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All the best for your 22nd! Here's a present.

Wow... what monitor do you have? That's a pretty resolution.

yes http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/P35/index.htm http://download.intel.com/products/chipsets/P35/317304.pdf Err... no. Just because that particular chipset supports DDR2 doesn't mean that all DDR3 boards will be backwards compatible to DDR2. In the case of the P35 - yes. In general - no.

With the video card you mentioned, yes - it should work. Now - you have a few options on how you want to use the external monitor. You can either use it to clone your main desktop - meaning the two screens show the same information, or you can extend your desktop onto the secondary monitor, giving you more screen space from the added monitor. In most cases I've seen, Windows will automatically set the resolution of the external monitor to the maximum resolution that it reports. With most projectors, it automatically switches to 1024x768, while when I plug in my LCD at home, it goes to 1280x1024. Regarding your question about shutdown-restart, yes, things should work just fine with that arrangement. I've even used my laptop and gone into hibernation and removed or added an external display. Things happened somewhat as you'd want them to - monitor #2 was either enabled or disabled. @ripken - You've got a one track mind when it comes to games, eh?

I'd have to suggest Dell, for two reasons. Their tech support, although it might not be based in the States, is actually top notch. I've had a couple of minor issues with my two dell systems years ago, and then just a few months ago, and they were very kind and prudent with their service, unlike some other companies (*cough* HP/Compaq *cough*). Secondly - CompleteCare. It's accidental coverage of the laptop for a very minimal price. $100 on top of the 3 year warranty for any type of accidental damage - drop it, spill liquid on it, whatever. Call then up, tell them what happened, and they'll take care of the rest.

My solution last summer when I needed something like this was to use TrueCrypt with a keyfile that was stored on an SD card that I normally kept in my wallet. Whenever I wanted to mount the volume, I'd have to plug in my SD card first, and then also enter my password. I kept a copy of my keyfiles on my webhosting as well, in the unfortunate event that the SD card might break or fail. Even if someone stole my laptop, they'd almost never get into my confidential documents.

The price of the hardware for most Apple systems has dropped to the point where they're comparable to most PC systems. The problem is that many systems use proprietary hardware in some cases, and modifying the hardware yourself (even if it's "user accessible") could void your warranty.

For everyone's information, I've moved to using the Uploader script by CeleronDude for KwikPiks.com. Sign up for an account, and you've got 100MB of space and 5GB of monthly transfer. All the common image formats are supported, and automatic thumbnail generation is available as well.

I did the wallpaper one, but slightly differently. I added a folder called "Mom's porn" on my friend's desktop. Then I set that screenshot as the desktop, and removed the folder...

LMAO!!!

Second vote for CeleronDude! It's very simple to use, and you just dump pictures in the directory. The script does the rest.

Yup... and you only had to update to the next previous version for $129 as well! The price point has actually been addressed before, since Apple has been selling their upgrades for about $130 each. When you put all the pieces together, and account for inflation, interest rates, etc, etc - Windows Vista Ultimate comes out considerably cheaper than Leopard. The only thing that really seems all that great is Time Machine. It's a bit easier to use then VSS, but otherwise, there isn't anything really that "wow's" me about Leopard...

That's a purdy video card... I'd want it. The benchmarks that ripken posted seem to show almost double the performance boost to go along with the 50% price. The real question is do you need it? You've always got to look at what's the best for your price point, not what's the best value for the money. Otherwise, you'll end up spending a rediculous amount of money.

nonono.... Corsair or Seasonic (same OEM actually). Enermax is bad... I've had troublesome Enermax PSUs in my testing, and a couple that didn't work up to their ratings! If you're worried about that extra little bit of power, get a 700W Seasonic M12. Otherwise, the Corsair HX620. Both have been reviewed at SPCR, and got excellent ratings.

I find ASUS boards nothing short of excellent in almost all manners. They're usually very well laid out, and have great reliabiliy in my experiences. My home workstation is still running after 8 years on an ASUS CUV4X.

Yup, and many of us remember Jaqie Fox (I think that's how you spell her name). No idea where she's disappeared off to though...

Topics split.

What exactly is this for? If anything, get a SAN made by the same manufacturer that made your servers (if possible). You'll likely run into less compatibility errors that way. A little more detail would help.

@punto - that's just for the motherboard. If you look at where the power draw for the systems comes in, AMD has lower power CPUs but higher power motherboards, while Intel is the other way around. That X3800 when put into a full system will still pull 100W from the wall without too much difficulty (and that'd be with onboard graphics).

The problem with many FEA solvers is that their matrix solvers are not optimized for multi-threading. You've got 4 cores total, so a single thread can only use 25% in total - 1 out of 4 cores. Depending on your budget, you might want to look at Matlab & Comsol. It's a bit pricey, but for FEA or anything of the sort, it's nothing short of amazing. Oh.. and both work great in x64 and with multiple cores.

I tested a system a while ago - built around an AMD X2 4000+ CPU. Plenty fast for most applications, and the whole setup (it had onboard graphics) drew 35W from the wall at idle, and about 90 at load. The numbers for "65W" or "84W" are all estimates, and will not really be representative of how much power these systems draw at idle and at load. If you're looking for lower power consumption at load, then Intel is the way to go. If the computer is mostly going to be idle, AMD is better.

You'll need both the htaccess file and the filename of the image that you want. The only catch is that the "image" will actually be a PHP script.

I usually just rip my DVDs to XviD so I can watch them on the run on my laptop. AnyDVD, DVDShrink, and AutoGK.

If you decide to get the G5, make sure it's the new version with two thumb buttons. Not having a forward button is just silly IMO. I'd go for the MX518 personally.

I have a feeling this has something to do with the mod rewrite extension that's been set. You also don't get redirected to your own post when you add a reply to a thread, since the trailing PHP address options are missing.