other visually oriented works that resist digitization.

Or $55. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121836 You know. Whichever. It's fanless, and doesn't pull much power, so no special PSU either.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320173

$100, same 1.3 Gbps AC speed as the WRT. But then, there's a value in having an ultra-low power and ultra-compact router, which takes up way less space than a desktop PC...

$300, YIKES!

Especially when other options exist at sharply reduced cost. I bought one like this Buffalo a few years back and use it as a NAS for my home network, and dd-wrt is natively supported by the company!

Im in the same boat, I have used the original droid up to the 4 before I finally went sans keyboard and the first week or 2 i really hated it. However after that im pretty used to it, I use the voice to text quite a bit although after looking at some of the bluetooth slider cases I might have to go back - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=sliding+keyboard+case&N=-1&isNodeId=1

You clearly have a computer capable of playing video. Why don't you just get a cheap ATSC tuner to record your shows when you're not there? Here's one for $25 at NewEgg.

But in many places the law was, and quite possibly still is, that the handing over of such documents indicated the time of payment.

Indicated the time/date of payment, sure, not the fact of payment.

Anyways, major retailers provide specific terms consumers have to accept to complete an order. Orders are always subject to cancellation at the retailer's discretion.

EXAMPLE Amazon.com Conditions of Use:
With respect to items sold by Amazon, we cannot confirm the price of an item until you order. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalog may be mispriced. If the correct price of an item sold by Amazon is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation. Other merchants may follow different policies in the event of a mispriced item.

EXAMPLE: TigerDirect: As all prices are subject to change, your order may not be accepted or we may have to communicate price changes or availability issues to you after you place your order.

EXAMPLE: NewEgg: Product Listings ... In the event a product listed on our Web site is labeled with an incorrect price due to some typographical, informational, technical or other error, Newegg.com shall at its sole discretion have the right to refuse and/or cancel any order for said product and immediately amend, correct and/or remove the inaccurate information.

Waaa. I want to be able to download the entire US library of congress on my computer with 39999 backups.

Just because it may be possible doesn't mean the idea is reasonable. Download it on something with more than
$15 worth of storage?

Think it would take more than $15 of someone's time at pretty much any US company just to put that stuff in some sembalance of order? I do.

I hate to say it, but the choices they made and tried to justify are absolutely shit. First off, the board doesn't suppport the selected CPU, meaning it probably wont even boot. Strike 1.

Strike 2 is the memory selected. It's not ECC or even the right amount.

From what the article title indicates, I expected them to show the parts to match the stated specs of the new Mac Pro but no, they screwed the pooch from the beginning for an Epic Failure.

Closest I've found is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182336 which is an ATX workstation/server board that supports (Certified List) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147307&ignorebbr=1 - these are 16GB sticks, so 4 of them matches the amount the Mac Pro has so you now have a size. Price ins't to bad.

For the rest of the hardware, I didn't bother as you have lots of choices. On the PSU front, I'd probably go with a Seasonic over the Silverstone. Case would be a full tower. Hell I want as many drive bays as possible and would use a pair of 64GB SLC SSD's in RAID 1 as the boot with the rest of the storage being the new 4TB Seagate drives - max the fucking case out as the drives are only $200 ea.

Add in a DVD drive for software installation (who bothers with that anymore when a flash drive is faster). Don't foget a Model-M keyboard or equalivent and a good mouse. Then there's the monitor and your good to go. Ballpark estimate is about the same if you go with some nice monitors (4K units with IPS panels).

I hate to say it, but the choices they made and tried to justify are absolutely shit. First off, the board doesn't suppport the selected CPU, meaning it probably wont even boot. Strike 1.

Strike 2 is the memory selected. It's not ECC or even the right amount.

From what the article title indicates, I expected them to show the parts to match the stated specs of the new Mac Pro but no, they screwed the pooch from the beginning for an Epic Failure.

Closest I've found is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182336 which is an ATX workstation/server board that supports (Certified List) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147307&ignorebbr=1 - these are 16GB sticks, so 4 of them matches the amount the Mac Pro has so you now have a size. Price ins't to bad.

For the rest of the hardware, I didn't bother as you have lots of choices. On the PSU front, I'd probably go with a Seasonic over the Silverstone. Case would be a full tower. Hell I want as many drive bays as possible and would use a pair of 64GB SLC SSD's in RAID 1 as the boot with the rest of the storage being the new 4TB Seagate drives - max the fucking case out as the drives are only $200 ea.

Add in a DVD drive for software installation (who bothers with that anymore when a flash drive is faster). Don't foget a Model-M keyboard or equalivent and a good mouse. Then there's the monitor and your good to go. Ballpark estimate is about the same if you go with some nice monitors (4K units with IPS panels).

Because you have never priced workstation class parts maybe?

It is hard to find a Xeon that exactly matches the one in the Pro but the very top of the line socket 2011 Ivy Bridge EP xeon CPU is over $2500 on newegg.
The one closest to the one in the Mac Pro is this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117273 and it is $1111.99 on newegg. So there is one third the price of the Pro right there.
Two Firepro w7000 GPUs are 700 each and you are at 2800 more or less. now add in the motherboard, ECC ram PCIe SSDs case and power supply and you can see the Pro is actually a good deal for what you get. Those are the prices off Newegg so yes you might find them cheaper but they are competitive.
A Dell workstation configured close to the Mac Pro is actually more expensive.

Here is a breakdown of diy.

Cpu :Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12 core - $2,524.00
Motherboard: ASUS Z9PA-U8 - $277.99
64GB 16x4 (4 slots still free) - $720
PCIe ssd :480 GB - $1007
Power supply 1500 Watt - $374
Case: $274
Video cards: ??? not currently available

Total: $5,176
Apple with similar specs: $7,899
So that leaves $2,723 for video cards, I can't find any suggested prices on the D500 or D700, except that Apple charges $300 per card to upgrade from D500 to D700.

Of course if you wanted 12 cores you could save a bundle and just get a dual socket board and 2 6 core cpus. Also the MB supports a lot more ram etc, but is a lot bigger.

Sources:

CPU: http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=BX80635E52697V2&vid=211&src=14
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131915
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147307
HDD: http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-Drive-Series-Express/dp/B0058RECOU/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1388118274&sr=8-9
PSU: http://www.amazon.com/SILVERSTONE-ST1500-CrossFire-Certified-Modular/dp/B002BH3Z84/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388118413&sr=8-2&keywords=1500watt+power+supply
Case: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Series-Performance-CC-9011035-WW/dp/B00EB6O4N8/ref=sr_1_1?srs=2529199011&ie=UTF8&qid=1388118511&sr=8-1

Here is a breakdown of diy.

Cpu :Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12 core - $2,524.00
Motherboard: ASUS Z9PA-U8 - $277.99
64GB 16x4 (4 slots still free) - $720
PCIe ssd :480 GB - $1007
Power supply 1500 Watt - $374
Case: $274
Video cards: ??? not currently available

Total: $5,176
Apple with similar specs: $7,899
So that leaves $2,723 for video cards, I can't find any suggested prices on the D500 or D700, except that Apple charges $300 per card to upgrade from D500 to D700.

Of course if you wanted 12 cores you could save a bundle and just get a dual socket board and 2 6 core cpus. Also the MB supports a lot more ram etc, but is a lot bigger.

Sources:

CPU: http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=BX80635E52697V2&vid=211&src=14
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131915
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147307
HDD: http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-Drive-Series-Express/dp/B0058RECOU/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1388118274&sr=8-9
PSU: http://www.amazon.com/SILVERSTONE-ST1500-CrossFire-Certified-Modular/dp/B002BH3Z84/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388118413&sr=8-2&keywords=1500watt+power+supply
Case: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Series-Performance-CC-9011035-WW/dp/B00EB6O4N8/ref=sr_1_1?srs=2529199011&ie=UTF8&qid=1388118511&sr=8-1

And he failed, because he chose the wrong equipment. According to this (and everythign I could find on AMD website)
http://www.overclock.net/t/1436253/mac-pro-dual-amd-firepro-d300-dual-amd-firepro-d500-dual-amd-firepro-d700-options
the D500 is basically this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195117
which costs $1400.

So yea, if the guy is spending $3400 trying to match a $1400 card, he will fail to beat Apple's pricing, and should probably apply for a position with them.

Laser printers can only print in black or white.

What color is the rock you've been living under?

With a higher resolution you can read finer print and so you zoom out. This is great for Visio network diagrams where I have a facility with 500 some racks and I need to see as much as possible. The only other way for me to do the same was to use a plotter. If I could get my work to buy a ~48" 4k display that would be ideal. That'd be like looking at a plot. Yeah, the screen would be huge but it's no different for me than looking at a plot pinned to the wall. At home I have a 27" 2560x1440 and for my Ms it's invaluable for my network modeling, writing a paper about said modeling, and having other stuff going. I used to have dual 1080's but this is better. If I had the money I'd get this guy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260146 Sounds absurd to have so much screen but you really use it if you need it. For most people though, YouTubers, FB Warriors, and the like 1080p is good enough.

I set a world record in a game with over 10,000,000 players with this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834686016
And it has a dedicated GPU and 1GB of DDR3. Not 512MB of DDR3 or 1GB of DDR2 like others.

Has no one here shopped online?

Here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3DC17C8972
It's $44. Granted, that's $6 more, but that's certainly in the same ballpark, and it has (arguably) better specs (dual core, dual cameras, android 4.2, etc).

Or here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0EJ-0019-00005
This one is just $34.99. It's only 4.3", but it has a 1.2GHz A8, and Android 4.2.

I don't know why this is making slashdot... 'el cheap-o tablets are already here in every form you could ask for. Most of the cheap ones sacrifice battery life first, which sucks, but corners must be cut if you're going to be the cheapest thing with a touchscreen... and in some cases, a short battery life is not a deal breaker (ex. car computer; kitchen wall mounted touch display; media controller; etc).

Has no one here shopped online?

Here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3DC17C8972
It's $44. Granted, that's $6 more, but that's certainly in the same ballpark, and it has (arguably) better specs (dual core, dual cameras, android 4.2, etc).

Or here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0EJ-0019-00005
This one is just $34.99. It's only 4.3", but it has a 1.2GHz A8, and Android 4.2.

I don't know why this is making slashdot... 'el cheap-o tablets are already here in every form you could ask for. Most of the cheap ones sacrifice battery life first, which sucks, but corners must be cut if you're going to be the cheapest thing with a touchscreen... and in some cases, a short battery life is not a deal breaker (ex. car computer; kitchen wall mounted touch display; media controller; etc).

Easy to find.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116034

Without adjusting for inflation Intel's processors cost about as much as they did 20+ years ago.

http://www.krsaborio.net/intel/research/1991/0422.htm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/business/company-news-intel-moves-to-cut-price-of-386-chip.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775

Almost every other component (except maybe the GPU) has dropped tremendously in price over the past couple decades, but CPUs have stayed almost flat. Hopefully the newly competitive ARM processors will finally drive prices down (iSuppli estimates a measly $18 for Apple's new A7 CPU+GPU) but I'm not holding my breath.

Without adjusting for inflation Intel's processors cost about as much as they did 20+ years ago.

http://www.krsaborio.net/intel/research/1991/0422.htm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/business/company-news-intel-moves-to-cut-price-of-386-chip.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775

Almost every other component (except maybe the GPU) has dropped tremendously in price over the past couple decades, but CPUs have stayed almost flat. Hopefully the newly competitive ARM processors will finally drive prices down (iSuppli estimates a measly $18 for Apple's new A7 CPU+GPU) but I'm not holding my breath.

Without adjusting for inflation Intel's processors cost about as much as they did 20+ years ago.

http://www.krsaborio.net/intel/research/1991/0422.htm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/business/company-news-intel-moves-to-cut-price-of-386-chip.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775

Almost every other component (except maybe the GPU) has dropped tremendously in price over the past couple decades, but CPUs have stayed almost flat. Hopefully the newly competitive ARM processors will finally drive prices down (iSuppli estimates a measly $18 for Apple's new A7 CPU+GPU) but I'm not holding my breath.

XP could probably last another ten years*. And hardware support is just a matter of drivers. Hell, I have 1 Gb Ethernet that come with drivers for fucking DOS and Novel NetWare. Also, ipv6 is supported through updates (yes, DNS works fully on ipv6) but you need a third party DHCP client. Though someone might be able to back port the win7/vista one.

*if microsoft would release updates, or even just the source code.

If you glance at the Newegg reviews for the R9 280X you'll note someone found that the voltage was locked.

For most, the answer is "none".

And the TL;DR version should really stop there.

If you're dead-set on tape backup at home, any recent table-top LTO5 or LTO6 drive (typical cost: $1,500-$3,000) (...) Media cost is pretty trivial after that initial investment, less than $30 for 3TB. (...) But let's say you buy ten 4TB hard drives; you've spent $4,000 for 40TB (late 2013 prices)

More like $1500, you're not breaking even until you have at least 15 disks and 60TB of storage. And it's not like you go from needing nothing to needing 60TB in a week, with a tape drive you're investing heavily in a tape drive and a few tapes that you hope to eventually make up for by buying more tapes. Meanwhile disks get bigger and cheaper so pay-as-you-go makes far more sense, at least it has up until now.

Usually by the time I put the oldest disks out of rotation the newest would be 3x the size, like 500 GB -> 1.5 TB, 750GB -> 2 TB, 1 TB -> 3 TB, 1.5 TB -> 4TB and so on. So I can either swap drive for drive to expand or drop several to consolidate into something smaller, quieter and less power consuming. With a tape you're stuck at one capacity until you make another huge investment, at which point all your old tapes look tiny so you have huge leaps instead of a steady climb. It doesn't really make sense for any home user I can think of.

Annual Sales

Approximately $2.5 billion in 2010

http://www.newegg.com/Info/FactSheet.aspx

I'm sure this will really hurt their bottom line. lol
I'm surprised Newegg doesn't just buy this company and fire the entire staff with extreme prejudice.

I do a lot of business with newegg. As a hobby I run a small "custom computer" business. I basically started out building computers for my familly and friends... and then it move on to "extended family and friends" and now I do between $10k and $20k in business with them per year. I don't make any profit, I just like doing it and I get lots of freebies as a result.

Newegg is by far the best retailer I've worked with. I do all of my business with them now. They even let me return downloadable software once because it wouldn't install correctly. I've returned CPUs after they were installed! Granted, they give me more leeway because I do so much business with them but they really do have decent policies and try their best to rectify any issues I have with them. Dell? HP? Crutchfield? Yea, they can all burn in hell.

here ya go...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16821121001

http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-3-5In-1-44MB-Pre-Fmt-10Pk/dp/B0000511BI/

And kick the person who's using it off of it, as damnbunni mentioned.

wait, so the problem is that device won't work in two places at the same time. My car is faulty. I can't drive it to the store while my wife is driving it to work. Who know that was a fault. I just thought it was common sense. Your DVD player can't play on the computer at the same time as the TV either. Return it.

What's the make and model so that I can buy a few Christmas presents for my family?

What I got is no longer for sale, but a similar device (for $80, not $50) is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136997

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236348

$179, which I consider pretty cheap for such drive.
Sure its 15mm but there are laptops that will take them.

You can get 1.5GB on a freaking microsd card.

Why would you do that when there are plenty of PCs available on NewEgg, at or near the price of an Ouya, that are so much more capable?

I must be failing at Newegg because most of these Zotac mini PCs that I'm seeing cost about $220-$300 plus the price of a gamepad. But that's still worth considering, even if it isn't "at or near the price of an Ouya" which is $100 including one gamepad.

If you really want a middle of the road console, Nintendo has you covered on that front.

Nintendo hasn't been friendly to copylefted software either, which would sort of conflict with Anonymous Coward's "Give me Linux back or fuck off!" remark that started this whole thread.

Your TV only has one HDMI port? This 11 dollar doo-dad will help if that is the case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07R0Y81964

Liar.

Newegg
Monitors
LCD
Powersearch....

Name brand HP: $600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176242
HP Smartbuy ZR2740w Black and Brushed Aluminum 27" 12 ms (GTG) WQHD IPS Panel Height & Pivot Adjustable Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor 380 cd/m2 1000:1

Who-the-fuck-knows Brand: $333
http://www.newegg.com/Product /Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2RY0ZG1007
27" CROSSOVER 27QW IPS LED 2560 x1440 Slim AH-IPS Monitor Dual Link DVI

With about a dozen choices inbetween including Acers and at least one Dell (may have been 'open box').

What Apple does, when it isn't generating apologists, is what HP/Dell/dozens-of-extinct-companies OUGHT TO BE DOING: Simplifying, adding value, watching the trends (fewer cables/slots/disc-ks), *QUIETER*.

I go to Dell and HP just to confirm that they are still overpriced for what I want. Or they have bloatware. Or they don't have SSDs (or not at a reasonable price). Or they want to push a million variants on a machine which looks ten years out of date.

I build small form factor PCs that use the VESA mounts. I may start to spec in wireless keyboard/mouse just to eliminate those cables too.

Yes, I hate Apple for a million reasons (and Microsoft). They deserve a premium so long as the competition sucks. But it is a fucking premium because a monitor like they have can be had for $400 easy.

Liar.

Newegg
Monitors
LCD
Powersearch....

Name brand HP: $600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176242
HP Smartbuy ZR2740w Black and Brushed Aluminum 27" 12 ms (GTG) WQHD IPS Panel Height & Pivot Adjustable Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor 380 cd/m2 1000:1

Who-the-fuck-knows Brand: $333
http://www.newegg.com/Product /Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2RY0ZG1007
27" CROSSOVER 27QW IPS LED 2560 x1440 Slim AH-IPS Monitor Dual Link DVI

With about a dozen choices inbetween including Acers and at least one Dell (may have been 'open box').

What Apple does, when it isn't generating apologists, is what HP/Dell/dozens-of-extinct-companies OUGHT TO BE DOING: Simplifying, adding value, watching the trends (fewer cables/slots/disc-ks), *QUIETER*.

I go to Dell and HP just to confirm that they are still overpriced for what I want. Or they have bloatware. Or they don't have SSDs (or not at a reasonable price). Or they want to push a million variants on a machine which looks ten years out of date.

I build small form factor PCs that use the VESA mounts. I may start to spec in wireless keyboard/mouse just to eliminate those cables too.

Yes, I hate Apple for a million reasons (and Microsoft). They deserve a premium so long as the competition sucks. But it is a fucking premium because a monitor like they have can be had for $400 easy.

No it's your own stupidity that kills you in this case if you buy those for your servers.

Can you can point to something better or are you just spouting off again, AC?

OpenWRT on cheapo commodity hardware - personally I'm using TL-WR1043ND, 4x1gigE/300mbps 2.4ghz N, USB storage is best bang for 50 bucks.

The system is reasonably specced to run openvpn gateway for home network and serve USB drive miniNAS via smb.

DD-WRT is basically GUI polish for people who don't wan't to delve into scary command line, but otherwise nowhere near as flexible as openwrt is.

How good is the ESD protection on USB ports? Can it handle a thumb drive filled with capacitors?

It's not good.

Oh I dunno, if you get a half decent motherboard it can be pretty good.

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H
At Newegg

"GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 5 Plus debuts on GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards, with a range of features and component choices that provide record-breaking performance, cool and efficient operation and extended motherboard lifespan."

"GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards raise the bar in terms of protecting your system, providing advanced electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for both your Ethernet LAN and USB ports, both common sources of ESD-related failures. Each LAN and USB port is paired with a dedicated protection filter that can withstand high electrostatic discharges, protecting your system from common electrical surges and even direct lighting strikes."

"On GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards each USB port has its own dedicated power fuse that prevents unwanted USB port failure, helping to safe guard your important data during transfer."

The board is not out of reach financially at all.

I actually was referring to DDR3 but after checking, I was completely wrong about price. Late last year Kingston was pretty much the only manufacturer that (sporadically) had 2x8GB ECC on the market. So I snagged it around $170. Thought that it would have dropped significantly in price by now; it hasn't budged. But now there are more suppliers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239117

On the cable side, a CableCard and Ceton InfiniTV 4. Ceton has a 6 tuner card.

As for IPTV, MythTV cannot decode the signal alone however, they can be used with IR blaster connected to a set-top box and MythTV can grab the stream from box sometimes.

1.5% of a 4TB HDD that sells for USD$29,000 is roughly 60 GB = $425.

Idk about 4TB, but you can get a 1TB system for $635.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147251

In the mean time and as a developer, I have no use for SSD in my desktop system.

Dude, you don't know what you're missing. I use both, HDDs are now my data drives for archives, and SSDs are my primary boot drives and the data I'm immediately working on. I'm glad I'm working on HDDs anymore.