how many on/. use a spyware program that is cracked/registered illegitimately???
it would be tragic if those spyware companies chose to whitelist only those that were caught using the program improperly.
i mean, upgrading and then having to find a crack for the new version is hard enough...:P
seems like it is a lot more difficult to choose the OS on a system from a manufacturer.
they are intentionally or unintentionally driving the MB/RAM/CPU combo market i guess.
why would anyone who knew enough to establish a preference pay for vista if they didn't want it?
why furthermore should they have to FIGHT to change their license agreement to XP or to another OS?!?
I've heard bad things about ECS boards from Fry's, but not to the extent that TigerDirect screws us on MSI boards (many more D.O.A.)
I've seen my share of dead ECS boards in OEM machines, but i've seen more MSI boards purchased new at retail come D.O.A. from Tiger than ECS from Fry's.
My choice of boards is due to the need for almost immediate replacement where I am located. We offer MB install in a very competetive time frame and have to commit to that. This results in boards coming from where they need to since we get requests for a lot of 462 stuff (unless the customer wants quality, which is uncommen if they are coming to us with a 462 system they anticipated to be junk). I've had good experience wiht MSI on most intel stuff, but for AMD they suck donkey bllz. We try to order ahead of time, but our focus is not on 462. It's frustrating to work with components that are not working functionally.
I understand 462 isn't AMD's focus, but the lack of support as far as hardware is frustrating. It sure looks like they are putting out boards just to appease us until 462 is covered in dust. Those of us waiting for K9, K10, K11 want AMD to give us some faith...
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anyone else notice how in the picture the guy has three fingers: his left ring, middle and index on the keyboard and his thumb on the touchpad...
sure it doesn't looked cramped if you only type with 8 fingers! i tend to also use my pinkie fingers to type...
HUGE keyboard
or maybe i misread...
how many on /. use a spyware program that is cracked/registered illegitimately???
it would be tragic if those spyware companies chose to whitelist only those that were caught using the program improperly.
i mean, upgrading and then having to find a crack for the new version is hard enough... :P
klm codec eliminates two of the offenders... real player, and quicktime for windows
seems like it is a lot more difficult to choose the OS on a system from a manufacturer. they are intentionally or unintentionally driving the MB/RAM/CPU combo market i guess. why would anyone who knew enough to establish a preference pay for vista if they didn't want it? why furthermore should they have to FIGHT to change their license agreement to XP or to another OS?!?
I've heard bad things about ECS boards from Fry's, but not to the extent that TigerDirect screws us on MSI boards (many more D.O.A.)
I've seen my share of dead ECS boards in OEM machines, but i've seen more MSI boards purchased new at retail come D.O.A. from Tiger than ECS from Fry's.
My choice of boards is due to the need for almost immediate replacement where I am located. We offer MB install in a very competetive time frame and have to commit to that. This results in boards coming from where they need to since we get requests for a lot of 462 stuff (unless the customer wants quality, which is uncommen if they are coming to us with a 462 system they anticipated to be junk). I've had good experience wiht MSI on most intel stuff, but for AMD they suck donkey bllz. We try to order ahead of time, but our focus is not on 462. It's frustrating to work with components that are not working functionally.
I understand 462 isn't AMD's focus, but the lack of support as far as hardware is frustrating. It sure looks like they are putting out boards just to appease us until 462 is covered in dust. Those of us waiting for K9, K10, K11 want AMD to give us some faith...