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CRT monitors had much higher resolutions.

But the reinforced desk to hold such a monster would be expensive too.

Toshiba has a 52" at 3840x2160. I can't remember if there were any CRTs at that resolution and a quick Google search doesn't turn anything up.

True, that particular one is. They do sell color versions though, like this one with 1536 x 2048:

http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_R31-BK_20.1_Black_LCD_Monitor/R31-BK/p/1503373

True, that particular one is. They do sell color versions though, like this one with 1536 x 2048:

http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_R31-BK_20.1_Black_LCD_Monitor/R31-BK/p/1503373

ASUS VW192T+ 19", 1680 x 1050, $120
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ASUS_VW192T+_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VW192T+/ps/1562122

ViewSonic VX1940w 19", 1680 x 1050, $150
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ViewSonic_VX1940w_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VX1940W/ps/1504859

Or if you want really high resolution (and have too much money):
EIZO RadiForce GS310-CL Single Head 20.8", 2048 x 1536, $6k
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_GS310-CL_Single_Head_20.8_LCD_Monitor/GS310-CL-SH-MMP3P/ps/1543964

ASUS VW192T+ 19", 1680 x 1050, $120
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ASUS_VW192T+_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VW192T+/ps/1562122

ViewSonic VX1940w 19", 1680 x 1050, $150
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ViewSonic_VX1940w_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VX1940W/ps/1504859

Or if you want really high resolution (and have too much money):
EIZO RadiForce GS310-CL Single Head 20.8", 2048 x 1536, $6k
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_GS310-CL_Single_Head_20.8_LCD_Monitor/GS310-CL-SH-MMP3P/ps/1543964

ASUS VW192T+ 19", 1680 x 1050, $120
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ASUS_VW192T+_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VW192T+/ps/1562122

ViewSonic VX1940w 19", 1680 x 1050, $150
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ViewSonic_VX1940w_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VX1940W/ps/1504859

Or if you want really high resolution (and have too much money):
EIZO RadiForce GS310-CL Single Head 20.8", 2048 x 1536, $6k
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_GS310-CL_Single_Head_20.8_LCD_Monitor/GS310-CL-SH-MMP3P/ps/1543964

Quad core laptops do exist, Lenovo no less. Up to 8 GB RAM. This thing also comes with 2 hard drives plus an optical drive bay (which you can presumably remove to add another drive). Three of these gives you 3TB without spindles or external drives. Three of these would give you 1.5 TB internally, which isn't too shabby, for much less $$$.

A Western Digital VelociRaptor? seriously? once again performance PCs miss the boat.

SCSI outperform SATA.

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Maxtor_Atlas_300GB_Hard_Drive/8D300L0/ps/468903

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a6c7a3b7b59ad010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US

If you want performance, use SCSI if you want cost saving, use SATA.

Battery Life: Up to 4.5 hours run time

Wouldn't one or two transformers with several standardized DC-out jacks be at least as efficient than 6 separate transformers? It sure would save plastic casing and cables and a lot of frustration on my part.

The short answer is yes. The music industry has already taken that path. The computer industry is kind of taking that path by combining a router with a network switch with a cable/DSL modem.

The music industry has powered backplanes for guitar stompboxes which tosses out the tangle of wall warts.

Here is an example. A pedal board with 8 DC jacks for effects boxes.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/SKB-PS45-Professional-Pedalboard?sku=544735

and an example of modem combined with switch, router and wireless;
http://www.superwarehouse.com/D-Link_Wireless_G_ADSL_Router_Modem/DSL-G604T/p/1488204

Not possible currently since the amount of memory that would take would be obvious and very visible

A quick search with Google returned this little beauty. Is 20GB enough storage for you? Printers (some models, not all) have had hard drives inside them for quite a while now.

http://www.superwarehouse.com/HP_20_GB_Hard_Drive/ J6073A/p/432874

I've seen one at a supercomputing expo. IBM was showing the Bertha, a 22" 200 dpi monitor, running a mapping program (this was years before Google Maps). It was really incredible. Icons the size of fleas, and you could see detail with a magnifying glass, that you really couldn't see without it. Got $9K?

http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?p=46328&CMP=KA C-Froogle

As a matter of fact, a USB plug doesn't have to be bulky! Most of it is just protection for the interface. There are USB plugs just as thin as the card itself. For instance, a Sony product:

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Sony_mini_storage/b/ 250/c/2634

Is Your Printer Ripping You Off?

That's coming from Froogle. Companies that sign up with Froogle or Google Checkout have some additional info about them. Try, say, Super Warehouse, which Google describes as "Online retailer of color laser printers, laptops, hard drives, LCD monitors, and digital cameras". That text isn't from the "www.superwarehouse.com" web page, which starts out "Printers - Scanners - Toner - Monitors - Projectors & More at Super Warehouse".

Here's an image of the inside of a 15K 3.5" drive.
I'd guess the platter is about 2 and 1/3 inches across.

Does anybody still have an IDE tape drive that hasn't died of old age? Is is actually big enough to do a backup?

If the driver is broken and nobody wants to maintain it, it should be marked obsolete or simply removed.

3200x1200 (2x IBM l201p) for me.

They even come in "Electrifying colors". http://www.superwarehouse.com/Imation_3.5_Neon_Flo ppy_for_PC_(10_pk)/11916/p/47954

The pictures in their patent looks remarkably like the remote used for InFocus projectors. Oh wait, IT IS the InFocus remote! Image linked from Superwarehouse.com and not InFocus.com because InFocus apparently no longer offers it.

Hold on... A decrease in range? I thought 802.11n was supposed to boost range.
According to this product description:
"By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce "dead spots" in the wireless coverage area. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections up to 4 times farther than standard Wireless-G."

"" They already have a solid alternative in Open Office"

BZZZZZTTTT!

Have you even SEEN or used Lotus Approach? THAT is more solid than even MySQL Admin as far as end-user needs are concerned.

Filemaker would be serious overkill, and abscess would be risky at best.

Lotus Approach in Linux would be splended, and already since 1996 has been vastly superior to any current version of Kexi, Base, or other admin-hack-job tools that would make end-users run for the door. Approach has WYSIWYG form, report and chart tools. It has limited crosstabs, and it has worksheets. It has macros, formulas, and scripting. It has detail panels/repeating panels, pretty decent user/sharing security features

AND, it makes a great front end to MySQL and other databases, especially .dbf.

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/approach [ibm.com]

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/approachfact [ibm.com]

Regrettably, SmartSuite is a bundle deal, and Approach is not separately available except maybe in Japan.

See:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/sw-bycategor y/ [ibm.com]

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/sw-bycategor y/subcategory/SW870.html [ibm.com]

FAQ: compatibility with ms office:

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/faq [ibm.com]

http://www.superwarehouse.com/IBM_Lotus_SmartSuite _Millenium_Edition_9.8/AN01DIE/pf/143434 [superwarehouse.com]

Since I have my disks way back to 1995, I might give up some feature stability and roll back to that version just so (hopefully) it can run better in Crossover Office."

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I posted the above from work where I'm not yet logging in to any of my external accounts...

" They already have a solid alternative in Open Office"

BZZZZZTTTT!

Have you even SEEN or used Lotus Approach? THAT is more solid than even MySQL Admin as far as end-user needs are concerned.

Filemaker would be serious overkill, and abscess would be risky at best.

Lotus Approach in Linux would be splended, and already since 1996 has been vastly superior to any current version of Kexi, Base, or other admin-hack-job tools that would make end-users run for the door. Approach has WYSIWYG form, report and chart tools. It has limited crosstabs, and it has worksheets. It has macros, formulas, and scripting. It has detail panels/repeating panels, pretty decent user/sharing security features

AND, it makes a great front end to MySQL and other databases, especially .dbf.

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/approach

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/approachfact

Regrettably, SmartSuite is a bundle deal, and Approach is not separately available except maybe in Japan.

See:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/sw-bycategor y/

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/sw-bycategor y/subcategory/SW870.html

FAQ: compatibility with ms office:

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/ product2.nsf/wdocs/faq

http://www.superwarehouse.com/IBM_Lotus_SmartSuite _Millenium_Edition_9.8/AN01DIE/pf/143434

Since I have my disks way back to 1995, I might give up some feature stability and roll back to that version just so (hopefully) it can run better in Crossover Office.

23" Apple Cinema Display: Depth: 7.3 inches (not counting stand: 1.5 inches); Weight: 15.5 pounds

Sony GDM-FW900 22.5" CRT: Depth: 10.6 inches; Weight: 92.6 pounds

Depth and weight. My current computer table, with all the music equipment I have on it, would not support an extra 77 pounds of monitor. Neither would my back, when I feel like reconfiguring things.

There's also the sharpness advantage of LCDs. The very best CRTs aren't too bad, but at the highest resolutions they all run into issues with pixels being smaller than the dot pitch. At that point there's absolutely no way text or images can be sharp.

Like one of these http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?08K8190&p=2657 29&CMP=IL18612

I have one in my Thinkpad T23 right now, along with the main battery and I get around 10 hours of life. Granted I'm running linux with aggressive harddrive spin down timings, somewhere around 10 minutes between spin ups if I'm not forcing the drive to spin up, and it doesnt much because I have a gig of RAM and I'm using 512MB ramdisks for music. I also have numerous other powersaving features like speed stepping, screen brightness etc.... The ultrabay battery rocks though, its the same capacity as the main battery and can be swapped out on a hardware suspend (which works in linux). I carry a spare and I'm mobile all day, hitting at least 10 Wireless APs. Sorry for the rant, but obviously not everyone needs a Super battery, there are solutions if you simply seek them. And I see it coming, for you desktop replacement laptop gamers, there are batteries the size of notebook coolers that last around 8-12 hours, expensive but you guys drop 3+ grand on a laptop to play games.

-AcidTonic-

Never even thought color laser was so cheap!

Thanks for the info...here's a link

Samsung CLP-550N

Why I followed this stupid path, I don't know.

But you need to read the specs on your projector. It may take a 1280x1024 input, but all you get out is 1024x768. That's the "native resolution" of the NEC LT1. So with only 1024 pixels from left to right, anything higher is just going to be downsampled.

Here's the spec:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_spec _2311.pdf

Oh, and with a 2k hour lamp life, you'll get 5.4 hours per day of use in it's first year. Be ready to pay $300 plus for a new lamp.
http://www.superwarehouse.com/NEC_Replacement_Lamp _for_LT10/LT10LP/p/354946

Why use a computer monitor? For better quality picture, lower cost to buy, longer life.

iomega makes a combination USB/Firewire hard drive that's not too much bigger than the 2.5GB. It can be bus-powered by either USB or Firewire. I have a 40GB model and it works great with my iBook.

http://www.iiyama.co.uk/default.asp?SID=&NAV=236&P ROD=2310
http://www.superwarehouse.com/NEC_MultiSync_FP2141 SB-BK_Black_22_CRT_Monitor/FP2141SB-BK/p/120729

I will say you're partially right though - newegg used to have them in stock and they seem to be gone from there and Amazon - a bit of a worry.

Here's a link to a similar tape drive. Ours is slightly older, and a bit smaller I believe, but I'm not the guy in charge of nightly backups, so I can't give you the exact model at the moment...

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Exabyte_Magnum_6x60_ _LTO_Tape_Library/270032-100/p/404584

If anyone is interested in the noteook my sibling poster is talking about (circular scroll)--

Panasonic W2 ToughBook
http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?p=404027&CMP=K A18442
http://www.google.com/search?q=panasonic+w2+toughb ook

A little lighter, smaller and slower than a PowerBook, but cost competititive, I guess. Synaptics trackpads can be found on many Wintel portables and can all use the circular scroll.

If weight isn't an issue, I'd say the PowerBook is a better deal.

#1) Buy a real slide scanner. Nothing beats true optical 4000 dpi. Here are cheaper ones.

#2) Might want to get a Mac. Windows isn't great on photos, although it's my current platform. I'm looking into the Mac myself....

This thing is speced at 25ms response time. Games and intensive graphics animation would be a complete blure on this thing.

We want to backup lots of stuff over 40Gb. May I introduce you to my good friend the autoloader?

Moreover, we use good ol' DDS-3 tapes. Cheap, reliable, fixed standards. We can't read anything new, but we don't have to; it's not like tape is supposed to be a portable medium.

As many posters have pointed out, tape Just Works, and it works damn well. Speed is the only issue we have, but we still do full backups of our major servers every night. Frankly, your idea of "a remote backup site" (over Internet? Hah!) would take just as long as tape, or longer.

Finding games that take advantage of these devices may be the tricky feat. My point was merely that such devices did exist to mimic the PC experience with a console.

(BTW, LCDs don't have high voltages inside, do they?)