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  1. Re:Huh? on Windows Vista RC1 Impresses Critics · · Score: 1

    auto updates do not get you all of the upadtes. You may be missing some .net stuff.

  2. Re:Huh? on Windows Vista RC1 Impresses Critics · · Score: -1, Troll

    How meny update are you missing any one who says that there xp box has been up for a long time is real dumb as they don't install windows updates.

  3. nforce 5 on Killer NIC Hands-On Testing · · Score: 1

    nforce 5 boards do the same thing as this card does.

  4. Re:Separate box just for the gaming HW? on Chip Promises AI Performance in Games · · Score: 1

    some thing like this with pci-e and HyperTransport links and this also moves the heat form the video cards out of the case.
    http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadroplex.html

  5. amd's HyperTransport on Chip Promises AI Performance in Games · · Score: 1

    This will be a big win for Hyper Transport based co coprocessors / cards if amd can make real easy for chips like this to have a hyper transport bus and would force intel to use Hyper Transport.

    By the time intel gets to there own hyper transport like bus there may be a lot of hyper transport cards / coprocessors out there and It would be a vear bad move for intel to try to push there own csi bus.

  6. Re:What does this do to the "xMac"? on Apple Unveils 24" iMac · · Score: 1

    what about the people who just want a 19" or 20" with a good video card?
    They are forced to go to the 24" just to be able to pay more for a GeForce 7600 GT and that is the part the apple is missing out on.
    What about the people who want a lot of hardisk space but not the power of sever cpus.
    What about people who what e-sata?, tv tuner, usb 3 when it comes out, and other cards?
    There are usb tuners but they cost the same as pci-e tv tuners and usb has a lot of cpu over head.

    Back in the g4 days apple had $1200-$2000 systems with slots and you can add things like USB 2 to them for about $10-$30 with the I-mac you will have to get a whole new system to use USB 3 when it comes out.

  7. Re:What does this do to the "xMac"? on Apple Unveils 24" iMac · · Score: 1

    They need a hardless mac with a desktop cpu.
    You have to go to the 20" just to be able to pay more for more vram or go to the 24" to be to pay more for a GeForce 7600 GT and a desk top at $2000 with a laptop cpu and ram is a joke.

    If you are going to get a $2000 desktop with laptop ram and cpu you should pay $200 more for a lowed Mac pro with 2 server cpus and faster sever ram and you can reuse your old monitor, put more ram it, upgrade the video card, use pci-e slots, and have more hd's in your mac.

  8. Laptop ram on Apple Unveils 24" iMac · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why does a $2000 desktop have laptop ram and room for only 1 hard disk in it?

  9. you think that rc1 is bad on Early Testers Say Vista RC1 Not Ready · · Score: 1

    read about paul thurrott's x64 report for rc1
    http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_rc1_0 2.asp
    Welcome to Hell: Software compatibility and Vista x64

    You think you're tough? Then try running Windows Vista in x64 mode: It can make a grown man wail like a little girl whose brother just catapulted Barbie over the fence. What's insidious about it is that the first impressions are deceptively good: After installing the thing in under 30 minutes and watching it recognize every single piece of hardware connected to my PC, I started installing applications thinking that this, finally, might be the time to move fully to x64 on my desktop machine.

    Big mistake. Applications like Microsoft Office work just fine on the x64 versions of Windows Vista, but almost nothing else does. Adobe Photoshop won't install at all, citing an unspecified compatibility issue. Ditto for Virtual PC 2004. And AnyDVD. And Nero. And iTunes.

    Yikes.

    Then there are the applications that install just fine but silently fail in different ways when running. The Flickr Uploader application is a good example: This one installs as you'd expect. But when you right-click an image file to upload it, there's no Send to Flickr option in the pop-up menu. The reason is simple: Shell extensions for 32-bit applications won't work in x64 Windows versions. So applications like WinZip and WinRAR will have similar issues.

    Quite quickly, it became obvious that x64 was going to be a nonstarter for me. So I wiped out the install and reinstalled the 32-bit version. And now, everything works. I'm so glad that only lasted half a day. Learn from my mistakes and just skip x64 unless you really know what you're doing. Or maybe you just hate yourself.

  10. processor affinity on Permanently Set Process Priority in Windows? · · Score: 1

    How do you do the same thing with processor affinity

  11. Re:a good way to get people to attend class on Podcasts of University Lectures? · · Score: 1

    That does not fix the problem of people just sleeping though the lectures and downloading the podcast later.

  12. Re:Remember the FIRE CODES on Shopping for Building Access Security? · · Score: 1

    some Fire codes may force you to have all doors auto unlock when the fire alarm goes off or the power go outs. This is so people can not get suck in parts of a building. People have died and this is way that is in the fire codes.

  13. NSA on Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In? · · Score: 1

    costs are paid for by the NSA and FBI.

  14. Re:Almost obligatory statement... on AMD Says Power Efficiency Still Key · · Score: 1

    They should move home to 2 cpus and Business / Ultimate to 4

  15. any useing windows on How Much Does Your Work Depend on the Internet? · · Score: 1

    will need it for windows updates, av updates and so on.

  16. Re:Friendly tip from a competitor on Intel to Lay Off Thousands · · Score: 1

    what the point of coming out with there own if HTX cards are all over the place and likely by the time Intel gets rid of FSB there may be a good number of THX cards out there.

  17. video card ad on ATI and nVidia Crush High-End DVD Players · · Score: 1

    our $200 video card is better then $2000 DVD player*

    * dvd drive and computer not included.

  18. Re:Friendly tip from a competitor on Intel to Lay Off Thousands · · Score: 1

    They have to use HyperTransport if HTX cards and HyperTransport based Co-processors take off.

  19. Re:Intel will beat down AMD on Intel to Lay Off Thousands · · Score: 1

    If apple gets to the level of out selling dell they may be forced my monopoly laws to open Mac os X to all hardware and they will not get there by not having a mid-end head less Mac and sli or crossfire systems.

  20. money back on DSL Surcharge Plan Abandoned by Major Carriers · · Score: 1

    Now we need them to be forced to refund this unjust tax to the people who paid it.

  21. Re:Copying the Mac again... on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    that rom based and is like the bios beep on a pc. If there is a error you hear a different sound.

  22. Re:I disagree on Inside The Game Copy Protection Racket · · Score: 1

    I want copy protection that does not mess with windows system drivers, is alleys running in the background sending info to whoever wants it, and does not work because of some other app that you have installed on your system.

  23. Re:16GB? Over USB 2.0? Are you people insane? on 16GB Flash USB Dongle · · Score: 1

    there should be e-sata ones too as well but there is no power over that bus. Firewire does have power on it's bus.

  24. Re:A USB or firewire hard disk is a better solutio on It's 2006 and Backups For Home User Still Tricky? · · Score: 1

    E-sata, usb, and firewire cases let you use the drive on a lots of differnt type of systems
    this one work with sata dirves and it has a OXFORD 924 chip set
    http://www.cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclo sure-case-external.html

    also firewire 400 is faster then usb 2.0 as it has less cpu over head.

  25. Re:once erased, it can also come back.. on Cell Phone Secrets Die Hard · · Score: 1

    I hope that you don't get a vear high data bill form the big email files.