No, unless you count the Magnesium case, and all of the internal components. Other than that there is no metal. I guess you are the only one who knows Sony's trade secret for electricity-conducting plastic.
You missed the point of the post. He is saying that he would like Linux to be supreme, and would like a story about switching to MS to be newsworthy (ie, switching to MS would be a rare thing).
I doubt that the vid card is overheating unless you are overclocking it. More likely is that you do not have adequate cooling on your CPU.
I had the same problem (with a Radeon though), and it appeared to be a vid card issue. I tried everything I could think of, but the problem did not go away until I put a nice big copper heat-sink on my CPU.
I really don't think that this is still a valid argument. I'm on my second Radeon now, and preformance/stability is excellent under both Linux and Windows.
In the last few years, I can only think of a couple crashes that were possibly caused by the drivers. I can't say for sure, but those crashes were probably caused by overheat, and not by the mythical shitty ATI drivers.
I don't see any reason to even bother with nVidia, and unless I become dissatisfied with ATI, I don't even give nVidia a second thought.
I would have to think that a VCR is probably much harder to manufacture. Lots of precision moving parts there. A DVD player has a drive motor, tray motor, a laser, and some circuit boards.
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Try using CVS instead of My Briefcase. Cross-platform, and more functionality.
Dom
> Remember: The old adage "fight fire with fire" does not apply to non-metaphorical fires.
Yes, it does. Fires can be put out with explosions.
Dom
I vote for Jon Tickle from BB4!
Sounds like you have some bad computer mojo. I get roughly one X crash per year, and it's usually my fault.
starfish
No, unless you count the Magnesium case, and all of the internal components. Other than that there is no metal. I guess you are the only one who knows Sony's trade secret for electricity-conducting plastic.
You missed the point of the post. He is saying that he would like Linux to be supreme, and would like a story about switching to MS to be newsworthy (ie, switching to MS would be a rare thing).
He may get his wish someday,
Dom
It still may be the CPU. I've found that computers can do strange things if the CPU cooling in not quite adequate.
Amen to the USB thing! I would be happier than a pig in s**t if I could get a modern type-M with a USB interface.
Why not just get a mini-hub with four ports. Very small, and cheap too.
IIRC, it's Lexmark that purchased the M design.
Yes, the 'Logitech Strike Force 3D' kicks some serious ass, and you can get them on eBay for just over $20 if you look hard enough ($90 retail).
Dom
NT 3.5.1 ran on PowerPC, MIPS, x86, and Alpha.
IIRC, NT 4.0 dropped support for all but x86 & Alpha.
Dom
I doubt that the vid card is overheating unless you are overclocking it. More likely is that you do not have adequate cooling on your CPU.
I had the same problem (with a Radeon though), and it appeared to be a vid card issue. I tried everything I could think of, but the problem did not go away until I put a nice big copper heat-sink on my CPU.
Dom
Amen brother! Tell it like it is!
Dom
McKenna has stated that he was not aware of the end date of the Mayan calendar until after he came up with the 20121221 date.
Dom
I really don't think that this is still a valid argument. I'm on my second Radeon now, and preformance/stability is excellent under both Linux and Windows.
In the last few years, I can only think of a couple crashes that were possibly caused by the drivers. I can't say for sure, but those crashes were probably caused by overheat, and not by the mythical shitty ATI drivers.
I don't see any reason to even bother with nVidia, and unless I become dissatisfied with ATI, I don't even give nVidia a second thought.
Dom
I typically use GAMP to mean "goofy-assed Mac problem" when testing web sites on the Macintosh platform. ;-)
Dom
I would have to think that a VCR is probably much harder to manufacture. Lots of precision moving parts there. A DVD player has a drive motor, tray motor, a laser, and some circuit boards.
domc
Just to play devil's advocate -- 0.4 download size is slightly larger than 0.3.
It still rocks though!
domc
bet? wager?