What's with getting rid of PS/2 ports? They just work, and they do their job well. While most people don't use serial and parallel ports, many people still use PS/2. Many OEM systems still ship with PS/2 keyboards and mice. It seems like they are dumping them just for the sake of dumping them more than anything else.
The reason why I use Opera is because I get all that I want in one convienent package, instead of having to hunt down all these extensions and install them. Then to only to have them break whenever I upgrade Firefox. Also, Opera is the *only* browser I have used that gets tabbed browsing right.
Don't get me wrong, Firefox is a great browser still. I recommend it to people, and I have it installed. But I primarily use Opera.
I agree, there is nothing wrong with idling at that temperature. My Athlon system idles warmer, it's not a big deal. Just make sure the harddrives stay cool (as they are the most important part of any system), the rest cool enough to be stable. Also, you can probably remove some of those fans with no ill effects. I pulled 2 fans from my Athlon system a while ago and the temp didn't even go up. With that many fans, they just work against each other, and end up just making noise.
Assuming you didn't get one of those odd upside-down Lian-Li cases, the power supply fans are the most important anyway, as they are on the top and right above the CPU. A good dual fan power supply will do more than a pile of case fans.
Heck, with a good video card, cpu and enough RAM there is no benefit to turning off any of the "effects" in Windows XP
Maybe because they are pointless, and ugly? In my opinion, the only two improvements that Microsoft has made to the Windows desktop UI since 95 is Quicklaunch (introduced in Windows 98, but you could get it in 95 by installing IE 4), and grouping of simular task bar buttons (introduced in XP). The themes, animations, fading menus, "personalized" start menu, and stuff like that do nothing for me.
If Intel didn't have the Celeron, there would be nothing to compete with the Athlon XP/Duron in the low end. Of course, the Celeron really doesn't compare to the Athlon XP, but if there was no Celeron, OEMs like Dell would be forced to use AMD chips in their low end machines because the P4's would simply be too expensive.
With news that Dell is starting to use AMD chips in their servers, this could change. If Dell moved to using AMD in their low end systems, the Celeron would be about finished.
Have you tried? And have you tried talking to your local VW garage? These guys are passionate about cars, and will try to help you. At least here in Europe, they are. They will try to help you. Heck, I got good service when my car was over 14 years old. They never ever sent me back while saying "you're car is too old, go screw yourself".
And Nissan still happily services my 17 year old car, which was discontinued in 1992. Is it because they care about me and my car, or is it because it was a fairly unpopular model and they still have piles of parts for it?
While I'm sure that's true, maybe they could still complicate things by painting the missle chrome, because then whoever is firing the laser has to worry about what the reflected beam(s) might hit?
Before 9/11, we have never been attacked by ICBM or hijacked plane. Post 9/11, we have been attacked by hijacked plane. So the response is to invest in an Anti-ICBM system?
My guess is that this thing has been in development from long before 9/11/2001.
Besides, if you are capable of taking out an ICBM, it shouldn't be too hard to take out something bigger and slower - like a jumbojet.
The only reason that linux and apple do not have as many security holes is because they are obscure operating systems.
Maybe it's because Windows does stupid stuff like integrate a web browser into the OS? And, by default, turning on a bunch of services that virtually every home user does not use or need?
While there might be some pretty nasty OS X exploits waiting to be found, I really doubt the same for Linux. There is so much diversity in the Linux world that most exploits would only affect one distro, or one set of packages, or only computers running certain services - rather than every Linux machine out there.
I have never, ever reinstalled Windows, and I've had about 10 installtions.
You've obviously never run Win 9x/ME. They had a nasty habit of just destroying their own installations for no reason. Like, one day I would boot up the computer normally, do my normal things, shut it down, and the next day it wouldn't boot. However, I've never had to reinstall Windows 2000/XP, unless I did something stupid like try to install XP SP2.
Interestingly, spyware is very rare in the macos world too
What are you talking about? Programs that call home are alive and well in the Mac world, as well as programs that scan the LAN for Macs running the same program with the same serial. Though very few Mac owners I know run a firewall like with functionality like Zonealarm, so they are completely unaware of this.
Dell really needs to bring AMD into the lower end too. Their low end computers all feature Celerons, and as everyone knows, the Celeron is a terrible chip that is currently no cheaper than an Athlon XP chip that totally destroys the Celeron in every test.
That could be pretty interesting for Intel, as they must sell most of their Celeron chips to Dell, because I see very few of them outside of a Dell anymore.
Dell uses Intel motherboards. Intel motherboards are among the most reliable and trusted by experienced IT folks and, along with Intel chipsets, are the reason that many people stick with Intel even when AMD's processors are faster, better designed, lower temperature, and cheaper.
The Dell sitting in front of me uses some propriety Dell board of some sort. True, it's got an Intel chipset, and it is stable. However, its slow as hell, has no AGP slot, a non-standard power connector, and suffers from terrible layout.
However, it's one of their "small business PCs", which basically means it was a home system with different software installed (now its got Linux installed). Maybe their corporate PCs/servers use off-the-shelf Intel parts, but their home computers do not.
Google hasn't innovated shit beyond page rank and throwing a lot of machines at a problem
Don't you remember the days when going to a search engine meant loading up some huge-ass portal page, and the results page was also full of banners, images, and other useless crap? And this was back when the majority of the users were on 56k or less (slow) browsing in on a Pentium I (slow) in Netscape 4 (slow).
The way Google became the number one search engine was by NOT doing what everyone else did. If that's not innovation, I don't know what is.
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what other metrics can be applied to video cards?
Milkdrop! Using my ATI 9600Pro at 32bit color and 1600x1200 resolution on one screen while playing full screen video on another simply rocks.
I might be wrong, but I'm fairly sure both these options have existed since at least SP1. They are certainly not new to SP2.
I never have figured out why the handy utility that's in Win9x called winipcfg.exe never made it into Windows 2000/XP. But that's just me.
What's with getting rid of PS/2 ports? They just work, and they do their job well. While most people don't use serial and parallel ports, many people still use PS/2. Many OEM systems still ship with PS/2 keyboards and mice. It seems like they are dumping them just for the sake of dumping them more than anything else.
IME Opera is the least compliant, worst rendering browser.
Hey, atleast Opera can render slashdot right!
*ducks*
The reason why I use Opera is because I get all that I want in one convienent package, instead of having to hunt down all these extensions and install them. Then to only to have them break whenever I upgrade Firefox. Also, Opera is the *only* browser I have used that gets tabbed browsing right.
Don't get me wrong, Firefox is a great browser still. I recommend it to people, and I have it installed. But I primarily use Opera.
normally, but I guess they didn't check when I was sharing my pr0n on direct connect.
No kidding, it's kind of eerie thinking that I got about 1/500th of the internet sitting right here in my room.
Wait. Did I just say that out loud?
I agree, there is nothing wrong with idling at that temperature. My Athlon system idles warmer, it's not a big deal. Just make sure the harddrives stay cool (as they are the most important part of any system), the rest cool enough to be stable. Also, you can probably remove some of those fans with no ill effects. I pulled 2 fans from my Athlon system a while ago and the temp didn't even go up. With that many fans, they just work against each other, and end up just making noise.
Assuming you didn't get one of those odd upside-down Lian-Li cases, the power supply fans are the most important anyway, as they are on the top and right above the CPU. A good dual fan power supply will do more than a pile of case fans.
Heck, with a good video card, cpu and enough RAM there is no benefit to turning off any of the "effects" in Windows XP
Maybe because they are pointless, and ugly? In my opinion, the only two improvements that Microsoft has made to the Windows desktop UI since 95 is Quicklaunch (introduced in Windows 98, but you could get it in 95 by installing IE 4), and grouping of simular task bar buttons (introduced in XP). The themes, animations, fading menus, "personalized" start menu, and stuff like that do nothing for me.
Its more a marketing plot by Intel... their 2Ghz perform just about the same as AMD 2000+, which run at 1666 Ghz.
You're going to fault Intel for marketing their chips at the speed they run at?
If Intel didn't have the Celeron, there would be nothing to compete with the Athlon XP/Duron in the low end. Of course, the Celeron really doesn't compare to the Athlon XP, but if there was no Celeron, OEMs like Dell would be forced to use AMD chips in their low end machines because the P4's would simply be too expensive.
With news that Dell is starting to use AMD chips in their servers, this could change. If Dell moved to using AMD in their low end systems, the Celeron would be about finished.
Have you tried? And have you tried talking to your local VW garage? These guys are passionate about cars, and will try to help you. At least here in Europe, they are. They will try to help you. Heck, I got good service when my car was over 14 years old. They never ever sent me back while saying "you're car is too old, go screw yourself".
And Nissan still happily services my 17 year old car, which was discontinued in 1992. Is it because they care about me and my car, or is it because it was a fairly unpopular model and they still have piles of parts for it?
Windows XP Professional requires no activation, internet or otherwise.
That's only true for the widely pirated corporate edition. Retail copies, like at Best Buy, have to be activated.
Oh, a big red SAVE tag in a place where most sites put ads. No wonder I didn't see it. Of course, now it's obvious.
I did try searching for "special", but since Apple decided to use text-as-an-image, I didn't find it.
While I'm sure that's true, maybe they could still complicate things by painting the missle chrome, because then whoever is firing the laser has to worry about what the reflected beam(s) might hit?
How do fighter escorts protect against ground-launched anti-plane missiles?
By blowing them up?
Before 9/11, we have never been attacked by ICBM or hijacked plane. Post 9/11, we have been attacked by hijacked plane. So the response is to invest in an Anti-ICBM system?
My guess is that this thing has been in development from long before 9/11/2001.
Besides, if you are capable of taking out an ICBM, it shouldn't be too hard to take out something bigger and slower - like a jumbojet.
The only reason that linux and apple do not have as many security holes is because they are obscure operating systems.
Maybe it's because Windows does stupid stuff like integrate a web browser into the OS? And, by default, turning on a bunch of services that virtually every home user does not use or need?
While there might be some pretty nasty OS X exploits waiting to be found, I really doubt the same for Linux. There is so much diversity in the Linux world that most exploits would only affect one distro, or one set of packages, or only computers running certain services - rather than every Linux machine out there.
I have never, ever reinstalled Windows, and I've had about 10 installtions.
You've obviously never run Win 9x/ME. They had a nasty habit of just destroying their own installations for no reason. Like, one day I would boot up the computer normally, do my normal things, shut it down, and the next day it wouldn't boot. However, I've never had to reinstall Windows 2000/XP, unless I did something stupid like try to install XP SP2.
Interestingly, spyware is very rare in the macos world too
What are you talking about? Programs that call home are alive and well in the Mac world, as well as programs that scan the LAN for Macs running the same program with the same serial. Though very few Mac owners I know run a firewall like with functionality like Zonealarm, so they are completely unaware of this.
Dell really needs to bring AMD into the lower end too. Their low end computers all feature Celerons, and as everyone knows, the Celeron is a terrible chip that is currently no cheaper than an Athlon XP chip that totally destroys the Celeron in every test.
That could be pretty interesting for Intel, as they must sell most of their Celeron chips to Dell, because I see very few of them outside of a Dell anymore.
Except that I have yet to find the mystical "specials" page, where you can buy an Apple computer for something for less than $799.
How long is it before Intel becomes the underdog and /. starts cheering for them again?
Probably about the time that Intel gives us what we want - a Pentium M based chip for the desktop?
Dell uses Intel motherboards. Intel motherboards are among the most reliable and trusted by experienced IT folks and, along with Intel chipsets, are the reason that many people stick with Intel even when AMD's processors are faster, better designed, lower temperature, and cheaper.
The Dell sitting in front of me uses some propriety Dell board of some sort. True, it's got an Intel chipset, and it is stable. However, its slow as hell, has no AGP slot, a non-standard power connector, and suffers from terrible layout.
However, it's one of their "small business PCs", which basically means it was a home system with different software installed (now its got Linux installed). Maybe their corporate PCs/servers use off-the-shelf Intel parts, but their home computers do not.
Not to mention an encrypted connect on an FTP port! The grandparent must be on crack or something.
Google hasn't innovated shit beyond page rank and throwing a lot of machines at a problem
Don't you remember the days when going to a search engine meant loading up some huge-ass portal page, and the results page was also full of banners, images, and other useless crap? And this was back when the majority of the users were on 56k or less (slow) browsing in on a Pentium I (slow) in Netscape 4 (slow).
The way Google became the number one search engine was by NOT doing what everyone else did. If that's not innovation, I don't know what is.