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My neighbors are going to love me... It played perfectly at 4:00 am... True enough. When time permits I'll probe this a bit deeper but do keep in mind we're talking about a minor issue. In normal use --web surfing, watching a flick, editing your web page, etc.-- I doubt you'd ever notice it...

I don't disagree... but I do have to wonder what improvements they would get if they are running in XP mode... Maybe in a mixed environment... older stuff that, as you say can't be updated mixed in with newer software that won't backdate... but beyond that I don't see much value in the whole...

You may have to forgive me for this as I'm sure I'm not quite understanding this whole concept. Microsoft is suggesting that we install Windows 7 so that we can run XP in a virtual session a la VMWare.... Come get the newest thing so you can end up using the old thing? What is up with that...

HeHe... let me know when they introduce a home network license... Till then I'll stay with XP Pro...

I've always wondered how much of the market out there is a response to real need or provides a genuine benefit and how much is just an attempt to part you from your hard earned cash. Notebook coolers are a JOKE... Yeah I know, "tell us what you really think". 90% of the cooling problems...

It is a bit less speedy than my desktop machine... I noticed it mostly when doing intense chores like defragmenting a 75% full hard disk. But overall it's totally acceptable performance for anything I would be doing. (remember I'm not a gamer so I can live with a 1.6ghz cpu) The one thing I...

Just a quick addendum to the previous post... The ASRock ION 330 I got had the 1.0 version bios in it. I noticed the fan speed was a bit irregular... you could feel the air puffing at the back of the computer. If you flash to version 1.50 of the bios they've fixed the problem...

:D You do know there are legal movie download sites.... right? With all the copyright scandal going on right now many people forget there are loads of sites out there where you pay a couple of bucks and get to download the movie legally.

ROFL! Good one... good movie too.

I might be dead wrong about this but take a look in your AC3 and MPEG audio settings... I believe there's a "karaoke" setting that takes out center channel information so you can sing along...

My favorite local computer store took my lead --after telling them that VSFF was the up and coming thing-- and brought in some super tiny computers and really big monitors. I'm certainly glad they did... I picked up an ASRock ION 330 and a 24" ASUS Monitor to set up as my entertainment...

:rolleyes: I suppose I had that coming... Does that mean I don't get a piece of cake? :)

Hey congrats Doomsday! :p You've actually made it to half my age! (58 on the 17th)

A little hint for cleaning card edge connectors... Rub the gold contacts with a pencil eraser to polish them up then wipe with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol... better than new. Clean the female connectors (on the motherboard) with a finger nail brush or soft tooth brush dipped in alcohol...

Players with DIVX support basically look for a displayable menu, like at the beginning of a regular DVD except instead of showing all these extras you get a list of the movies. The big plus is you can also stuff them into a computer and play the movies in MPClassic or WMP just like disk files...

I recently picked up a Toshiba L300D for about the same price (in CDN dollars) and I have to say I am pleased as punch with it. It's an 11 incher, AMD dual core, 160gb hd, 2gb ram, 2ghz with lots of connectivity. I've been working on a project requiring me to have two machines on the go at the...

For general burning tasks ... http://cdburnerxp.se/ To convert AVI files to DVD... http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php http://www.sothinkmedia.com/movie-dvd-maker/ To make DIVX DVDs (4 or 5 movies per disk) ... http://www.divx.com/en/products/software/windows/divx

Just in case you're wondering what 1000 cds looks like.... (No it's not my collection... but one can always dream)

:eek::eek: Holy crap! There is nothing in the civilian sector worth that.

Now consider the plight of the guy who gets a bum product, doesn't own a car and/or is in a wheelchair... especially if the store won't come and pick up. It would be sheer folly for that person to invest money in anything they can't afford to throw away, unless they can have it unpacked and...