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A browser does not require a PC with an OS, but only a display terminal, i.e., one with an X server (software that delivers the display and input components of remote applications to you) and network link to applications (in this case browsers) already running somewhere else. Then you can do banking and enjoy the world wide web without a PC or local storage. Chatting is available via any of several plug-ins for the Firefox browser.

Here's a $69 printer that lets you edit and print your photos without a PC. http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~6048 11~name~Photosmart+8050+Photo+Inkjet+Printer~mfg~Q 6351A%23ABA.asp

Here's a live CD that turns your Windows computer into an X terminal.
http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/

Here's the howto that turns any PC into a network display terminal, and X server. When this is running no use will be made of the hard drive. It will also work if there is no hard drive in the system. It will also work if there is no operating system installed on the computer.

    Here, look at this... http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7499590573.html

He most likely means this
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 7011449

which is not quite as low as $99 and definitely not a raptor so yeah...

If you googled the part number, you would easilly turn up a price of $259.99 at PCMall

They are AWESOME. I use them everyday for my subway commute and they filter out nearly all of the noise. I can play music at a much lower volume, so I can what I need to AND not damage my ears.

Normally they retail for about $200, but PC Mall has them for the incredibly low price of $110 (after you add them to your cart). That's slightly above your range, but it's totally worth it.

By "hold your hand" you mean "hold your wallet".

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~7687 58.asp

If you have never owned a Mac, how can you say Apple is better than MS at platform transition? In so much as, to MS it's another x86 and they support 1000's of drivers. Apple on the other hand are moving to a completely new architecture and only support a very small handful of drivers. If you need some pointers, ask the photoshop & Illustrator users about the PPC transition, or ask the Quark users about the OSX transition. It is very likely there will be blood on the floor this time around too - unfortunately. Before you bag Quark, remember it was a reason to buy a Mac in 1999.

Further, when Windows finally runs on the MacBookPRO it will be MS providing the drivers.

You actually may not have intended to come off as a "Mac zealot" (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt), but you sure sounded like one....

Advertising spew:
Patented Phthalocyanine dye formula that gives a storage life of 300 years.
Gold is one of the most reflective robust elements on Earth. More than 20 of 24k gold in every CD-R.
Maximum resistance to the harmful effects of oxidation, a main cause of failure to optical media.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 517590

No, silly. First of all, "Apple cannot survive on its own merits" is a wacky, distortive rhetorical question with several tacit assumptions. First, it assumes that businesses survive because of merit. Exhibit A: BeOS. Secondly, it assumes that those who are worthy would do better on an 'even' playing field (which itself assumes that such a thing exists; it does not). You think vendor lock-in is a nasty game? Microsoft does the same thing, sort of. They just use salesmen and lawyers instead of engineers to ensure that every PC worth mentioning ships with Windows. Thirdly, it implies that OS X is anything but the bee's knees. I'll let you figure that one out when you're removing viruses and spyware.

In regards to your second gastric eruption, it ain't that big of a difference between two AMD-64s with top notch RAM and a good graphics card and a PowerPC in terms of price. this one is just a single, and it costs 3 grand.

Why not get a multi-terrabyte raid array? Pricey to get started, but it'll keep your data reasonably safe.

You also could use a tape backup. Any of the results from here could do the trick. At work, we use one of the 200/400GB tape drives for backup and are only using about 10-15% of the space (and that's for a dozen servers). We haven't had to test the lifespan of one of these, but tapes typically have an excellent lifespan compared to hard drives or optical media.

Internal DVD RW IDE $38 http://www.pricewatch.com/default.aspx?p=http%3A// www.pricewatch.com/prc.aspx%3Fi%3D340%26a%3D1396
USB enclosure $25
http://www.pricewatch.com/default.aspx?p=http%3A// www.pricewatch.com/prc.aspx%3Fi%3D340%26a%3D5805
USB video capture $75
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 340531&store=pcmall&source=pwbfroogle&adcampaign=e mail,pwbfroogle&wt.mc_id=pwbfroogle

As you can see you can get all the parts NOW for under $200. Actually under $150. I am sure Sony and or Microsoft could do it for a lot less if they wanted to.
You want a press release? I am simply putting out what COULD happen. Think about it though. If Tivo can make a unit for $200 with a hard drive, cpu, encoder, and playback software. Why would just a capture card and encoder cost more?

you guys know you're just strengthening the "geeks are wimps" stereotype, right?

Modern 21" monitors weigh less than 70 lbs and 19" less than 50 lbs (link link link link), so you guys breaking your backs over 50 lbs are not exactly hitting the gym too often are ya?

However, when you do shell the money for it and use it for bit, you can't bring yourself to used the previous version. At least that is the way I feel, I couldn't go back Jaguar after using Panther. Certainly, that would indicate that there is something there that justifies the upgrade expense.

* The upgrade can be had for $99 at Compusa. So, its 30 but you can still make the arguement

However, when you do shell the money for it and use it for bit, you can't bring yourself to used the previous version. At least that is the way I feel, I couldn't go back Jaguar after using Panther. Certainly, that would indicate that there is something there that justifies the upgrade expense.

* The upgrade can be had for $99 at Compusa. So, its 30 but you can still make the arguement

A quick search at Froogle found many players with digital audio output. High-end players like those from Denon may include Firewire. Denon DVD5900

1GB CF for $69 at pcmall.com. Doesn't sound too bad to me - especially when you knock the price down on this camcorder if they offered a version w/o internal memory. I wish they'd just make a digital camcorder that used an open standard memory device (CF or SD), so as to lessen the costs. Being able to store only a limited amount of video if you're say on vacation and away from your computer is a limiting factor in my mind. They say you can use the Memory Sticks, though I own nothing else that uses that form factor - and they're pricier anyways.

Remember, you'd also most likely re-use your cf cards anyways, and use your computer (or CD/DVDs) for permanent storage. Not having to buy camcorder tapes will save some money in the long run I'm sure.

Looks like it became Deja View (DjVu) and a bunch of other niche products. But at USD$130 for a mere compressor plugin (and that's discounted), they're not going to sell many.

There is much trumpeting about making these open standards but very little actually happening, yet with wide acceptance it would save an immense amount of storage and bandwidth everywhere. It's almost a poster child illustrating the case for damage done to society by short-sightedly nailing ideas to the floor.

Do I have to draw you a fucking diagram?

Apple makes the vast majority of their money from HARDWARE SALES. They use that money to fund everything they do.

If there's suddenly no need to purchase Macs to run OS X, then there's no hardware sales except from the people who already prefer Apple hardware-- Apple would have to jack up the price of OS X for x86 well above $129 to offset the missing revenue from lost hardware sales, and if they do that nobody's going to buy it. If nobody's going to buy it, why should they even bother? And don't try to tell me that they wouldn't have to charge more because they'd make it up in units sold-- if that's the case, then Microsoft Office for Windows shouldn't still be $370 per copy, but it is.

Also, it's obvious that OS X for x86 would cripple Apple because, like I said before, Apple almost died when cheap Mac clones cannibalized their hardware sales, leaving them with significantly reduced revenue.

check it every now and then, if it's expired. it seems to cycle through after each expiration. i grabbed mine after the first time i saw it expire.

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 345833&adcampaign=email,PWB02474

there's a vendor that has it til june 30th. there's a ton of these, just google for "free usb wifi" or something.

pick up a refurbished 2.4 pentium if you'd like, they're 400 bucks right now at pcmall.com. As for your mac shittiness you're experiencing, buy a new one, G4, G5, I on't care, hell no one does excep you. It sounds like you need a new computer, stop using netscape, stop using OS 9, move out of the 90s.

feeding the troll or not, this was too stupid to offer some only slightly flamish advice"

btw, a 17 meg file takes about 3 seconds for me to copy on an old ass iBook with a 400mhz g3. get a new computer.

If I had 2 grand to drop on it I would buy one tomorrow. If you're at all interested in GPS units for cars you can check it out at Hertz for a few more dollars a day.

Or, you could drop $750 instead of 2 grand for the Garmin StreetPilot III...

If anyone here is interested, I can get you at least somewhat of a discount on all of the PC/Mac equipment you're buying anyway. - Me

Ok, here is how I feel on this subject. These are true facts from my own life.

1. My father was killed by a doctor. He had an aneurism behind his right knee he did not know about. He went to change a tire on my mom's car and when he squatted down his entire leg from the knee down turned white. He stood back up immediate, went inside, got my mom, and they went to the hospital. The surgeon on duty said he knew exactly where the problem was, didn't wait for x-rays, and operated in the groin section. First indication of a bad doctor. My mom, like my dad, believed doctors were gods. When the aneurism was not found they put my dad in Intensive Care (IC or ICU) and did the x-rays. Then the doctor botched the job by sewing my dad's main artery almost shut. He got gangrene and a blood clot detached. He had a stroke and died. My mom never sued. This is why I do not trust doctors and I always get three or four opinions. It is expensive but it is worth it. I don't want to wind up like my dad.

2. I have phlebitis. Major phlebitis. I, luckily, found a competent doctor who put me in the hospital. My blood was so thick they couldn't get any out to test how quickly it would coagulate. They thought I was going to die but I didn't. This was after seeing three other doctors.

3. A while later I was put on something called hydrochlorothiazide or HCT. It is a diuretic and has some other side effects. If you go to the Food and Drug Administration's website you can read up on just how bad this drug is if you get on it's bad side. One of those is that it makes you a bit dizzy as well as complacent. My great doctor I'd found turned out to like to fondle his male patients. I found another doctor.

4. The new doctor decided that since I am fairly well read and can think for myself that she would rather I just died - and told me to my face. She is no longer with the clinic I go to.

5. The next doctor I had I'd gone to twice when my leg with the phlebitis swelled back up. This was great cause for alarm with me. The doctor sent me to get a Venogram (sp?) done. The tests were inconclusive so he said "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning." (Honest to god! He actually said this to me!) I reminded him that I could not take aspirin since I am on Coumadin (a blood thinner) and I would die of internal bleeding (which he should have known about). He changed it to Tylenol. He's not working at the clinic any longer either.

My current doctor has been my doctor for the past two years and we have gotten along well.

Enough stories - here are my thoughts:

1. Doctors should have access to several databases. These should have diseases, muscle, nerve, bone, viruses, medicines, and other categories which I am probably leaving out.

1a. The databases should have symptoms, causes, effects, treatments, and most importantly, side effects, problems, reactions, and any other bad things that can happen from doing whatever it takes to fix the problem.

2. A drug interaction database. So doctors can know exactly what might interact with what and how to treat the problems that occur. (With hyperlinks to relevant information so they can verify the information for themselves if they need to do so.)

3. A database with methodologies on how to improve the human body so they don't have to just push pills on everyone. This should be open to the public as well (readonly status of course) so people can get on-line and find out how to keep themselves healthy.

4. Now, the important part: Make this available via wireless PDA to the doctor no matter where he is. So they can just plug in what is wrong and the AI breaks things down into percent chances (%c) of what is the matter. The reason this is so important is because I have seen (and I am sure so many others have) that your doctor only kind of knows you. If they are seeing over a hundred people a month they can not keep straight who's problems belong to whom. But a computer can. And it can recall that information and it can help the doctor to make the decisions he/she needs to make in order to help you out.

And that is the real problem here. Doctors become overwhelmed. Open your eyes and look at them. They are still doing everything with paper and pencil. Many times they can't even read their own writing. And charts? Do they have a nice bar chart that shows them how you are improving? No. They have to look at a bunch of separate papers, correlate all of that information into something useful, and then make a decision based on that information. If you think that's easy to do then have someone take twenty sheets of paper, write random numbers on them, shuffle them together, read each sheet of paper and add the numbers together in your head as you are going from one page to the next. Guaranteed that around pages eleven or twelve you will begin loosing what the number was because you also have to turn the pages, do the math, and continue going. But a PDA could do it in a few milli-seconds. Now try doing it with blood pressure, chloresterol, and other vital statistics. It's not possible. So they generalize. So long as you are up and breathing then you must be doing well. Here's a few pills, talk to you later.

It needs to stop. People cry "No! No! No! I don't want my personal information in a database!" Too bad - it already is there. What you should be crying about is the lack of proper security. We have credit cards - why not medical cards which have all of your information on the card? Can someone say flexible-CDs? Even if the card is only used as a key so only you can unlock the information - that would still be a great leap forwards for everyone. You go in, give them your card, your information is downloaded to their system, and your current information is available to the doctor. No more paying $50.00 or more to have your records transferred from place to place. Just so long as it is secure I'm all for it. Or put my information on a CD, have a good container for it (aluminum maybe?) and allow me to carry it from one place to the other. Or maybe we could go to memory sticks? These 256mb or more secure digital cards may just be the answer. Again - you carry it with you and the label says it all. "Medical Information"

Something to think about. :-)

I'm certain you can buy Various Media kits from a variety of sources. I recall multisourcing a Microsoft purchase, getting the licenses from one vendor and the media kit elsewhere.

here for example

Now, they will make you pinky swear that you own appropriate licenses, but no proof is required.

There are a bunch of Firewire webcams. They're just more expensive.

Here's a couple:

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 453578

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 873451

There are a bunch of Firewire webcams. They're just more expensive.

Here's a couple:

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 453578

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno= 873451

It appears that the thieves have shown themselves. If you type in "http://macslash.com," you hit a series of forwarding pages that bounce you as follows:

• http://www.merc-net.com/md/macslash.htm
• http://www.qksrv.net/click-1144694-53427
• http://www.commission-junction.com/track/track.d ll ?AID=53427PID=1144694CBID=ie470hkUI D1811=66sebz2D11812D102280898684692 Ddm
• http://www.macmall.com/macaffiliate/?AID=53427&# 38 ; ID=1144694
• http://www.macmall.com/deal.asp?source=zwb12166
• http://www.pcmall.com/deal.asp?source=zwb12166
• http://www.pcmall.com/macmall/default.asp?adcamp ai gn=external,zwb12166
• http://www.macmall.com/macmall/default.asp?adcam pa ign=external,zwb12166

(And, as far as I can tell, that's it. Lynx.trace logs are not easy to read!)

In the end, you are redirected to an outfit called Creative Computers, which appears to run websites called MacMall and PCMall. The WHOIS entry makes reference to a technical/administrative contact named Simon Abuyounes, whose direct line is (310) 225-2800, ext. 5651. His fax is (310) 630-3462.

They are located at 2555 West 190th Street in Torrance, California (90504). You can reach them at (310) 354-5600, but why not use one of their toll-free numbers?

Their sales number is (800) 222-2808; their government sales number is (800) 323-2704; their education sales number is (800) 328-2793; and their technical support numbers are (800) 760-0300 and (800) 727-7579. Only the first number is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; the others have certain times they're open. For international customers, the line to call evidently is (01) 310-225-2600.

E-mail address include macmallsales@macmall.com, customerservice@macmall.com, mactech@macmall.com, and webmaster@macmall.com. Other valid e-mail addresses from their feedback form include sales@macmall.com, maccorpsales@macmall.com, and mmtech@macmall.com.

It appears that the thieves have shown themselves. If you type in "http://macslash.com," you hit a series of forwarding pages that bounce you as follows:

• http://www.merc-net.com/md/macslash.htm
• http://www.qksrv.net/click-1144694-53427
• http://www.commission-junction.com/track/track.d ll ?AID=53427PID=1144694CBID=ie470hkUI D1811=66sebz2D11812D102280898684692 Ddm
• http://www.macmall.com/macaffiliate/?AID=53427&# 38 ; ID=1144694
• http://www.macmall.com/deal.asp?source=zwb12166
• http://www.pcmall.com/deal.asp?source=zwb12166
• http://www.pcmall.com/macmall/default.asp?adcamp ai gn=external,zwb12166
• http://www.macmall.com/macmall/default.asp?adcam pa ign=external,zwb12166

(And, as far as I can tell, that's it. Lynx.trace logs are not easy to read!)

In the end, you are redirected to an outfit called Creative Computers, which appears to run websites called MacMall and PCMall. The WHOIS entry makes reference to a technical/administrative contact named Simon Abuyounes, whose direct line is (310) 225-2800, ext. 5651. His fax is (310) 630-3462.

They are located at 2555 West 190th Street in Torrance, California (90504). You can reach them at (310) 354-5600, but why not use one of their toll-free numbers?

Their sales number is (800) 222-2808; their government sales number is (800) 323-2704; their education sales number is (800) 328-2793; and their technical support numbers are (800) 760-0300 and (800) 727-7579. Only the first number is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; the others have certain times they're open. For international customers, the line to call evidently is (01) 310-225-2600.

E-mail address include macmallsales@macmall.com, customerservice@macmall.com, mactech@macmall.com, and webmaster@macmall.com. Other valid e-mail addresses from their feedback form include sales@macmall.com, maccorpsales@macmall.com, and mmtech@macmall.com.

We've got the Dell's with the insane NVIDIA chipset to do 3D presentations, and they don't skip a beat. They get warm, but they don't act like the Toshibas. A colleague sent his back (he ordered from PC Mall and they were cool about returning it for that problem. I do believe he ended up talking to Toshiba in the end.

Yep - really easy too - they all should have a n type port on the back that the antenna plugs in to.

I use a decent $67 8db omnidirectional at my base station, although, if you need longer range you might want to look at this $109 24 db directional.

Remember, you can increase the range by putting an antenna at both the base station, and the remote station. You might want to consider using an omnidirectional at the base, and a directional at the remote if you really need to push the limits.